Mary’s Blog

We picked up Dave and Linda and set off towards San Felipe and John pointed out a Kingfisher on the wire along the N332. We made a short stop at the back of the salinas where we saw an Osprey fly … Continued

Today we took our friends, Dave and Linda, to find the Azure Winged Magpies which have taken up residence in the Los Balcones area of Torrevieja. The birds showed well in the usual place so Dave was able to get … Continued

We had a quick walk round the Clot which was fairly quiet but we did see a nice Bluethroat showing well in front of the marsh hide.

After a weekend at home it is always nice to get out and about again looking for some birds. We set off to visit San Felipe Reserve and looking for birds along the way. It seemed rather quiet although we … Continued

The start of the New Year seemed like a good opportunity to get out and make a start on my bird list for 2015. The weather was a lot warmer than the previous day as the wind had dropped. Our … Continued

Today we had arranged to take our friends Paul and Greta to see the Azure winged Magpies. We set off towards Torrevieja and arrived at the area where we had seen the birds before. We parked up and walked down … Continued

A short walk around the Clot proved a nice way to spend the morning of Christmas Eve. We first saw a Robin closely followed by a Little Owl showing well on a dead tree. As we walked along 3 Red legged … Continued

We set off for San Felipe on a warm and sunny day, stopping nowhere on the way, as we just wanted to have a good look around the reserve. We headed along the track to the first hide, seeing Chiffchaff … Continued

Today we set off on a bit of a ‘twitch’! We picked up Bryan and Trevor and went to meet Barry on the car park at La Mata Reserve. From here Barry led us to the Las Balcones area on … Continued

We met other CBBC Members at the GA Centre and set off to the Clot. Here the highlight for me was seeing a few Stone Curlew and a Little Owl, and hearing a Green Woodpecker. The pools contained plenty of … Continued