Please check the reports for 2010-2014 and 2015-2018 for previous years.
This report shows, for a number of years, the first date a spring migrant was seen passing through the area, or a summer visitor was seen as it arrived in the Costa Blanca area. The dates show when a bird was reported as seen by a local or a visiting birder.
The first details we have are from 2010 and not all dates are exact. The years 2010 to 2014 and 2015 to 2018 are shown in separate reports. In some cases we do not have any data. In order to make the report as comprehensive as possible CBBC Members and other birders are asked to submit details of their sightings to the club for inclusion in the report.
Note 1 – – Some Marbled Ducks have been brought in to the San Felipe Reserve to increase the population. These birds have remained at the reserve and been seen throughout the Winter, meaning that it is impossible to ascertain a date for any additional birds which might have arrived for the Summer.
Note 2 – Lesser Kestrels have been seen at Yecla in both December and January meaning that it is not possible to come up with a meaningful date for Spring Migration.
| SPECIES | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| House Martin | 01/02/19 | 06/03/20 | 08/02/21 | 24/02/22 |
| Swallow | 07/02/19 | 06/03/20 | 08/02/21 | 09/02/22 |
| Little Ringed Plover | 14/02/19 | 02/02/20 | 23/02/21 | 18/01/22 |
| Pallid Swift | 14/02/19 | 11/02/20 | 21/03/21 | 25/03/22 |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | 17/02/19 | 11/02/20 | 24/02/21 | 06/02/22 |
| Caspian Tern | 20/02/19 | 23/02/20 | 17/04/21 | 28/04/22 |
| Sand Martin | 20/02/19 | 25/03/20 | 20/03/21 | 16/02/22 |
| Short toed Eagle | 08/03/19 | 14/02/20 | 26/05/21 | 17/03/22 |
| Purple Heron | 08/03/19 | 31/03/20 | 30/03/21 | 06/04/22 |
| Gargeney | 27/03/19 | no data | 20/03/21 | 17/03/22 |
| Reed Warbler | 27/03/19 | 12/06/20 | 05/04/21 | 12/04/22 |
| Great Reed Warbler | 29/03/19 | 12/06/20 | 31/03/21 | 12/04/22 |
| Common Swift | 29/03/19 | 30/03/20 | 20/03/21 | 15/03/22 |
| Whiskered Tern | 29/03/19 | 06/03/20 | 10/03/21 | 01/02/22 |
| Red rumped Swallow | 29/03/19 | 06/03/20 | 22/02/21 | 05/03/22 |
| Yellow Wagtail | 29/03/19 | 29/01/20 | 23/02/21 | 17/03/22 |
| Montagu’s Harrier | 01/04/19 | 19/04/20 | 05/05/21 | 08/04/22 |
| Collared Pratincole | 02/04/19 | no data | 30/03/21 | 08/04/22 |
| Black eared Wheatear | 02/04/19 | no data | 05/05/21 | 18/03/22 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 02/04/19 | 14/04/20 | 06/04/21 | 28/03/22 |
| Pied Flycatcher | 03/04/19 | 22/04/20 | 09/04/21 | 12/04/22 |
| Squacco Heron | 03/04/19 | 15/04/20 | 15/03/21 | 11/04/22 |
| Northern Wheatear | 03/04/19 | 02/05/20 | no data | 18/03/22 |
| Gull billed Tern | 03/04/19 | 15/04/20 | 10/03/21 | 06/04/22 |
| Night Heron | 03/04/19 | 02/05/20 | 25/02/21 | 21/03/22 |
| Cuckoo | 03/04/19 | 19/03/20 | 25/03/21 | 21/03/22 |
| Woodchat Shrike | 04/04/19 | 02/04/20 | 01/04/21 | 07/04/22 |
| Alpine Swift | 05/04/19 | 27/03/20 | 05/03/21 | 19/03/22 |
| Common Redstart | 08/04/19 | no data | 25/03/21 | 17/03/22 |
| White Stork | no data | no data | 08/03/21 | |
| Short toed Lark | 08/04/19 | no data | no data | 19/04/22 |
| Turtle Dove | 08/04/19 | no data | 10/04/21 | 20/04/22 |
| Bee eater | 10/04/19 | 10/04/20 | 06/04/21 | 08/04/22 |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 12/04/19 | no data | 26/05/21 | 17/04/22 |
| Orphean Warbler | 12/04/19 | no data | no data | |
| Nightingale | 16/04/19 | 16/04/20 | 01/04/21 | 06/04/22 |
| Whinchat | 17/04/19 | 17/06/20 | no data | 24/02/22 |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 21/04/19 | 30/04/20 | 04/05/21 | 25/04/22 |
| Roller | 21/04/19 | 21/04/20 | 19/04/21 | 13/04/22 |
| Willow Warbler | 22/04/19 | 22/04/20 | 12/04/21 | 21/03/22 |
| Golden Oriole | 22/04/19 | 19/04/20 | 26/04/21 | 29/04/22 |
| Garden Warbler | 22/04/19 | no data | 29/04/21 | |
| Whitethroat | 22/04/19 | no data | no data | 21/03/22 |
| Curlew Sandpiper | 22/04/19 | no data | 26/04/21 | 26/04/22 |
| Common Tern | 22/04/19 | no data | 31/03/21 | 07/04/22 |
| Black Tern | 23/04/19 | no data | 13/04/21 | 12/04/22 |
| Little Tern | 25/04/19 | 29/04/20 | 13/04/21 | 25/04/22 |
| Wood Warbler | 26/04/19 | no data | no data | 13/04/22 |
| Melodious Warbler | 30/04/19 | no data | 27/05/21 | 13/05/22 |
| Red necked Nightjar | 20/05/19 | 02/05/20 | 06/05/21 | 08/05/22 |
| Rufous Bush Robin | 21/05/19 | no data | no data | 15/04/22 |
| Icterine Warbler | no data | 15/04/20 | no data | |
| Hobby | no data | 20/04/20 | no data |