Birders Reports

Brian sent in these photos he took recently, of a Kestrel with a Rabbit! We thought people might ‘enjoy’ them.

I originally thought I’d go to the El Hondo Visitor Centre today, but I had second thoughts. COVID 19 is not to be taken lightly, and the least number of people you meet, the better. So I opted for whizzing … Continued

Offshore from Cabo Cervera today there were 6 Common Scoters plus on the rocks the usual Whimbrel and a few common small waders. At La Mata from the hide there were probably 1000 to 1500 Black Necked Grebes including one … Continued

On Monday 2nd March on The Palm Farm track I saw a Merlin and the Fulvescens Greater Spotted Eagle which was perched on a pylon giving great views.  Today  at the Visitors Centre there were huge numbers of House Martins … Continued

I did a walk of about 250 mtrs each way along the River Segura in Benejuzar. The area was teeming with birds mostly common but just before returning to my car I entered a small wood of conifers and found … Continued

I had a day out with Jeannet on Thursday in various locations. We missed out on the male Ferruginous Duck at El Clot, Great Spotted Cuckoo at the old monastery and didn’t see a Spotted Eagle at Lo Chicharra/El Hondo. … Continued

Birds seen at El Hondo on 4th February 2020 – a single Red-knobbed Coot, 6+ Purple Swamphen, 3 pale form Booted Eagle, 10+ Marsh Harrier, a large distant eagle sp. seen south from Observation Tower being mobbed by much smaller … Continued

An Eventful Day – It started with Barry getting held up in a massive traffic jam, then we set off in thick fog! It soon cleared, however, and when we reached Villena, and drove out on a rather dodgy track, … Continued

Eddie and I took a trip to Espuna and the following are some of the birds we identified:- 6 + Ring Ouzels, 4 Rock Buntings, 3 Short Toed Treecreepers, 2 Ravens, 1 Blue Tit, Coal Tits, 2 Crested Tits, Woodlark, … Continued

At the Clot 2 female Tufted Ducks. On the salinas, I counted 42 Wigeon, and a tight knot of 40 Spoonbill. On the PFT, had my first Corn Bunting of the year, and a tree-dwelling pipit. A Greater Spotted Eagle … Continued