Mary’s Blog

If anyone was wondering where my blog has gone (and nobody probably was) I thought I would give you an update. This year we have had limited birding opportunities as we have been busy buying a house in England and … Continued

May 16th – Ruidera – Home – Corral Rubio – Ruidera – A short trip away this week. En route we spotted Griffon Vulture and Booted Eagle. While passing by Corral Rubio we saw a single Great Bustard and a … Continued

A good visit up to the Eagle’s nest where we had great views of the two adult Bonelli’s Eagles and the chick. We also saw Blue Rock Thrush and Alpine Swift. On the road up and down, a few Bee … Continued

We are back in Spain for a short visit and couldn’t wait to get out to see some birds. Santa Pola Salinas – Flamingo, Yellow legged Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Shelduck, a lovely Yellow Wagtail perched on the crash barrier … Continued

Today we visited Belvide Reservoir after quite a long absence. It was great to get out after all the cold and wet weather here and we are told to expect a heatwave from tomorrow! All the usual suspects were around … Continued

I put this on as an afterthought to I’m afraid it’s not much of a blog. Just a few photos of some great birds seen during a week in Northumberland in March, including a visit to the excellent Hauxley Nature … Continued

Yesterday (Monday) was our first trip out since we have been ill. After having a coffee on the sea front we decided to park in the Clot car park, but there were people working with strimmers so we continued up … Continued

Driving back from Santa Pola today we were pleased to see a Blue Rock Thrush on the roof of the old house at the start of the beach road. It has been seen there before but not for a while. … Continued

Today we had arranged to take fellow birders, Jim and Yvonne, to look for birds in the Petrola area, especially aiming to see Great Bustards. The weather was good as we set off up towards Albacete on the motorway. After … Continued

We had a short walk around the Clot yesterday, seeing all the usual species. Over the marsh/dry hide there were four Marsh Harriers flying and hunting. At the scrape there were plenty of ducks as well as two Snipe and … Continued