San Felipe and Surrounding area
Thursday 28th March
Thursday 28th March
Good morning, My birding friend Trevor Ashley has returned to Spain. To bird the spring migration looks like he's picked a good week. For our first extended mornings birding, it was good, we followed our normal route which has proved to be the most productive over time. Huge numbers of Barn Swallow, Plaid Swift, Common Swift, House Martin, into the mix quite a few Sand Martin, highlights included 2 Drake Garganey at San Felipe.
Garganey Bird 1
Garganey Bird 2
Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, LRP, Marbled Duck, Spoonbill, Great white Egret, Black tailed Godwit, Red crested Pochard. A few Yellow Wagtail.
Yellow Wagtail
White headed Ducks, Common Pochard, Great reed Warbler, Black cap, Water pipit, Purple swamp Hen, Glossy Ibis.
Wood Sandpiper
lots of summer plumage Mediterranean Gull, and a few introduced Red knobbed Coot.
plenty of the resident type birds like Black winged Stilts, Slender billed Gulls.
Slender billed Gull
Avocet, Greater Flamingos Marsh Harriers, and Booted Eagle in good numbers.
Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, LRP, Marbled Duck, Spoonbill, Great white Egret, Black tailed Godwit, Red crested Pochard. A few Yellow Wagtail.
White headed Ducks, Common Pochard, Great reed Warbler, Black cap, Water pipit, Purple swamp Hen, Glossy Ibis.
lots of summer plumage Mediterranean Gull, and a few introduced Red knobbed Coot.
plenty of the resident type birds like Black winged Stilts, Slender billed Gulls.
Avocet, Greater Flamingos Marsh Harriers, and Booted Eagle in good numbers.
I'm keep it a short write up and let a few photos to tell the story.
Tomorrow Yecla lets see what that's got to offer, fingers crossed it will be good.
Today at
Estepas De Yecla Friday 29th March
As it happens it was good. Amazingly the temperature was only 3 degrees on arrival with clear sky, before we left at 1 o'clock it was 23 degrees. 4 Great spotted Cuckoos, Thekla's Lark.
Thekla's Lark
Greater short toed Lark, Calendar Lark, 10 Black bellied Sandgrouse. A very fearless Stone Curlew which came with in a few meters these birds are normally very very flighty or scurry away quickly but not this one.
Stone Curlew
Trying to conceal behind a little stone
Lesser Kestrel in several location but highest number around the farm barn, 15 Little owls we stopped counting after that number. Rock Sparrows, Black Wheatear, Mistle Thrush, Merlin, and Black Restart.
Greater short toed Lark, Calendar Lark, 10 Black bellied Sandgrouse. A very fearless Stone Curlew which came with in a few meters these birds are normally very very flighty or scurry away quickly but not this one.
Lesser Kestrel in several location but highest number around the farm barn, 15 Little owls we stopped counting after that number. Rock Sparrows, Black Wheatear, Mistle Thrush, Merlin, and Black Restart.
Day off tomorrow from birding and with rain forecast for all day Sunday hopefully it will bring some migrants
Enjoy your Birding
Photos to follow
Cheers Bryan
Sunday birding cancelled
torrential rain all day.
Sunday birding cancelled
torrential rain all day.
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