This report shows the first date 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 Comparison Reports.
SPECIES | DATE | WHERE SEEN | REPORTED BY |
Little Ringed Plover | 06/02/23 | Mar Menor | Darren Wilson |
House Martin | 06/02/23 | Mar Menor | Darren Wilson |
Swallow | 21/02/23 | El Clot | Mary Brazier |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | 24/02/23 | Monastery road | Mary Brazier |
Sand Martin | 24/02/23 | Ramblas del Albujón | Darren Wilson |
Red-rumped Swallow | 24/02/23 | Ramblas del Albujón | Darren Wilson |
Whinchat | 25/02/23 | El Hondo North Gate | Steve Saunders |
Yellow Wagtail | 27/02/23 | Ramblas del Albujón | Darren Wilson |
Redstart | 06/03/23 | El Clot | Malcolm Palmer |
Alpine Swift | 08/03/23 | Los Urrutias | Darren Wilson |
Pallid Swift | 13/03/23 | Torre Pacheco | Darren Wilson |
Reed Warbler | 16/03/23 | San Felipe | CBBC Members |
Subalpine Warbler | 21/03/23 | El Clot | Malcolm Palmer |
Sand Martin | 21/03/23 | Parc Recorral | Barry Chambers |
Willow Warbler | 23/03/23 | Alicante University | Malcolm Palmer |
Woodchat Shrike | 23/03/23 | La Manga | Darren Wilson |
Common Swift | 23/03/23 | Los Nietos | Darren Wilson |
Common Cuckoo | 25/03/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Short-toed Eagle | 27/03/23 | El Clot | Malcolm Palmer |
Whiskered Tern | 27/03/23 | Vistabella Hide | Barry Chambers |
Great Reed Warbler | 31/03/23 | El Convenio | Barry Chambers |
Purple Heron | 31/03/23 | El Convenio | Barry Chambers |
Bee-eater | 31/03/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Nightingale | 01/04/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Collared Pratincole | 02/04/23 | Ramblas del Albujón | Darren Wilson |
Black-eared Wheatear | 03/04/23 | Monnegre | Malcolm Palmer |
Montagu’s Harrier | 04/04/23 | Marina del Camoli | Darren Wilson |
Caspian Tern | 04/04/23 | Marina del Camoli | Darren Wilson |
Squacco Heron | 04/04/23 | San Felipe | Malcolm Palmer |
Black Tern | 11/04/23 | El Clot | Malcolm Palmer |
Common Tern | 11/04/23 | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
Elegant Tern | 12/04/23 | El Pinet | Nigel Bentley |
Greater Short-toed Lark | 13/04/23 | Yecla | CBBC Members |
Lesser Short-toed Lark | 13/04/23 | Yecla | CBBC Members |
Northern Wheatear | 13/04/23 | Yecla | CBBC Members |
Gull-billed Tern | 13/04/23 | Ramblas del Albujón | Darren Wilson |
Turtle Dove | 19/04/23 | El Algar | Darren Wilson |
Little Tern | 21/04/23 | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
Roller | 24/04/23 | Monastery Road | Barry Chambers |
Spotted Flycatcher | 24/04/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Pied Flycatcher | 25/04/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Golden Oriole | 26/04/23 | Benejuzar | David Armitage |
Red-necked Nightjar | 01/05/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
Wood Warbler | 21/05/23 | Rojales | Barry Chambers |