Palm Farm Track, El Pinet – Malcolm Palmer
On the PFT: Not much about, apart from a Whinchat. Pinet:- I counted 21 Stone Curlew (maybe more), 1 Greenshank, 20+ Sanderling, 5 Collared Pratincole, Ca 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Redshank.
On the PFT: Not much about, apart from a Whinchat. Pinet:- I counted 21 Stone Curlew (maybe more), 1 Greenshank, 20+ Sanderling, 5 Collared Pratincole, Ca 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Redshank.
As Malcolm suggested the area at the first hide is rapidly drying out but a lot of small waders still remain including Temminck’s Stint, several Wood Sandpipers, Ruff etc. Along the track there were 3 Whinchats and my first autumn Bluethroat, … Continued
On the Campus, unexpectedly, a family of Subalpine Warblers. Today: Vistabella, hide 1: 1 Osprey, 1 Booted Eagle, a few Night Herons, Squacco Herons, lots of Purple Swamp-hens and a party of 40 Grey Herons. From the PFT: Many, many Bee … Continued
Today at the Visitor Centre, First hide – fantastic, muddy conditions, bit warm, though:- 1, possibly 2 Baird’s Sandpipers, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Temminck’s Stint, 1 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, 1 or 2 Wood Sandpipers, many Ringed Plover, Little Stint, Glossy Ibis, … Continued
Over the Salinas, several juvenile Black Terns. At El Pinet – 64 Collared Praticoles, 5 Stone Curlews, circa. 20 Black tailed Godwits and a juvenile Montagu’s Harrier. On the way to Vistabella, a field had the same flock of 400 … Continued
A hot morning. We started birding at El Hondo Visitor´s Centre at San Felipe. At first we had the impression that it was very quiet, but after meeting Rex things changed and we counted in the end 23 species on … Continued
We were on the Vistabella road a bit later than Malcolm. The next field to the one that was well visible from the road was being visited by a large number of birds. We counted when they were all flying … Continued
This morning, had my first Black Tern of the year on the Salinas. Next I went to the PFT where I saw a group of Tree Sparrows, 2 Kingfishers, 5 Green Sandpipers. On an irrigated field on the Vb road, there were 200+ Glossy Ibis(!), 30+ … Continued
Did a quick drive along the PFT today, nothing unusual except a surprise Barn Owl. I’ve attached some photos. Click on a photo to see a larger image. Barry told me that Barn Owls are around our area, but not very … Continued
Nothing at Monnegre, but interestingly, at least 14 Griffon Vultures circled around the Peña de Migjorn, and if the copious excremental deposits are anything to go by, there are at least roosting places, if not nests there – but where … Continued