After months of planning and anticipation, the day arrived, and thirteen members of the Club, in four cars, set out to meet at Toledo on the first leg of a six day trip to Extremadura and all points west. It … Continued
24 members met at the Polideportivo, Alcoy, in bright, if chilly, weather, and we drove up to the Font Roja, where Stephan obtained permission for us to visit the reserve. A nice walk realized few birds in the dense cover, … Continued
We returned to Spain last week and decided to have a quick drive round on Sunday morning to see if we could find a few of the Summer migrants that have arrived here while we have been away in England. … Continued
This evening by the Segura in Guardamar there was a Melodious Warbler.
Last week we had an enjoyable week staying in a holiday cottage at Nannerth Farm near Rhayader in mid Wales. Many of our target birds were seen on day one during a walk by the river Wye at the bottom … Continued
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
