Lo Monte – David Roe
I had a short visit to Lagunas de lo Monte and saw plenty of birds on the two main ponds, but nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see. Male White-headed Duck and a Grey Wagtail in front of one of … Continued
El Hondo, Los Balcones – Clifford Dell
My last day in Spain today but I will be back in May. I went to El Hondo and had a good day with the following species seen:- Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Marbled Duck, Avocet Bluethroat, female … Continued
El Hondo area – Juha Lehtinen
Flamingos gave us a great show yesterday evening at Vistabella Road. Very nice!
Bonete, Corral Rubio, Petrola – Juha Lehtinen
Today I saw 52 Great Bustards! Flocks of 22 and 10 between Bonete and Corral Rubio and 8 and 12 between Corral Rubio and Petrola. Very nice! Some birds started a kind of display. One Red Kite, 28 Black-bellied Sandgrouse, … Continued
El Hondo/San Felipe – Juha Lehtinen
Yesterday at El Hondo. Huge amounts of waterfowl, over a thousand Shoveler, hundreds of Teal, plus Pochard and Red-Crested Pochards. Fifty White-headed Ducks. Ten Pintail and Garganey. About twenty Booted Eagles and 5-6 Marsh Harriers. There was too little time … Continued
El Hondo, El Pinet, El Clot – Nigel Bentley
Had a really good day seeing 62 species. My personal highlights were:- El Hondo – 2 Temminck’s Stint, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 female Northern Pintail and close views of 6+ Common Snipe. Palm Farm Track – … Continued
Yecla – Malcolm Palmer
Cold up on the ZEPA at Yecla at first, but heat-haze by the time we came away! We had to work for what we saw – just one solitary Black-bellied Sandgrouse, perhaps twenty Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, a Golden Eagle being mobbed … Continued
El Hondo fields/ El Pinet – Paul and Greta
On our route today as soon as we drove in to the pallet road a Kestrel flew over. A little further up the road I spotted a bird in a distant tree, it turned out to be a Great Spotted … Continued
Guadalentin and Sierra Espuna – Rex Walker
On Thursday, Jeannet, Eddie, David Roe and I went to the Guadalentín valley; the reserve at Salinas de Alhama de Murcia; and the Sierra de Espuña. Highlights were as follows:- At Guadalentín – at least 19 Little Bustard in a … Continued
Estapas de Yecla – Rex Walker
Jeannet, Eddie and I decided to risk a trip to the “estepas” at Yecla despite the overcast, cold and windy weather that was forecast. (For those who do not know the area, “estepas” does not mean not grassy “steppes” but … Continued