It was a lovely day for a trip out so, despite us both feeling ill with bad colds, we headed down to the Cabo de Palos at the end of the Mar Menor. During our coffee stop at the port … Continued
22nd to 25th Feb – We set off on Monday on our annual trip to Mojacar. Our first bird was an Osprey flying overhead near to El Hondo as we headed towards the motorway at Crevillente. Our first stop was at … Continued
During recent outings we have added a few more species to our year list. 12th Feb – On Friday I was excited to spot a Blue Rock Thrush when we came along the beach road from Santa Pola to Gran Alacant. The … Continued
We had decided not to attend the CBBC Field Trip today as it is a long journey to Pego requiring an early start, not something I enjoy! Instead we set off across the Salinas, drove around the El Hondo tracks … Continued
It is great to be back in sunny Spain after several weeks in cold and rainy England. Last week we had a short visit to El Pinet where we found the 380 Black Tailed Godwits previously reported by Malcolm. We … Continued
It’s been a long while since I wrote in this blog, mainly because we were in England for most of January and the only birds we saw were in our garden in Wolverhampton. We had a daily visit from a … Continued
This morning we paid a short visit to El Pinet where we managed to catch up with a few of the birds we had not seen during Tuesday’s field trip, namely Avocet, 100+ Black tailed Godwit, and Gannet. After lunch we had a … Continued
Today we joined other CBBC members for the December field trip. It was a lovely sunny, relatively warm day and everyone was in a cheerful, positive mood as we set off for our first stop at El Clot. John and I … Continued
A few short trips out this week have found us the following birds:- 1st December – El Pinet – Dunlin, Little Stint, Sanderling, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Black winged Stilt, Little Egret. 2nd December – Little Reserve Track, Palm Farm Track, … Continued