It was a pleasant spring morning when members of the Costa Blanca Bird Club met just outside Alcoy for their April outing. 15 members congregated at the Nuevo Polígono, and the group was ably led by Greta Owen, who had put in a … Continued
On a cloudless spring morning, just thirteen members of the Costa Blanca Bird Club met just outside Crevillente for their March field trip, led by Barry Chambers. We took the awkward route through the town, then up into the Sierra, leaving one of … Continued
An unseasonably warm morning greeted 24 members of the Costa Blanca Bird Club, when they met at El Pinet. Very little avian activity was apparent on the sea, a solitary Gannet flying in the far distance the only bird of … Continued
It didn’t feel remotely like January when some 24 members of the Costa Blanca Bird Club met near the entrance to San Pedro del Pinatar’s saltworks. A stroll to the beach was all it took to reveal a nice pinkish-breasted Southern Grey Shrike, … Continued
That the Costa Blanca Bird Club’s December meeting was to be combined with its AGM didn’t appear to have had a deterrent effect, as no less than 29 people showed up, including several new faces, as we began searching the Clot de Galvany, … Continued
It may have been the distance, but it certainly wasn’t the weather – whatever the reason, there was only a sparse attendance of eleven for the Costa Blanca Bird Club’s November field trip to the steppes of Yecla. We met … Continued
On a cool, rather blustery October morning, seventeen of us congregated near Alcoy, for the October meeting of the Costa Blanca Bird Club. The number included two or three new faces, though several ‘regulars’ were conspicuous by their absence, for … Continued
Tarifa – 11th to 16th September Fourteen members of the club travelled to Tarifa to observe the autumn migration over the Straits of Gibraltar. Six members arrived on Monday 11th and six more arrived on Wednesday 13th. Greta and Paul … Continued
Unseasonal excessively hot sunshine, and annoyingly heavy traffic marked the beginning of the Costa Blanca Bird Club’s autumn programme, which started with a visit to the Marjal de Pego, right on the border of Alicante and Valencia provinces. We had … Continued
As has become the custom, the Costa Blanca Bird Club held its June meeting in the form of an afternoon/evening foray. Eighteen members assembled at the ternery of El Pinet in mid – afternoon, where good views were to be … Continued