A short trip to see the Roman city of Pompeii with Mrs Fearn was very pleasant. We arrived late on the Saturday evening, spent day one at Pompeii then the next day moved over for a day and a night on the spectacular island of Capri.
Birds of course were not the focus, but I managed to see enough to keep me interested; Italian Sparrow (a full fat tick these days!), Spanish Sparrow, Blue Rock Thrush, flocks of Bee-eaters, Hoopoe, Woodchat, Melodious Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, abundant Serins, Firecrest, Golden Oriole, Alpine Swift, Yellow-legged gulls, migrant Hobby and Marsh Harrier and Turtle Dove were the highlights. Wood Warblers, Pied Flycatchers and Whinchats were all surprisingly common breeding birds around the oak woodlands of Capri too.
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