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
The Costa Blanca Bird Club, or at least 18 of its members, met at Gran Alacant on a bright, still early December morning for the monthly field trip. The first venue was the reserve of the Clot de Galvany, and … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club started their November meeting by congregating on a sunny morning in the car park at La Mata, but moved off straight away to the rocky coast of the Cabo Cervera. There was little to be … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club squeezed their October field trip in just before the ‘World War Three’ of the hunting season was due to decimate the wildlife on Pego’s marshland. Some 19 members met on a morning more akin to … Continued
As is now more-or-less habitual, the turn-out for our first autumn field trip was rather sparse, as many members choose to extend their summer sojourn in the frozen north. So it was that only thirteen Costa Blanca Bird Club members … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club were holding their May field trip in the ‘central area’ and, accordingly, met at Gran Alacant on a fine morning, a healthy 26 members present. We proceeded to the Clot de Galvany, where there wasn’t … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club had decided to double up on field trips in April, in lieu of having one in June, as the former month is undoubtedly the best for migratory birds. The island of Tabarca was decided upon … Continued
After the day’s birding at Yecla, David Roe, David Lewis and I decided to move on to Corral Rubio to try and see great bustards. At the lake just past La Higuera we were rewarded with 50+ Greater Flamingos in … Continued
Nineteen birders found each other, sometimes to their own surprise near the Lesser Kestrel farm at the Zepa of the Estepas de Yecla. Of course some of those birds were seen around, flying or just sitting and looking around. Lots of Barn Swallows, … Continued