El Clot, PFT – Malcolm Palmer
Called at the Clot: apart from a Stone Curlew, nowt much about, but the news is they’ve cleared all the veg in front of the Zeiss hide and seem to be digging channels around the perimeter. On the PFT at … Continued
Called at the Clot: apart from a Stone Curlew, nowt much about, but the news is they’ve cleared all the veg in front of the Zeiss hide and seem to be digging channels around the perimeter. On the PFT at … Continued
Out on the usual route, the pallet road had two Buzzard, Hoopoe, Southern Grey Shrike, Greenfinch, Starlings and Black Redstart. Moving on the monastery road we saw the usual Little Owl sitting on the wall of the finca and a … Continued
Yesterday an afternoon trip to El Clot. There were a lot of people at the main pond, but not too much in the way of birds, other than Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Teal and a Purple Swamphen. Nice to see … Continued
Today Rex, Eddie, Stuart and myself went to Espuna in search of Ring Ouzels. The weather was incredible but unfortunately the birds were very scarce. We did manage to see 2 Crested Tits, 2 Short Toed Treecreepers, 3 Ravens, … Continued
Just a short walk over the lighthouse cliffs this morning but nice to see two Black Wheatear, several Black Redstarts and Sardinian Warblers, Hoopoe and Serin.
We arranged a trip out with Paul and Greta today, across the countryside to San Felipe. Highlights for me were; Blue Rock Thrush and Green Woodpecker by the monastery, Booted Eagle posing nicely in a tree where GSA meets Vistabella … Continued
A quick walk round on a nice day produced – Little Grebe, Mallard, Shoveler, Teal, White headed Duck, Booted Eagle, Clot, Moorhen, Hoopoe, Crag Martin, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Sardinian Warbler, Southern Grey Shrike, Spotless Starling, House Sparrow, Goldfinch.
The Costa Blanca Bird Club combined it’s December outing, as usual, with it’s AGM, and 25 members and visitors met on a springlike morning at Gran Alacant then went on to the Clot de Galvany. The Charco de Contacto at … Continued
CBBC Field Trip today was excellent! Lovely weather, good company, great cakes provided by Greta Owen, nice lunch …. Oh and a few good birds too! Highlights were, at El Clot – Wryneck, at Carabassi beach – Red breasted Merganser, … Continued
Day 12 – It was a very long day yesterday, not back in Montesinos till nearly midnight, so not too surprising that we ‘slept in’ this morning. A text was sent to Mark explaining we’d be half an hour late … Continued