Jan Beever sent this information to Malcolm on Monday 11th May – Don’t know if you still like to submit records but there was a male Red Footed Falcon (SPRING MIGRANT) this morning around10am at Gran Alacant sitting on a … Continued
As Field Trip Officer for Leigh Ornithological Society I wish to pass on our thanks to your Club for the tremendous help and guidance you gave on our recent visit to Spain. I would like especially to thank Bryan Thomas for … Continued
I did a quick drive around Pego Marsh on 28th April, as I was in the area, and every field was bone dry. Even some of the smaller ditches were dry. The only water was in the main channels and … Continued
A few observations for Thursday 7th May. La Mata – 3 or 4 pairs of Spotted Flycatchers (NEW SPRING MIGRANT), 1 Pied Flycatcher, Several Mistle Thrushes, Bee Eaters. Visitors Centre El Hondo – Purple Heron, Squacco Herons, Gull Billed Tern (NEW SPRING MIGRANT), many Whiskered Terns (NEW SPRING … Continued
We received this email from a teacher, I thought others might find it, and the suggested link of interest. “Hi there, I wanted to send you a ‘thank you’ for your webpage. I am a teacher at an after school … Continued
Just a couple of hours birding with Jack Higgins at Altea on 27th April. We got at least two Little Bitterns, two Squacco Herons, the usual Purple Swamphens that are normally there. Calling in on a field on way home … Continued
18th to 25th April This year we stayed, once again at Nannerth, a large farmhouse near Rhayader. It is a truly wonderful place with amazing views of the countryside and lots of birds easily viewed from the windows of our … Continued
25th April – evening – Hondón de las Nieves – we heard Red-necked Nightjar (NEW SPRING MIGRANT) calling behind our house. We are glad about it, the area has been converted from an abandoned almond orchard into a rather busy orchard with … Continued
An early start got us to the turning off the main road (by the yellow house) by about 8 o’clock. Calls of Corn Buntings greeted us along with a few Magpies. A short way along this small road we saw … Continued
Some highlights from a visit to the Costa Blanca. My first sighting of Marbled Duck, at El Hondo, from the small hide near to the San Felipe Neri visitor centre. Sightings of Garganey – a pair at El Pinet Salinas … Continued