Mary’s Blog

30/5/22 – Gran Alacant to Daroca – Today we set off for an overnight stay in Daroca on the way to the Pyrenees. Even on the journey I can’t help looking our for birds. We saw numerous Magpies plus Glossy … Continued

28/5/22 – A morning visit to the Clot found much the same birds as previously seen with Little Bittern (flying), Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret in a tree at the main pool! The usual Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Marbled Duck … Continued

27/5/22 – Today we found our way to Benejuzar in the hope of seeing Golden Orioles but no luck sadly. We have since discovered we may have been in the wrong place, or at least there was a better place … Continued

26/5/22 – this was our only proper birding day so we followed a well known route covered many times before. On the way to the salinas I saw an Iberian Grey Shrike and plenty of Yellow-legged Gulls. The salinas held … Continued

Finally, after more than two years we were back in Spain for a couple of weeks. Hoorah! 25/5/22 – A trip to Arenales seafront for breakfast gave us our first bird, a Pallid Swift, along with Spotless Starlings, which might … Continued

Today I am remembering our friend Brian Conduit who died on this date in 2009. He is responsible for introducing us to birding in Spain, and in general. He showed us all the good sites to see birds on the … Continued

After going around the fields on Tuesday when it was cloudy we took a return trip today in the sunshine. Some White Headed Ducks were on the pool at the start of the Salinas and at last we ticked off … Continued

Today we met up with Geoff and headed up the Madrid motorway towards Almansa. At the Bonete turn off we took the road towards Higuerela then headed across the country track towards Petrola. The first birds of note were two … Continued

Today we took a drive down to the Mar Menor, having a brief stop at Lo Monte on the way. There we saw 2 White Headed Duck, 2 Pochard, Shelducks, Cormorants, Little Grebe and Crested Lark. Next stop was for … Continued

We left GA and crossed the Salinas before meeting up with the others at El Pinet. The lagoons held a few Slender Billed Gulls, Avocets and Flamingos and Barry pointed out two Redshank and a Greenshank on a distant island. … Continued