Corsica - Sun 1 Aug to Sun 8 Aug

Not a birding trip as we were on our honeymoon, but Ellie and I did spend a fair bit of time out and about and did manage to see a few birds, though not many due to the high temperatures and time of year.
Personally, I had five target species for Corsica, but only connected with two. The choice of the birds for me was Corsican Finch, and I was lucky enough to see a small number up in the mountains:

In some of the towns we saw Italian Sparrow, another new WP tick for me, though technically not split in to a seperate species yet.
We saw very few of the colourful Mediterranean species that one would expect to see, but we did stumble upon a flock of Bee-eaters which included several young birds:

A few Sardinian Warblers were about, and a single Western Bonelli's Warbler was in the grounds of our apartment, and a pair of Great Tits were regular visitors to our balcony:

The mountains were pretty quiet, though a few Crag Martins were about and a single Blue Rock Thrush was seen. In the harbour near our apartment we saw a few Shags of the Mediterranean race:

There were loads of butterflies, more than there were birds, highlights included Two-tailed Pasha, Southern White Admiral, and Scarce Swallowtail:

We also saw numerous Corsican Graylings, a few Clouded Yellows and various Whites, and the endemic Corsican Heath:

We managed to see a few Great Banded Graylings, single Hungarian Glider and Cardinal. Blues were represented by Green-underside Blue, Bellier's Blue and Common Blue, plus a Geranium Bronze:

There were also a few species of fritillary, including several Silver-washed Fritillarys, one or two Queen of Spain Fritillary and just one Corsican Fritillary: