Ten days holiday recording wildlife in the area of the Robinsons Esquinzo Playa resort in the south of the Island.

Here are some of the highlights of the trip:

  Hoopoe - confiding birds seen regularly around the resort

  Egyptian Bollworm - attracted regularly to LED light

Chroantha ornatula seen once on the resort.

  Four-striped Digger Bee fairly common around flowering plants.

Barbary Ground Squirrel - A favourite with tourists, will take food from your hand.

Hadada Ibis around the resort and at Morro Jable

  Monk Parakeet - at Morro Jable

African Sober (Aproaerema polychromella) fairly common to LED light on the resort.

North African Hedgehog - seen once on the resort.

  Desert Locust - found nearby whilst looking for Sandgrouse.

  Spectacled Warbler - found in surrounding scrub area often picked up by call.

  Crimson Speckled - one attracted to LED light.