For the March field trip, we took an anxious look at the weather report. Monica promised rain, but when 22 members met at the San Felipe Nerí Visitor Centre, it just looked black up in the hills, but OK where … Continued
16 hardy members and guests met at Almansa, following a day and night of very strong winds. The wind was less strong today but it was still a chilly day. Stephan and Els had undertaken the same trip the previous … Continued
When the Costa Blanca Bird Club met at San Pedro del Pinatar for our traditional January visit to the Mar Menor, the weather forecast was, to say the least, unpromising, but nonetheless 24 members braved the lowering skies and met … Continued
This month we combined our December outing with the Annual General Meeting, and some 22 members met on Santa Pola salinas on a chilly morning, with good views of a big flock of Wigeon not too far away, and a … Continued
CBBC Members and visitors assembled in good numbers at the Reserve Centre of San Felipe de Neri, first taking time to look at the recuperation project for the rare and threatened Red knobbed Coot, which are left to fend for … Continued
This month’s field trip, squeezed in before the start of the dreaded hunting season, involved a visit to Pego Marsh, where, unfortunately, most of the tracks had already been chained off in preparation for the following Saturday’s ‘blitzkrieg’. We were, … Continued
We were stationed at the Cabo de Gata’s Hotel Blanca Brisa for the third day of the Costa Blanca Bird Club’s first autumn trip, and the hides around the salinas were proving fruitful. A Great White Egret was perched helpfully … Continued
For their September field trip, the Costa Blanca Bird Club took a three night excursion into eastern Andalucía, and, by some miracle the whole party of fifteen more-or-less coincided at the comfortable Hotel Don Gonzalo, Cenes de la Vega, just … Continued