Sightings

Today at the Palm Farm Track, great views of Black Shouldered Kite.    

A nice Spotted Redshank was at close range at Pinet.

Passing over Moralet, was an adult Short-toed Eagle.

This morning, at Moralet, between San Vicente and Agost, a party of 6 Lesser Kestrels passed over, diving and catching insects. A Golden Eagle was perched nearby calling.    

Only one bird of note on the PFT, but that was a beautiful Black-shouldered Kite. On Sunday, there was a Knot on the Salinas.

Had a ride up to Monnegre, where there was very little, but took half an hour on the bridge, overlooking the stream, where I found two Grey Wagtails, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Subalpine Warbler.

On the University Campus, there was a huge gathering of hirundines, and the vast majority, surprisingly, were Red-rumped Swallows, hundreds of them! There were also both Spotted and Pied Flycatcher, and the first autumn Blackcap.

Message received from Don Grant:- “After a few weeks away the Sacred Ibis (or perhaps another specimen) has returned to the Pego rice fields.”

On the PFT, hundreds of Yellow Wagtails, then a Red-footed Falcon, female or juvenile, chasing flying insects. At the Visitor Centre, the furthest hide was good, with lots of waders including a summer plumage Temminck’s Stint and a Marsh Sandpiper. Lots … Continued

9th July – The bird is still here, in the same field. Nine days now. 29th June – For the past hour (it is 7.30pm Thursday as I write) there has been one single Sacred Ibis on the southernmost field … Continued