The Costa Blanca Bird Club combined it’s December outing, as usual, with it’s AGM, and 25 members and visitors met on a springlike morning at Gran Alacant then went on to the Clot de Galvany. The Charco de Contacto at … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club commenced their November outing by meeting at La Mata, where some 18 members were greeted by leader David Roe. A nice Mistle Thrush looked on from adjacent palms, then Monk Parakeets could be heard as … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club held its October field trip in the Vega Baja region of Alicante, where early morning cloud looked threatening, but a few drops of rain were all the heavens had to offer. Twenty five members, including … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club held its September field trip on the Marjal de Pego, with a big black cloud threatening to deposit its contents upon the twenty members gathered there. Undeterred, everyone set out to walk westwards along the … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club took the bold step of holding its may field excursion at a new and untried venue, where Fran and Pete had researched some-what, and found a restaurant, the Bar Lluis, in Planes, which was where … Continued
The weather forecast for the day had persuaded many to stay at home, but ten members and two guests were at the meeting place, La Mata Visitor´s Centre, just in time to see the first drops of an entire day of rain. … Continued
Fourteen birders met at the Riesma restaurant for the excursion of the CBBC to Yecla. On the last part of the route to Yecla a possible Booted Eagle was spotted, and also a Southern Great Grey Shrike. After our first bird … Continued
Seventeen members met with an unexpected view: a totally dry area where usually there are wide stretches of water. Many of us feared a day with few birds, but all were determined to make the best of it. The first … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club held its February meeting in the El Hondo/Santa Pola area. Just 11 members congregated at the El Hondo Visitor’s Centre under threatening skies, but we were lucky enough to be spared the rain which was … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club, as usual, held its January meeting in the Mar Menor region of Murcia. Despite (or perhaps because of!) various afflictions affecting several of the committee, a goodly 16 members congregated near the saltworks at San … Continued