Carrizales, Vistabella first hide and El Pinet – Stephan and Els
At Vistabella 4 Little Bitterns and 2 Black Terns. At El Pinet lots of Common Terns breeding and a lot of Sandwich Terns.
At Vistabella 4 Little Bitterns and 2 Black Terns. At El Pinet lots of Common Terns breeding and a lot of Sandwich Terns.
This evening by the Segura in Guardamar there was a Melodious Warbler.
Dirk emailed to advise us that he found eight or nine Azure winged Magpies at the Los Balcones site on 28th April.
At the Cabo de Santa Pola there had been a considerable arrival of Turtle Doves and there were lots of Pied Flycatchers. Not a lot else to be seen, but a Curlew was unexpected at Vistabella.
Today, along with the usual species were four Audouin’s Gulls, one Little Tern, 30 Whiskered Terns, 40 Collared Pratincoles, 8 Bee eaters, 11 Avocet, 5 Squacco Herons, numerouse Black headed Gulls and what I believe to be a Curlew Sandpiper in fresh summer plumage. Kestrel was the … Continued
Today we were with friends at the Bonelli´s Eagle nest in Crevillente. Two juvenile birds were on the nest, being fed by an adult. Then, for a long time, just some wing stretching, then an adult passed by from over the … Continued
Today at Aitana plateau, plenty of Bonelli’s Warblers but not much else. Penaguila had Red billed Choughs and a Rock Sparrow. At Font de Regadiu there was a Wren in full song and lots of other more common stuff.
Yesterday afternoon four male Montagu’s Harriers. This afternoon two Montagu’s Harriers, one male, one female and an Immature, virtually unmarked Marsh Harrier hunting on the shoreline, plus Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Spectacled Warbler, six Stone Curlew and a Little Owl.
At Rabasa, the usual site, the first Greater Short toed Larks were well in evidence.
21st April – A walk along the dusty camino from the roundabout under the AP7 to Rancho Blanco produced two Bee eaters, four Swifts, Pied Flycatcher, Woodchat Shrike, Goldfinch, Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe and the briefest glimpse of an unidentified Harrier flying away over the … Continued