This report shows the first date that a spring migrant/summer visitor was seen in the Costa Blanca area, where it was seen and who reported the sighting.

Birds are listed in order of the date they arrived. Information for previous years can be found in the Spring Migration Comparisons Report.

 

SPECIES DATE WHERE SEEN REPORTED BY
House Martin 12/02/17 Rojales Barry Chambers
Great Spotted Cuckoo 14/02/17 Alicante Brian Hunt
Barn Swallow 21/02/17 Rojales Barry Chambers
Little Ringed Plover 22/02/17 San Felipe CBBC Members
Yellow Wagtail 22/02/17 San Felipe CBBC Members
Pallid Swift 28/02/17 Lo Chicharro Barry Chambers
Red rumped Swallow 28/02/17 Consorcio gated road Stephan and Els
Sand Martin 07/03/17 San Felipe Malcolm Palmer
Garganey 15/03/17 Vistabella Hide Barry Chambers
Whiskered Tern 15/03/17 Vistabella Hide Barry Chambers
White Stork 16/03/17 Pego Marsh CBBC Members
Cuckoo 20/03/17 Los Montesinos Paul Coombes
Montagu’s Harrier 20/03/17 Los Montesinos Paul Coombes
Subalpine Warbler 20/03/17 Los Montesinos Paul Coombes
Collared Pratincole 21/03/17 San Felipe Michael Norton
Common Tern 21/03/17 Santa Pola Salinas Malcolm Palmer
Reed Warbler 21/03/17 Convenio Salinas Malcolm Palmer
Willow Warbler 21/03/17 El Hondo Paul Coombes
Great Reed Warbler 23/03/17 San Felipe Barry Chambers
Common Swift 23/03/17 San Felipe Barry Chambers
Redstart 23/03/17 Torrevieja Lake Paul Coombes
Alpine Swift 24/03/17 San Felipe Stephan and Els
Purple Heron 24/03/17 Carrizales Stephan and Els
Woodchat Shrike 24/03/17 El Carmoli, Murcia Paul Coombes
Little Bittern 25/03/17 El Hondo Paul Coombes
Northern Wheatear 27/03/17 Torrevieja Lake Paul Coombes
Scop’s Owl 28/03/17 Agost Malcolm Palmer
Short toed Eagle 28/03/17 Yecla Paul Coombes
Short toed Lark 28/03/17 Yecla Paul Coombes
Black eared Wheatear 29/03/17 Monnegre Paul Coombes
Bee eater 30/03/17 Las Ramblas Golf Elaine Warnock
Squacco Heron 31/03/17 Consorcio Stephan and Els
Nightingale 31/03/17 Consorcio Stephan and Els
Spotted Flycatcher 31/03/17 Carizales Stephan and Els
Whitethroat 01/04/17 Cap de Nau, Javea Nigel Bentley
Curlew Sandpiper 11/04/17 El Pinet Malcolm Palmer
Wood Warbler 13/04/17 El Clot Mark Etheridge
Turtle Dove 13/04/17 El Clot Mark Etheridge
Whinchat 13/04/17 Xeresa Julian Sykes
Quail (HO) 13/04/17 Nr. La Marina Andrew Lamb
Roller 14/04/17 El Hondo fields Julian Sykes
Hobby 14/04/17 El Hondo Julian Sykes
Caspian Tern 14/04/17 El Pinet Julian Sykes
Little Tern 14/04/17 El Pinet Julian Sykes
Orphean Warbler 15/04/17 Hondón de las Nieves Stephan and Els
Red necked Nightjar 18/04/17 Hondón de las Nieves Stephan and Els
Black Tern 19/04/17 Santa Pola Harbour CBBC Members
Pied Flycatcher 21/04/17 Alicante University Malcolm Palmer
Bonelli’s Warbler 22/04/17 La Mata Joy and Michael
Savi’s Warbler 26/04/17 San Felipe Joy and Michael
Night Heron 26/04/17 San Felipe Malcolm Palmer
Golden Oriole 27/04/17 Santa Agueda Paul and Greta
Gull billed Tern 28/04/17 Formentera Barry Chambers
Garden Warbler 02/05/17 Benejuzar Barry Chambers
Icterine Warbler 07/05/17 Hondon de los Neives Stephan and Els
Eleanora’s Falcon 24/05/17 La Granadella Nigel Bentley