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
Tuesday 12th January – Mar Menor area Wednesday 10th February – Pego Thursday 10th March Central Area (Santa Pola/El Hondo etc.) Wednesday 13th April – Tabarca Island Wednesday 11th May – Alcoy (Vultures) Tuesday 7th June – Santa Pola including Lighthouse area for Red necked Nightjars
Edward sent in these photos taken last week at San Felipe. Click on a photo to view a larger image.
On Wednesday we had a run across the Salinas and the El Hondo fields, finishing up at San Felipe Visitor Centre. The Salinas were quite quiet, perhaps due to the wind, with only Yellow legged Gull, Slender billed Gull, Little Egret … Continued
Near La Marina, a Merlin flew over the road. Flooded field near the PFT: several Water Pipits. Another off the Vistabella Road: At least 10 Golden Plover with a lot of Lapwings.
Thursday 5th November 2015 – Yecla, Estacion, Petrola & Corral Rubio We left Gran Alacant as dawn was breaking at 7.15am and drove to an area of rolling farmland just north of Yecla. On arrival at 8.30am we heard the unmistakable … Continued
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 – Torrevieja, San Pedro and ‘The Clot’ We left at 9am and headed straight for the Azure-winged Magpie site near Torrevieja. We soon picked up our target bird along with Monk Parakeet, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Spotless Starling, … Continued
It was great to be back in Spain just 1 month after leading our first overseas ‘Bargain Birding Club’ trip to Alicante. Good old fashioned birding with my pal Bryan on his local patch. Happy days! Sunday 1st November 2015 … Continued
Wednesday Today we were leaving to go home but took a detour around the Lagoons of Ruidera which are very picturesque. We had a few stops, including one to look at a waterfall where a Kingfisher flew across in front … Continued
Tuesday We set off towards Tablas de Daimiel, a wetland area close to Ciudad Real. We left Ruidera in bright sunlight but as we reached the town of Damiel we drove into a bank of fog which did not look very … Continued