Monnegre – Malcolm Palmer
I took a run up to Monnegre. After only 100 metres of the barranco I saw ……….a Trumpeter Finch! My first there for more than five years.
I took a run up to Monnegre. After only 100 metres of the barranco I saw ……….a Trumpeter Finch! My first there for more than five years.
This morning I meet Eddie at Benejuzar and had a few year ticks. Two/three Golden Orioles, Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroats, 2 Melodious Warblers, Nightingales, Turtle Doves, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Great Reed Warbler. etc
An excellent morning’s birding along the Rio Segura at Benejuzar with Bryan Thomas. Star of the show was my first ever properly identified Melodious Warbler, went a bit mad with it and took 100+ photos! Other species seen – Moorhen, … Continued
Water, water, everywhere! And lots of it. You can’t get to the Vistabella hide without a boat. Black Terns fed over the Salinas in small numbers. Cuckoo flew over the road at Vistabella. Rollers are now present in the palms … Continued
I took a 90 minute walk along the Rio Segura at Benejuzar and identified 39 species plus 2 warblers I couldn’t ID. Here are a few of what I saw. Bee Eaters, Cuckoos, 4 Turtle Doves, 1 Pied Flycatcher, many … Continued
Visiting birder, John Olley has sent in this report of recent sightings, showing some significant bird movements. List of bird sightings 21st and 22nd April two hours each day 08.00 – 10.00 Laguna Salada de la Mata 3 male and … Continued
A nice bit of sun brought a few birds, including Pied Flycatcher, Woodchat Shrike, Swallow, Bee eater, Green Woodpecker and possible Spotted Redshank.
At the Clot, where there is a new plague of Florida Galapagos, and too much vegetation. It was teeming with Willow Warblers after the rain and I had a nice female Orphean Warbler. At the Font de Sendieta, Eight Black … Continued
14th April – Bee eater and Great Spotted Cuckoo around the old Monastery. 18th April – The only bird we saw at Pallet Road was a Little Owl. It landed on a shrub not far from the roadside. At PFT … Continued
A nice morning at The visitors Centre, El Hondo. Large numbers of Collared Pratincoles plus Great Reed Warblers, Great Spotted Cuckoo and Common Cuckoo, Whiskered Terns, Purple Heron, Squacco Herons, 4 Gull Billed Terns, Little Ringed Plover, Common, Green, Wood … Continued