Tenerife 25th September - 2nd October 2012 
- This trip was planned around seeing the resident Tenerife, Canary Island and Macronesian endemic bird species on the island of Tenerife, together with endemic sub-species and other resident birds...Stewart Betts and Chris Small report.
Tenerife 9th-23rd October 2009
- At least 50 Canaries flocked around the farmland and 2 Tenerife Kinglets, African Blue Tits and numerous CI Chiffchaffs inhabited the vegetation at the viewpoint. Buzzard and Kestrels were also seen....Bob Marchant reports.
Tenerife 27
September- 4 October 2006.
- Next day went up to Mount Teide and the Las Lajas picnic site,
arriving at about 1000. Next to the rangers hut, there is a tiny
man-made pond at the base of a pine, sitting on the stoop outside
the hut spent the next 20 mins with bins full of Blue Chaffinch...Grahame
Thompson reports.
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Tenerife 4
- 17 February 2006
- It’s
February so it must be Tenerife. The draw of Blue Chaffinch,
Canary, Berthelot’s Pipit, African Blue Tit and
Plain Swift, together with warm weather was too much
for us...Alan Miller reports
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Tenerife 28
October - 4 Nov
- We eventually managed to book a week
in Tenerife. Out of a limited choice this seemed the best option
for everyone. Six endemics and a few more endemic sub
species that are possible future splits so therefore maybe a
few lifers in the offing...Steve Baines reports.
Tenerife 14th
- 21st October 2005
- This report gives details of
the birds seen and the sites visited during a week’s
holiday in Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife...Bob
Swann reports.
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Tenerife 19th March - 2 April 2005
- I had an early morning visit to Las
Lajas, almost no other people were present, all birds were
very easy to see and in good numbers. The Blue Chaffinch
love to drink from the dripping taps. However, no sign
of Tenerife Kinglet....John
Girdley reports.
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Tenerife
19. - 26. December 2004
- The trip to Tenerife was mostly a holiday,
but there was also some birdwatching most days. Below you will
see a full list for all the birds we saw, with the maximum number
for the trip and some other details, so I will just mention
a few sites of importance....Ola Nordsteien and Trine
Irene Martinsen report.
Tenerife 30 January – 26
February 2004
- Anne and I decided to have a month in the
warm during the UK's winter and chose Tenerife. Whilst there we
hired a car for a week to visit birding sites to the north and
centre of the island, and at all times (during the day) we had
our binoculars with us....Alan Miller reports.
Tenerife endemics 14-21
Nov '03
- The week was generally very successful bird-wise,
the only notable dip being a non-endemic species, Barbary Falcon.
I also found two island rarities and managed to catch up with
all the known vagrants present on the island. The pace of the
week was fairly relaxed as the special birds were mostly easy
to find....Dominic Le Croissette reports
Wild Canaries, Tenerife and La
Gomera October 2003
- We woke up on Tenerife with a dawn chorus
of Chiffchaffs, the Canary Island species, which does not sing
"chiff-chaff" at all. After breakfast, we explored an arid rocky
landscape of xerophytic scrub, where the tall cacti, sprouting
like candelabras, are favourite perches for numerous Kestrels....Chris
Hall reports
Tenerife 2nd
– 9th May 2003
- First trip was up the winding road from Los
Cristianos to Las Lajas picnic site in the pine forest. There
was no problem spotting Blue Chaffinches almost immediately. They
were hopping around the few vacant picnic tables (it was a Saturday
and busy with locals), followed by Canary, Great Spotted Woodpecker....Chris
Stamp reports
Tenerife Specialities
23rd - 28th February 2002
- We headed upwards towards Mount
Teide. We stopped at the last viewpoint before leaving the forest
and were rewarded with not only Blue Chaffinch ten feet away,
but in a bush across the road at eye-level we had stunning views
of Tenerife Goldcrest. We carried on to the restaurant at El Portillo
for refreshment. As we sipped our coffee we had Canaries and Blue
Chaffinches coming down from the trees to feed at the next table!...Alan
Miller reports.
Show me the way to Amarilla,
Tenerife Oct/Nov 2001
- I looked up at the clear blue sky, and at
last, there was a small flock of Plain Swifts. There were fifteen
in all; smaller and greyer than our Swifts and with deeply notched
tails. I had just about given up on this species, for although
the guidebook said they were resident year round, I hadn't seen
them anywhere. Whilst we were watching the swifts we also saw
a Blue Tit, two Canaries, a Canary Islands Chiffchaff, a Canary
Islands Lizard (Gallotia galloti) and a Canary Blue butterfly
(Cyclyrius webbianus), in the adjacent allotments...Mike
King reports
Tenerife 14th
August to 21st August 1998
- Four of the five Canary Island endemics,
as well as Plain Swift, Berthelot's Pipit and Island Canary, occur
on Tenerife. We did not try to see the desert species, because
I had already seen these birds on my trips to North Africa and
Israel. The visit was mostly a holiday for swimming and sun, but
we managed to see all the birds I had hoped for....Jan Vermeulen
reports
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