Palm Farm track – Stonechat, 2 Kestrels, 2 Grey Herons, 2 eagles (not positive ids, but both on the ground and the same – probably Booted Eagles?), Black Shouldered Kite on wires towards end of track. No sign of usual … Continued
Today at the Palm Farm Track, great views of Black Shouldered Kite.
A nice Spotted Redshank was at close range at Pinet.
The Costa Blanca Bird Club squeezed their October field trip in just before the ‘World War Three’ of the hunting season was due to decimate the wildlife on Pego’s marshland. Some 19 members met on a morning more akin to … Continued
Passing over Moralet, was an adult Short-toed Eagle.
We received this message from Stephen Boll about a Spoonbill seen by CBBC Members in Jan 2017 – “You may, or may not, remember that in Jan 2017 we spotted a Spoonbill which had been ringed and thanks to … Continued
This morning, at Moralet, between San Vicente and Agost, a party of 6 Lesser Kestrels passed over, diving and catching insects. A Golden Eagle was perched nearby calling.
Only one bird of note on the PFT, but that was a beautiful Black-shouldered Kite. On Sunday, there was a Knot on the Salinas.
Had a ride up to Monnegre, where there was very little, but took half an hour on the bridge, overlooking the stream, where I found two Grey Wagtails, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Subalpine Warbler.
On the University Campus, there was a huge gathering of hirundines, and the vast majority, surprisingly, were Red-rumped Swallows, hundreds of them! There were also both Spotted and Pied Flycatcher, and the first autumn Blackcap.