Sightings

A very unusual sighting for this date – a juvenile Purple Heron! Not much else, just a Bluethroat, a Booted Eagle (only one!) and 6 Green Sandpipers.

6 Common Cranes in second field on right from the roundabout. 40+ Tree Sparrows, 1 late Great Reed Warbler sitting on top reeds and calling. One I forgot to report from 1st November – 5 Alpine Swifts over my villa … Continued

Had a quick check at the Raptor/Eagle Owl watch point, in preparation for next weeks trip and, between 5pm and 5.45pm, I saw the following – 2 Golden Eagles, 1 Buzzard, 1 Goshawk and several species of warblers etc.

I saw the 3 Little Bustards in the same field at 4.30 this afternoon, I think GC saw the Jack Snipes from the tower hide half way along the road at North Gate. On Rare Birds in Spain it names … Continued

Saw the reported 3 Little Bustards in field 1 on the palm farm track and fancy there were two more, but only a glimpse as they dropped into alfalfa. Graham Critchell claims he had a group of 4 Jack Snipe … Continued

I would like to report 3 Little Bustards on the palm farm road and, together with Rex, today we saw the Buff Breasted Sandpiper …we wouldn’t have recognized it as such, but it was pointed out to us by Spanish … Continued

2 Greater Spotted Eagles, 1 sub adult and 1 juv. 1 immature Golden Eagle, many Kingfishers and still some Reed Warblers about. Thurs 29th – 1 Alpine Swift flying around my villa (a very late bird).

Perhaps 50. A Wren at the bridge on the Palm farm track, lots of waders on Laguna de Levante, including probably 20 Lapwings, a Temminck’s Stint (very distant) and a good variety. Graham Critchell says he had a flock of … Continued

Blackcap, Bluethroat, Booted Eagle x 4, Marsh Harrier x 3, Barn Owl, Meadow Pipit, Tree Sparrows, Sparrowhawk, Yellow Wagtail 20+, Dartford Warbler x 2, Northern Wheatear x 3.