Spain 🇪🇸 Day5 50 species (Trip total now 130) 16 species were added to the trip list during a short evening visit. KENTISH, RINGED & GREY PLOVER, SPOONBILL, GCGREBE, COLLARED PRATINCOLE. TURNSTONE, LBBGULL, SANDERLING, LITTLE STINT, LITTLE, COMMON & SANDWICH … Continued
This fantastic Roller was seen just west of Los Urrutias this morning. Other notable sightings were 5 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 male Pied Flycatcher, 2 Stone-Curlew, 13 Bee-eater overhead, 5 Turtle Dove and an Iberian Grey Shrike. Also of note was … Continued
Spain 🇪🇸 Day4 47 species (Trip total 114) …. incuding11 PIN TAILED SANDGROUSE, GOLDEN ORIOLE, GREATER SHORT TOED LARK (many), LESSER SHORT TOED LARK, Stone Curlew, Rock Sparrow, Black Wheatear, LESSER KESTREL, PEREGRINE FALCON, CALANDRA LARK (many), Booted Eagle, Turtle … Continued
Spain 🇪🇸 Day3 67 species (Trip total 105sp) …. incuding4 Montagu’s Harrier (3m, 1f), c10 GULL BILLED TERN, c20 GREATER FLAMINGO, Booted Eagle & Red Rumped Swallow at Los Montesinos RED CRESTED POCHARD, 2 WESTERN SWAMPHEN, Squacco & PURPLE HERON, … Continued
Last day of holidays. Treated myself to a second trip to El Hondo. Highlights from Vistabella Road were a reeling Savi’s Warbler first thing, and a Purple Heron that landed right in front of the hide but steadfastly refused to … Continued
Spain 🇪🇸 Day2 58 species (Trip total 87sp) …. highlights 3 Red necked Nightjar sat on the road at around 6am , Greater short toed Lark, 4 Spectacled Warbler, 2 Little Bustard, 3 Booted Eagle, Short toed Eagle, c15 Bee-eater, … Continued
Quieter day on Thursday. However, a couple of hours at Salinas de San Pedro del Pinatar yielded a pair of Curlew Sandpipers, Kentish Plover, Little Stint and Sanderling.
Spain 🇪🇸 Day1 48 species …. highlights8 Western Black eared Wheatear (Dark & Pale throated), Orphean, Melodious, Sardinian & Dartford Warblers, Trumpeter Finch, pair Bonelli’s Eagle, 14 Woodchat Shrike, 12 Black Wheatear, 6 Blue Rock Thrush, 4 Rock Bunting, 3 … Continued
Second day out with the brilliant Bryan proved as fruitful as previous day. Monnegre and Maigmo Target species was Trumpeter Finch and mission was well and truly accomplished. Other highlights were Blue Rock Thrush, Rock Bunting, Melodious Warbler, Crested Tit, … Continued
Smashing day out being guided by Bryan Thomas out on the plains. 83 species in total. Highlights included 20 Great Bustard, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, five species of Lark (Skylark, Crested, Thekla, Calandra and Greater Short-toed), three species of Wheatear (Northern, Black … Continued