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.
DATE | SPECIES | WHERE SEEN | REPORTED BY |
16/02/24 | Little Ringed Plover | San Felipe | Barry Chambers |
20/02/24 | Red-rumped Swallow | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
20/02/24 | Barn Swallow | El Clot | Malcolm Palmer |
20/02/24 | House Martin | El Clot | Malcolm Palmer |
26/02/24 | Sand Martin | El Clot | Barry Chambers |
27/02/24 | White Stork | San Felipe | Darren Wilson |
04/03/24 | Alpine Swift | Vistabella | Barry Chambers |
08/03/24 | Yellow Wagtail | San Felipe | Barry Chambers |
11/03/24 | Pallid Swift | San Felipe | Geoff Culliford |
11/03/24 | Common Swift | San Felipe | Geoff Culliford |
18/03/24 | Purple Heron | Vistabella road | Barry Chambers |
18/03/24 | Montagu’s Harrier | Los Montesinos | Geoff Culliford |
19/03/24 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Near Old Monastery | Geoff Culliford |
19/03/24 | Caspian Tern | Guardarmar | Geoff Culliford |
20/03/24 | Short-toed Eagle | Sierra Espuña | Geoff Culliford |
20/03/24 | Northern Wheatear | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
22/03/24 | Redstart | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
23/03/24 | Willow Warbler | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
23/03/24 | Cuckoo | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
23/03/24 | Collared Pratincole | El Pinet | Mark Jarrett |
23/03/24 | Common Tern | El Pinet | Mark Jarrett |
23/03/24 | Great Reed Warbler | San Felipe | Mary Brazier |
25/03/24 | Reed Warbler | San Felipe | Barry Chambers |
01/04/24 | Woodchat Shrike | Guardarmar | Geoff Culliford |
02/04/24 | Roller | Monastery area | Geoff Culliford |
05/04/24 | Whinchat | Monastery | Geoff Culliford |
05/04/24 | Bee-eater | Monastery | Barry Chambers |
06/04/24 | Squacco Heron | El Hondo | Geoff Culliford |
06/04/24 | Sedge Warbler | El Hondo | Geoff Culliford |
07/04/24 | Nightingale | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
07/04/24 | Wood Warbler | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
09/04/24 | Black-eared Wheatear | Yecla | Barry Chambers |
10/04/24 | Turtle Dove | Pallet Road | Greta Owen |
11/04/24 | Pied Flycatcher | El Clot | Geoff Culliford |
18/04/24 | Bonelli’s Warbler | Alcoy | CBBC Members |
22/04/24 | Gull-billed Tern | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
22/04/24 | Little Tern | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
22/04/24 | Curlew Sandpiper | El Pinet | Malcolm Palmer |
23/04/24 | Red-necked Nightjar | Rojales | Barry Chambers |
06/05/24 | Spotted Flycatcher | Tibi | Geoff Culliford |
07/05/24 | Melodious Warbler | Monnegre | Malcolm Palmer |
08/05/24 | Orphean Warbler | La Mata | Barry Chambers |
09/05/24 | Golden Oriole | Yecla | Daniel Newton |
18/05/24 | Whiskered Tern | San Felipe | Geoff Culliford |