This report shows the first date that a spring migrant/summer visitor was seen in the Costa Blanca area, where it was seen and who reported the sighting.
Birds are listed in order of the date they arrived. Information for previous years can be found in the Spring Migration Comparisons Report.
SPECIES | DATE | WHERE SEEN | REPORTED BY |
House Martin | 8th February | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Swallow | 8th February | San Fulgencio | Barry Chambers |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | 22nd February | Guadalentin Valley | Mary and John |
Whinchat | 23rd February | Mojacar | Mary and John |
Pallid Swift | 29th February | Nr El Pinet | Stephan and Els |
Red rumped Swallow | 3rd March | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Little Ringed Plover | 5th March | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Alpine Swift | 14th March | Pego Marsh | Nigel Bentley |
Yellow Wagtail | 14th March | Pego Marsh | Nigel Bentley |
Short toed Eagle | 14th March | Pego Marsh | Nigel Bentley |
Cuckoo | 20th March | Hondon de las Nieves | Stephan and Els |
Orphean Warbler | 22nd March | Hondon de las Nieves | Stephan and Els |
Sand Martin | 9th March | Pego Marsh | Nigel Bentley |
Common Swift | 24th March | Palm farm track | Malcolm Palmer |
Purple Heron | 24th March | Consorcio | Malcolm Palmer |
Whiskered Tern | 26th March | El Hondo | Edward Humphreys |
Collared Pratincole | 26th March | El Hondo | Edward Humphreys |
Little Bittern | 26th March | El Hondo | Edward Humphreys |
White Stork | 14th March | Pego Marsh | Nigel Bentley |
Black Stork | 26th March | Pego Marsh | Nigel Bentley |
Willow Warbler | 27th March | Alicante Uni | Malcolm Palmer |
Spotted Flycatcher | 27th March | Alicante Uni | Malcolm Palmer |
Night Heron | 27th March | Santa Pola | Malcolm Palmer |
Woodchat Shrike | 27th March | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Garganey | 27th March | Visabella hide | Stephan and Els |
Reed Warbler | 27th March | Consorcio | Stephan and Els |
Black eared Wheatear | 27th March | Nr. Sucina | Rob Dowsett |
Subalpine Warbler | 28th March | Consorio | Barry Chambers |
Great Reed Warbler | 28th March | Consorio | Barry Chambers |
Curlew Sandpiper | 29th March | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
Bee eater | 30th March | Hondo area | Bryan Thomas |
Common Tern | 30th March | El Pinet | Bryan Thomas |
Squacco Heron | 30th March | Hondo area | Bryan Thomas |
Scops Owl | 1st April | Agost | Malcolm Palmer |
Pied Flycatcher | 5th April | Alicante | Malcolm Palmer |
Nightingale | 6th April | Nr Guardarmar | Barry Chambers |
Montagu’s Harrier | 9th April | Nr Los Montesintos | Edward Humphreys |
Whitethroat | 11th April | Alicante Uni | Malcolm Palmer |
Golden Oriole | 11th April | Alicante Uni | Malcolm Palmer |
Turtle Dove | 12th April | Benijuzar | Barry Chambers |
Little Tern | 12th April | Santa Pola Salinas | Stephan and Els |
Northern Wheatear | 13th April | Tabarca Island | CBBC Members |
Red necked Nightjar | 13th April | Tabarca Island | CBBC Members |
Roller | 15th April | Hondo fields | Malcolm Palmer |
Gull billed Tern | 17th April | Petrola | Stephan and Els |
Roseate Tern | 19th April | El Pinet | Barry Chambers |
Elegant Tern | 19th April | El Pinet | Barry Chambers |
Garden Warbler | 20th April | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Caspian Tern | 20th April | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
Bonelli’s Warbler | 20th April | Carabassi woods | Malcolm Palmer |
Wood Warbler | 22nd April | Tabarca | Edward Humphreys |
Short toed Lark | 22nd April | Rabasa | Malcolm Palmer |
Melodious Warbler | 1st May | Guardarmar | Barry Chambers |
Isabelline Warbler | 21st May | Hondon de las Nieves | Stephan and Els |
Rufous Bush Robin | 27th May | Gran Alacant | Stephan and Mark Etheridge |