El Pinet, El Hondo,Monastery – Geoff Culliford
Another great days birding on the Costa Blanca. Dozens of Collard Pratincole at El Pinet. Booted Eagles and Purple Gallinule at El Hondo. And then I found a Roller by the old monastery.
Guardarmar – Geoff Culliford
Guardamar del Segura this morning by the river. A lifer for me a Western Subalpine Warbler I watched a pair for about 30 minutes. Also a Woodchat Shrike, all by the footbridge over the river.
El Pinet, Monastery – Gleb Berloff
I began at El Pinet with the closest breeding-plumage Collared Pratincole views I have ever had, with some amazing Black-winged Stilt views as well. Then I headed over to the Old Monastery area. Countless Iberian Grey Shrikes, an extremely close … Continued
Guardarmar – Barry Chambers
At the lighthouse at Guardamar today the Surf Scoter was still present, it flew from the right of the pier and landed to the left of the pier. Also I had a lifer in the shape of 3 possibly 4 … Continued
El Hondo Fields – Greta Owen
Not really a day for birding, overcast and wet. Red-legged Partridge in the lemon groves and a Buzzard sat on a fence up pallet road. Hoopoe and Iberian Grey Shrike down the side of the monastery, with a Cuckoo sat … Continued
Birding the Costa Blanca
Dale Kelly contacted me today with feedback from his recent trip to the Alicante area. This is what he said:- “Hi Mary, I hope you can remember me from my enquiry with regards to my visit to Cabo Roig. You very … Continued
El Pinet – Mark Jarrett
Currently minimum of 38 Collared Pratincole, all on main central islands.
Santa Agueda – Paul License
26th March – I have seen big numbers (beyond 50 on one occasion) of Night Herons flying into El Hondo at dusk. This was from the observation platforms at the end of the road beyond Santa Agueda chapel. 28th March … Continued
San Felipe – Barry Chambers
Today at El Hondo visitors centre there were a number of Great Reed Warblers, huge numbers of Med Gulls and Glossy Ibis, also a few Tree Sparrows by the Centre plus a million mosquitos. I also heard a Common Reed … Continued
Mary’s Blog – El Pinet, El Clot
A quick visit to El Pinet today and I was happy to find a few of the Collared Pratincoles Mark Jarrett had reported previously; about eight of them. There were also loads of Sandwich Terns and Slender-billed Gulls as we … Continued