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
Gloria has done for the beach at El Pinet – gone! And the road past La Raja is not passable. Had Tree Sparrows and a Song Thrush at the old Monastery, huge flocks of Linnets on the palm farm track, … Continued
I spent a couple of hours yesterday visiting La Marina beach and El Pinet. In the wake of storm Gloria the sea was right onto the dunes, no room to walk at high tide. The boardwalk onto the beach had … Continued
I did the PFT this morning, had Booted Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard and a Merlin that flew along the track in front of me.
A good trip around, filling in a lot of gaps (common stuff) on my year list. Nice Spotted Redshank at El Pinet, and there’s still a Knot on the salinas. The trick is to head North towards Santa Pola, past … Continued
Yesterday’s trip on our route found us the following species – Kestrel, Starling, Little Egret, Shoveler, Avocet, Grey Wagtail, Hoopoe, Blackbird, Robin, Buzzard, Collared Dove, Little Owl x 4, Whitethroat, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Black Redstart, Moorhen, Southern Grey Shrike, Magpie, Green … Continued