Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 11-20 May 2023
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 @birdingempordà.com); 12-13.5 (Jordi Martí-Aledo @birdingempordà.com); 14.5 (Gerard Dalmau; Jordi Martí-Aledo; Marga Esparch, Raimond Riera @birdingemporda.com).
19.5.2023 Xenus cinereus 1 ind A Frouxeira, Valdoviño, A Coruña (Pablo Gutiérrez, Antonio Gutiérrez); Diego Montenegro https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574452951 ; Daniel García Novo, Saúl Román, Lois Santos, Anas Rivas, José Ramón Castro; José Alberto Fernández Ugarte; Antón Santos; Gonzalo Pardo); 20.5 (Ignacio Aparicio, Roberto Figueiras).
Herons
18.5.2023 Egretta gularis 1 ind El Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (Ramiro Aibar) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574044021
16.5.2023 Egretta gularis 1 ind Rambla Morales, PN Cabo de Gata, Almería (Ana Miranda de Lage; later seen my more people: Jan van der Blom https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/573174401 ; Raimundo Martín, Simón RC, David Huertas)
Raptors
Seabirds
18.5.2023 Leucophaeus pipixcan 1 ind Villacañas lagoon, Toledo (José Arcadio Calvo –photo-) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574043571 ; 20.5 (Eugenio Castillejos, Ricardo Rodríguez Llamazares)
12.5.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Santa Pola Saltpans NP, Alicante (Garry Wilkinson, Yanina Maggiotto). Female on nest; 15.5 (Ángel Dolón https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/572527301 ); 18.5 (José Maria Criado); 20.5 (Francisco Javier Gil; Iván Rebollo, Pepe Barberà; Jon Iratzagorria)
12.5.2023 Thalasseus albididorsalis 1 ind Guadalhorce river mouth, Málaga (Pepe Herrera; Guillermo López; Huberto García Peña https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/571025711 ; Santiago Caballero; José Herrera); Miguel Juan; Isabel Gómez, 13.5 (Miguel Cabrera, photo)
Passerines and others
13.5.2023 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Closes de Mornau, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (Àlex Ollé @birdingempordà.com)
13.5.2023 Ficedula albicollis 1 female Eucaliptus, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Marcel Gil, photos) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/571683241 ; later other observers (R.Ruiz, T.Carulla); 14.5 (Mireia Torras @eBird)
13.5.2023 Motacilla flava feldegg 1 ind Migjorn, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Jordi Vancells, Jordana Sainz-Rozas @ornitho.cat)