Vistabella and El Pinet – 23rd December 2015 – Malcolm Palmer
Vistabella – Very little, except a nice group of Golden Plover and many White Wagtails on a flooded field. Pinet – A good variety of waders included a Temminck’s Stint.
Vistabella – Very little, except a nice group of Golden Plover and many White Wagtails on a flooded field. Pinet – A good variety of waders included a Temminck’s Stint.
This morning we paid a short visit to El Pinet where we managed to catch up with a few of the birds we had not seen during Tuesday’s field trip, namely Avocet, 100+ Black tailed Godwit, and Gannet. After lunch we had a … Continued
The Costa Blanca Bird Club’s December field trip was scheduled, as is usual at this time, to include its AGM, and 24 members met at Gran Alacant on a beautiful morning more like spring than mid-December. We made for the Clot, … Continued
Today we joined other CBBC members for the December field trip. It was a lovely sunny, relatively warm day and everyone was in a cheerful, positive mood as we set off for our first stop at El Clot. John and I … Continued
I feel I must apologise for not getting this information on the website sooner, but I had a few other priorities to deal with so all I can say is I’m sorry for the delay. On 1st December Barry emailed … Continued
A few short trips out this week have found us the following birds:- 1st December – El Pinet – Dunlin, Little Stint, Sanderling, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Black winged Stilt, Little Egret. 2nd December – Little Reserve Track, Palm Farm Track, … Continued
Tuesday 12th January – Mar Menor area Wednesday 10th February – Pego Thursday 10th March Central Area (Santa Pola/El Hondo etc.) Wednesday 13th April – Tabarca Island Wednesday 11th May – Alcoy (Vultures) Tuesday 7th June – Santa Pola including Lighthouse area for Red necked Nightjars
Edward sent in these photos taken last week at San Felipe. Click on a photo to view a larger image.
On Wednesday we had a run across the Salinas and the El Hondo fields, finishing up at San Felipe Visitor Centre. The Salinas were quite quiet, perhaps due to the wind, with only Yellow legged Gull, Slender billed Gull, Little Egret … Continued