Land and sea on La Palma with Naturetrek today - best views yet of La Palma Blue Tit (C.(t.)palmensis) and fabulous pelagic with Short-finned Pilot Whales, Bottlenose and playful Common Dolphins.

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Black Kite, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Iberian Grey Shrike and Calandra Lark - in Extremadura with Naturetrek.

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A pretty epic morning with Naturetrek at Kabli ringing station in Estonia for autumn migration - Northern Treecreeper, Yellow-browed Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Bluethroat in the hand!

And a lunchtime Middle Spotted Woodpecker, also Estonia with Naturetrek .

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Day 1 of Go Slow in Fuerteventura - Cream-coloured Courser, Black-bellied Sandgrouse on the deck, Egyptian Vulture, Berthelot's Pipit, Trumpeter Finch and no fewer than four Fuerteventura Stonechats! Naturetrek

The big boy successfully found at dawn at Tindaya Plain on Fuerteventura with Naturetrek. African Houbara.

Berthelot's Pipit - a near-ubiquitous Macaronesian endemic on Fuerteventura with Naturetrek

The 'degener' form of African Blue Tit, found only on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Apparently a recently colonising bird from N Africa - genetics suggest up to 2000 years, or even as few as 240 years! A globally rare taxon - maybe 1500 birds? Naturetrek

Fuerteventura isn't just about birds: here's the amazing Euphorbia handiensis, endemic not just to this island, but to the southerly Jandia peninsula alone. Naturetrek

Arguably a contender for bird of the week on Fuerteventura with Naturetrek was a putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail, but democracy ensured only one winner - African Houbara again today at ridiculously close range.

One for you Barry Dodds