This report shows the first date a spring migrant /summer visitor was seen in the Costa Blanca area, where it was seen and who reported the sighting. Please note these dates are at best guidelines as some birds which are generally thought of as migrants now have a tendency to overwinter in the area. *See the item under ‘News’ dated 14/02/21.
Birds are listed in order of the date they arrived. Information for previous years can be found in the Spring Migration Comparison Reports.
| SPECIES | DATE | WHERE SEEN | REPORTED BY |
| Little Ringed Plover* | 18/01/22 | Los Alcazares | CBBC members |
| Whiskered Tern* | 01/02/22 | El Hondo | Barry Chambers |
| Swallow | 09/02/22 | El Hondo/San Felipe | CBBC members |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | 06/02/22 | Mazarron | Gordon Mills |
| Sand Martin | 16/02/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
| House Martin | 24/02/22 | Mazarron | Gordon Mills |
| Whinchat | 24/02/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
| Red-rumped Swallow | 05/03/22 | Playa Hondo | Darren Wilson |
| Common Swift | 15/03/22 | Mazarron | Gordon Mills |
| Short-toed Eagle | 17/03/22 | Santa Pola Salinas | CBBC Members |
| Yellow Wagtail | 17/03/22 | Santa Pola Salinas | CBBC Members |
| Garganey | 17/03/22 | San Felipe Reserve | CBBC Members |
| Redstart | 17/03/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
| Black-eared Wheatear | 18/03/22 | Mazarron | Gordon Mills |
| Northern Wheatear | 18/03/22 | Mazarron | Gordon Mills |
| Alpine Swift | 19/03/22 | Los Urrutias | Darren Wilson |
| Cuckoo | 21/03/22 | Park Recorral | Barry Chambers |
| Night Heron | 21/03/22 | Park Recorral | Barry Chambers |
| Whitethroat | 21/03/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Willow Warbler | 21/03/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Pallid Swift | 25/03/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
| Subalpine Warbler | 28/03/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
| Nightingale | 06/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Gull-billed Tern | 06/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Purple Heron | 06/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Woodchat Shrike | 07/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Common Tern | 07/04/22 | Pego Marshes | Len Williamson |
| Montagu’s Harrier | 08/04/22 | Los Urrutias | Darren Willson |
| Collared Pratincole | 08/04/22 | Los Urrutias | Darren Wilson |
| Bee-eater | 08/04/22 | Playa Honda | Darren Wilson |
| Squacco Heron | 11/04/22 | La Marina | Andrew Lamb |
| Black Tern | 12/04/22 | Vistabella | Barry Chambers |
| Great Reed Warbler | 12/04/22 | Vistabella | Barry Chambers |
| Reed Warbler | 12/04/22 | Vistabella | Barry Chambers |
| Pied Flycatcher | 12/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Wood Warbler | 13/04/22 | Benijofar | Barry Chambers |
| Roller | 13/04/22 | Urb. Oasis | Andrew Lamb |
| Rufous Bush Robin | 15/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 17/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Short-toed Lark | 19/04/22 | Yecla | Mark Etheridge |
| Turtle Dove | 20/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 25/04/22 | Park Recorral | Barry Chambers |
| Little Tern | 25/04/22 | El Pinet | Steve Saunders |
| Curlew Sandpiper | 26/04/22 | El Pinet | Mark Etheridge |
| Caspian Tern | 28.04.22 | El Pinet | Steve Saunders |
| Golden Oriole | 29/04/22 | Salinas de Marchamalo | Darren Wilson |
| Red-necked Nightjar | 08/05/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
| Melodious Warbler | 13/05/22 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |