Rare Birds in Spain Blog

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group  21-31 May 2023 Ducks & Geese   20.5.2023 Spatula discors   1 male Villafáfila, Zamora   (Maricruz Gutiérrez). Continues the Zamora drake. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/575970501 ; 22.5 (David Calleja); 24.5 (José Barrueso); 25.5 (Ángel Gómez Mendoza; Alfredo Valiente)   28.5.2023 Anas rubripes 1 ind Esteiro do Mandeo, A Coruña (Antón Santos). The same drake 2cy that wintered in Sada     Waders   21.5.2023 Gallinago media 1 ind Estanys del Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (Jana Marco, Oriol Palau) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/575262511 ; 22.5 (Carles Oliver; Bernat Garrigós; Jordi Montull); 23.5 (Xavier Parra, Ramón Ruiz)     Herons   27.5.2023 Egretta gularis   1 ind Els estanys de Platja d’Aro, Baix Empordà, Girona (Gerard Ramionet; Oriol Palau, Carlos Álvarez Cros, Jana Marco https://mac

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group  11-20 May 2023 Ducks & Geese 13.5.2023 Spatula discors   1 male Villafáfila, Zamora (Gary Losada, Alfonso Rodrigo) seen later by others ; 14.5 (Miguel A G M, Manuel Rodríguez, José Barrueso; Martín Rodríguez Arenaz); 15.5 (Manuel Rodríguez González; Alberto Laiz; Juan José González); 19.5 moved to Ricobayo reservoir (Alfonso Rodrigo) , later seen by Juan Carlos Milán https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/571703511   13.5.2023 Aythya afinnis   Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. 1 m still present (Tris Allinson)   Waders   14.5.2023 Gallinago media 1 ind Estanys del Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (Gerard Dalmau @birdingemporda.com)   11.5.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind El Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona . Still there (Quique Carballal; Bernat Garrigós; Jordi Martí-Aledo @birdingempor