El Clot – Malcolm Palmer
This afternoon at the Clot (dry hide) 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Squacco Herons, at least 3 Pied Flycatchers, 2 Willow Warblers, big movement of hirundines, including many Sand Martins and a lot of Swifts too.
El Pinet, Monastery, El Clot, Salinas – Malcolm Palmer
El Pinet –4 Curlew Sandpipers, Little, Common and Gull-billed Tern, Collared Pratincole, Pied Flycatcher. Monastery, or around there – Roller, Nightingale. El Clot, Night Heron, Sand Martin, Turtle Dove. Salinas – Yellow Wagtail.
Pallet Road, Monastery, PFT – Greta Owen
On our route earlier this morning, only one Little Owl at pallet road, then not much else until we got to the monastery road. There we had, for the first time this year, the Roller. While I was photographing the … Continued
Torrevieja, Monastery – Geoff Culliford
Friday evening I headed over to the Azure-winged Magpie site and then on to Los Montesinos to see the Montagu’s Harriers come in to roost. Saturday morning I headed over to the old monastery. I found 4 Rollers, 2 Little … Continued
El Clot, El Pinet – Geoff Culliford
Last Thursday I picked up my best birding friend David from Wiltshire for a 4fpurday birding bash. On the way to the airport I found a Northern Wheatear at the old monastery. He arrived at 5.30pm so straight over to … Continued
Yecla – Malcolm Palmer
On the 9th April, six members of the Costa Blanca Bird Club met at Yecla for an unofficial field trip. After several days of murky brown, misty sky, with everything covered in dust, it was pleasing to see sharp outlines of the surrounding … Continued
Monastery, San Felipe – Malcolm Palmer
At the Monastery, brief view of an unusually shy Great Spotted Cuckoo, Bee Eaters over. El Hondo awash with Reed Warblers and a Purple Heron flew over – also Zitting Cisticolas doing what they do best – No sign of Roller at … Continued
El Pinet, Monastery – Gary and Jo Partida
At El Pinet today the Collared Pratincoles didn’t disappoint with a variety of poses! Monastery road today our first sighting of the Bee-eaters.
Guardamar – Malcolm Palmer
I tried to resist – oh, how I tried! I avoided driving the (for me) quite long haul, to Guardamar, then finding my way past the barrier, with its terrible toll (one euro) -well, I’m a Yorkshireman, around the marina, then the long … Continued
El Hondo fields – Paul and Greta
Not a very bright Sunday morning but at least it’s not raining this week. This morning at the pallet road; Red-legged Partridge, Little Owl, Serin, a large flock of Flamingo flying in formation, and a Greenfinch. Moving on to the … Continued