Did a short walk along the Segura in Benijofar this morning and saw a good number of species including Nightingales that were everywhere, gave up counting after 15, 1 Cuckoo, 5 Glossy Ibis, Stone Curlew, Cetti’s Warblers, Gull Billed Tern … Continued
Just walked the dog along La Marina beach. Definitely more Morecambe Bay than the Med today. I did however see 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Tern, distant Gannets, numerous Audouin’s and Med Gulls plus a solitary Sanderling.
At El Pinet – huge increase in Common Terns, new arrival was a pair of Little Terns, and one solitary Black Tern in full breeding plumage. I took a walk along the Convenio and enjoyed listening to Reed and Moustached Warblers … Continued
Not much to report from a soggy Spain but I did see my first Turtle Dove along the river at FDS today. Not sure if this the first reported sighting this year. Also heard two Nightingales. Earlier in the week … Continued
A nice walk this evening in El Parque Recorral produced a stunning male Pied Flycatcher, Sand Martin and the usual Night Heron.
Yesterday along the Rio Segura near Guardarmar there were several Reed Warblers singing. Early this morning on the campo around Parque Recorral I saw three Bee Eaters, great views of a male Subalpine Warbler and several Cuckoos. The Night … Continued
Considering the large number of people about, I thought them well-behaved, all wearing masks, and fairly quiet – for Spaniards! Great Reed Warblers were present in numbers, Marbled Duck have spread out to the main lagoon, and I had two … Continued
On Sunday 28th March decided to get up and go birding a bit earlier than usual, it didn’t really pay off as we seemed to be followed around by three microlights and a hot air balloon, so we didn’t see … Continued
I did a 30 min walk along the Rio Segura this morning. It produced 3/4 Nightingales singing, a Cuckoo, 7 Glossy Ibis, 3 Booted Eagles, Iberian Green Woodpecker and several Cetti’s Warblers.
A trip to the Visitor Centre at El Hondo was cut short because, like a fool, I forgot my mozzie spray. I did however manage to see the season’s first Woodchat Shrikes near the car park. Also saw (and heard) … Continued