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 |