Mary’s Blog

Today Bryan joined us for a morning trip to San Felipe. We took a slight diversion past the ‘Bee eater site’ but found none of the hoped for birds. As we drove along the ‘palm farm track’ we saw a … Continued

We collected Bryan and set off for our annual visit to Petrola. This time we decided to take a look at the Yecla area on the way so we left the motorway just after the Villena tunnel and followed the … Continued

During a short visit to the Clot today we found most of the usual species on the main pool, despite the presence of quite a lot of green algae. We saw 3 Little Grebe, 10 Pochard, 6 Red Crested Pochard, … Continued

Today we had a drive around the El Hondo fields, with the main purpose being to try to map the area so that I can attempt to produce maps for the website. On the way we managed to spot a … Continued

Today we decided to head up into the mountains for a picnic. The birds proved rather hard to find but the weather and the picnic were nice so we were not too worried. Things improved a bit when we left Sierra … Continued

A quick visit to the Clot yesterday was a nice change after all the bad weather we have had. There were plenty of Swallows and House Martins and the first Pallid Swift I have seen over the Clot this year. … Continued

Today we joined the March Field trip of the CBBC. On our way to San Felipe we had a quick stop at the Elche tip where we were delighted to see four White Storks! A good start. We used to … Continued

Today we joined Dave and Linda for a meeting of the ‘5 ‘O Clock Clot Club’, not a real club but a made up name for a few of us who sometimes visit the Clot at around 5pm. There were … Continued

Today we had a short run out across the El Hondo fields. As we approached the roundabout for the palm farm track we spotted many Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egrets in a flooded field on our left. Our first bird … Continued

5th and 6th March – We made a couple of trips to the Clot this week hoping to find the Great Spotted Cuckoos or the Wryneck which have been reported recently by Mark Etheridge. We had no luck on Thursday … Continued