Pego Marshes – Malcolm Palmer
Wind – and lots of it. That was the theme of the Costa Blanca Bird Club’s February outing, held on the Marjal de Pego. A howling westerly wind blew all day, keeping avian activity at a low level, but when … Continued
Wind – and lots of it. That was the theme of the Costa Blanca Bird Club’s February outing, held on the Marjal de Pego. A howling westerly wind blew all day, keeping avian activity at a low level, but when … Continued
We had decided not to attend the CBBC Field Trip today as it is a long journey to Pego requiring an early start, not something I enjoy! Instead we set off across the Salinas, drove around the El Hondo tracks … Continued
In addition to Barry’s recent sightings, Dave and Margaret have also seen early House Martins back in Fomenter square and visiting old nests on 8th Feb,
There was a small flock of House Martins in Rojales this evening and they were entering last year’s nests.
Today at San Fulgencio I saw 2 Swallows.
Sightings from 3rd February – Wigeon – small group on Salinas. PFT: Black-shouldered Kite, Harris Hawk, Merlin, Booted Eagle (1 of each).
It is great to be back in sunny Spain after several weeks in cold and rainy England. Last week we had a short visit to El Pinet where we found the 380 Black Tailed Godwits previously reported by Malcolm. We … Continued
Peter sent us this information – Stephan & Els visited Pego area yesterday to check on a few things for next weeks CBBC visit – here is what they saw – I thought it may be of interest to anyone thinking of … Continued
It’s been a long while since I wrote in this blog, mainly because we were in England for most of January and the only birds we saw were in our garden in Wolverhampton. We had a daily visit from a … Continued
I have been visiting this area at least once a month for the past twelve months, it’s a great place to see the summer visitor Lesser Kestrel. This Autumn I’ve noticed that Lesser Kestrels were late leaving, with the weather being … Continued