Yesterday on our usual route, Buzzard, 3 Little Owl, 4 Iberian Grey Shrike, Chaffinch, Sardinian Warbler, a few Stoncechat, 2 Green Woodpecker, lots of White Wagtail, Kestrel and 4 Booted Eagle over San Felipe Neri. Today we visited the Clot, … Continued
Went to El Hondo this morning with Bryan. Some good birds seen but not as many as we had hoped. We saw Bluethroat, Glossy Ibis, Western Swamphen, Penduline Tit, Reed Warbler, Marsh Harriers, Green Sandpiper, Swallow, Spoonbill and the usual … Continued
A fantastically cooperative juvenile Spoonbill at El Hondo this afternoon. It’s not until you see them alongside the Black-winged Stilts that you realise just how big they are! I’ll be doing some research on the ring number…Otherwise, El Hondo was … Continued
Female Kingfisher catching the last rays of the sun this evening at the scrape in the Clot.
Photos from our last trip around our usual route. Nine Red-legged Partridge, 2 Magpie, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat, a large flock of Goldfinch. Lots of Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret … Continued
Trevor Ashley arrived with about half an hour of daylight left, and we managed together to track down one of at least two calling Wrynecks in the trees around the pool. They started calling before the sun went down, and … Continued
A quick flit round the monastery area yesterday afternoon produced very little – just one Kestrel on a wire and a few Goldfinches. El Pinet was slightly better, with a very co-operative Black-tailed Godwit (all on his own).
Not a very good light to start with today but we saw a lot of birds. 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Little Owl, 7 Iberian Grey Shrike, 1 Purple Heron, 4 Hoopoe, 1 Buzzard, 4 Booted eagle, 3 marsh Harrier, 300 … Continued
28th September – A nice visit from four Night Herons at the main pool in the Clot this afternoon. 1st October – A morning in the Clot with Bryan, John and Michelle – most birds at a distance but an … Continued
Off to Yecla today with Bryan and John. Lots of Goldfinches, with 100+ in one flock, also Linnets, three types of Sparrow and Corn Bunting started us off, then we had a prolonged sighting of a very close Lark which … Continued