Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 11-20 March 2023
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat. observado.es and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
11-20 March 2023
Ducks & Geese
12.3.2023 Anas rubripes Sada, Ría de Betanzos, A Coruña (Ignacio Aparicio), 18.3 (Jag Escariz)
11.3.2023 Anas carolinensis 2 m Valdoviño lagoon, A Coruña (Xavier Prieto). Wintering birds, 20.3, two males (Ignacio Aparicio)
12.3.2023 Anas carolinensis 1 m Ría del Eo, Asturias (Daniel Martínez, Colectivo Ornitológico Carbayera del Tragamón)
20.3.2023 Anas carolinensis 1 m Lagoa de Sobrado, A Coruña (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/548963991
10.3.2023 Spatula discors 1m Charcas de Visvique, Gran Canaria, Canary Is. (Xabier Remirez),13.3 (Miguel Hernández), 16.3 (Miguel Hernández https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/546117011 )
12.3.2023 Spatula discors 1m Laguna Primera de Palos, Huelva (José Manuel Fernández). Seen previously https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/545087411 . 15.3 (Renato Bagarrão; Juan Antonio Domínguez, Juanjo Cipriano), 19.3 (Ricky Owen, Rafael García, Elena Vs, Estela Gil), 19.3 (Francisco Rivas)
10-13.3.2023 Mareca americana 1 female Xunqueira do Lagares, Vigo, Pontevedra, coming from January (Manuel Velasco) https://ebird.org/checklist/S130569997 , 14.3 (Paulo Lago), 19.3 (Manuel Velasco).
12.3.2023 Aythya afinnis Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. 1 m still present (Xavier Parra; Robert Dolezal; Petr Podzemný), 14.3 (César Diez. Rafael Diez, Ana Martín), 18.3 (Iain Robson)
12.3.2023 Aythya afinnis Embalse de Cecebre, A Coruña. Seen again (Xose Manoel Carregal), 18.3 (Ignacio Aparicio).
Waders
17.3.2023 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind Las Maretas, Tenerife, Canary Is. Still present (Elli Klaus).
12.3.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Abama reservoir, Tenerife, Canary Is. Still present (Philip Precey), 17.3 (Elli Klaus), 18.3 (César Díez, Ana Martín, Rafael Diez)
13.3.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind El Hondo, Alicante (Carmen Álvarez), still present.; 15.3 (José Juan Ramón; Gabino Cortés; Yanina Maggiotto https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/545875721 ; Toni Alcocer).
Raptors
14.3.2023 Buteo rufinus rufinus 1 ind Font de Queralt, Segarra, Lleida. Still around (Quim Minoves; Andreu Canut), 15.3 (Raül Calderón, Oriol Clarabuch), 18.3 (Guillem Izquierdo; Joaquín Joaquin, Josep Bujons).
10.3.2023 Clanga clanga 1 ind Embalse de Portaje, Cáceres (Sergio Mayordomo) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/544722211
Seabirds
10.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Guadalhorce river mouth, Málaga (Adriana Godoy, Santiago Caballero); 20.3 (Blas López, Armando Molina).
13.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 2cy Ría de Avilés, Asturias (Daniel Lópèz-Velasco).
17.3.2023 Larus smithsonianus Same 1w bird seen last month, Praia d’Alba, Arteixo, A Coruña (Xabi Varela) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/546377511
Passerines and others
17.4.2023 Spilopelia senegalensis 4 ind (m/f) Cal Guerxo, Sant Josep, Eivissa, Illes Balears (Ricard Gutiérrez, Vanessa Cadenas, Balma Albalat, Ramón Ruiz-Jarillo, Diego García Ferré, Santiago Palazón https://rarebirdspain.blogspot.com/2023/03/laughing-doves-in-eivissa.html
14-17.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona. Still present (Jaume Campderròs)
13.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc de la Pegaso, Barcelona. Relocated (Alejandro Sánchez).
17.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Eucaliptus beach, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Marcel Gil). https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/546334941 Presumably the same seen during the Winter but c.1 km N. Seen later by more observers (Mayca Martí), 19.3 (Marc Gàlvez, José Guerra; Martí Franch, Xavi Escobar)
19.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Meadero de la reina, Cádiz. Still present (Miguel Ángel Mora).
11.3.2023 Phoenicurus moussieri 1 ind Tarifa, Cádiz (Julio Ortega; Kalle Nibbenhagen; Diegui Herrera; Francisco José Del Río; Mario Durán, Faustino Chamizo, Francisco Becerra, AJ Sepúlveda https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/544209141, Ricky Owen; Jonathan Meyrav; Eva Bratek, Simon Tonkin; Francisco Solano ), 12.3 (Ricky Owen; Kevin Wade; Lucas Pérez, Juan Rodríguez Roa, Jaime García Astorga, Pablo Barrena, Ana Ocaña, Diegui Herrera; Andrés Rojas), 13.3 (Daniel Maza, Sterling Ingram, Yeray Seminario, Susan McIntosh, Sheri Ingram), 14.3 (Miguel Campos; Angel Coello; Ignacio Barrionuevo; Santiago Caballero, Francisco de Erit; José A. Campos, Antonio Tamayo; Francisco Solano), 15.3 (Javier Salcedo), 16.3 (Simon Tonkin, Niki Williamson, Richard Malin; Juan Ramírez; Peter Ashley; Mick Richardson; Jillian Davis, Richard Malin; William Rivers), 17.3 (Tamara Ortega), 18.3 (Göran Storensten; Barbara Laycock, Jeremy Laycock), 19.3 (Víctor Porras, Maria del Carmen Álvarez; Ricky Owen, Göran Storensten, Antoio J. Entrena, Sandra Pérez).
11.3.2022 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Guadaiza river mouth, Málaga (Ramón Ruiz Jarillo); 12.3 (Jaime Mojao), 16.3 (Clemente Álvarez Usategui), 19.3 (Peter Ashley)
20.3.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Camí dels Polls, PN S’Albufera de Mallorca, Illes Balears (Toni Soler)
