Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 11-20.10.2023

 

Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group

 

Ducks & Geese

 

 

11.10.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 1 juvenile Gozón, Verdicio, Asturias. Still present (Daniel López-Velasco); 12.10 (Sancho Carrero; Xurde Acebrás, Javier Alonso, Fran Briz); 13.10 (Daniel López-Velasco; Mauricio del Pozo, Nic Korte). Injured on 13.10, brought to recovery center.

 

11.10.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 6 ind, Ría de O Burgo, A Coruña. Still present (Ignacio Aparicio https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609829546 ); 12.10 (Xabier Prieto); 14.10 (Ricardo Rojo, Ignacio Aparicio); 17.10 (Ignacio Aparicio); 20.10 (Isai Ogando).

 

 

15.10.2023 Aythya affinis 1 male, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Simon Priestnall); 20.10 (Javier Elorriaga).

 

16.10.2023 Aythya affinis 1 ind Encoro de Cecebre--Cola Norte, A Coruña (Cosme Damián Romay, Roberto  Bao); 17.10 (Cosme Damián Romay)

 

20.10.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 2 ind, ría de Avilés, Asturias (Anabel Martínez, Geoff Harries).



20.10.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 1 ind Cabo Silleiro, Baiona, Pontevedra (Kiko Arcas).

 




Waders

 

13.10.2023 Pluvialis dominica 1 juvenil Cabu Peñes, Gozón, Asturias. Still present (Daniel López-Velasco; Nic Korte). Probably same bird on 14.10 at A Calostra, Tapia, Asturias (Pablo Miki https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609933330 ); 15.10 (Pablo Miki)


 

13.10.2023 Pluvialis dominica 1 ind Faro y Salinas de Fuencaliente, La Palma, Canary Islands (Miguel Hernández https://ebird.org/checklist/S152084376 ); 14.10 (Miguel Hernández)

 

12.10.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind El Hondo, Alicante. Still present (Carmen Álvarez; Darío Gijón); 13.10 (José Juan Ramón, Vicente Tamarit, Miguel Ángel García, Gaspar Belmonte, Gavino Cortés, Elías Gomis https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609882989 ); 14.10 (Tomàs García, Víctor Alonso, David Guillén, Salva Conesa, Félix Arribas del Álamo, Miguel Ángel  Berbegal, Jose del Rey Garcia, Manuel Carrascosa, David Bryant, José Alberto Montiel; José Luis Arroyo ); 15.10 (Luis Correia, Óscar Aldeguer, Jana Marco); 16.10 (Eugenio Castillejos); 18.10 (Eugenio Castillejos); 20.10 (Antonio Varona).

 

 

12.10.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Embalse de Gamonal de la Sierra, Ávila (Víctor Coello Cámara; Miguel Martín https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609982570 , Luis Jesús Martín Sánchez, José María García Jiménez, Cruz González); 13.10 (Félix Arribas del Álamo); 16.10 (José María García Jiménez); 18.10 (Marce Martín).

 

 

12.10.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Praia de Mañóns e enseada de Triñáns, A Coruña (Gael Hurtado https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609857761 , Agustín Agra).

 

 

Herons

 

 Raptors

 

15.10.2023 Gyps africanus 1 ind UNMARKED Parque Natural del Estrecho, Cádiz (Radboud Schwarzenwalder, Juan Miguel González; Laura Rollán –foto-)


 

 

Rallidae

 

 Seabirds

 

14.10.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ind Cabo Matxitxaco, Bizkaia (Autor Urrutia, Jon Iratzagorria https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609935745 , Javier Ferreres)

 

14.10.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 adult Moniello, Gozón (Daniel López-Velasco https://ebird.org/checklist/S152373560 , Jorge Valella, Manuel Antonio Suárez Caballero).

 

 

14.10.2023 Stercorarius maccormickii  1 adult Moniello, Gozón (Daniel López-Velasco https://ebird.org/checklist/S152373560, Jorge Valella, Manuel Antonio Suárez Caballero)

 

14.10.2023 Stercorarius maccormickii  1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Rafael Costas)

 

Passerines and others

 

11.10.2023 Megaceryle alcyon 1 ind Paseo Lea, Lekeitio, Bizkaia. Still present (Giovanni Marsicano; Álvaro Sarramian https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609837337 ); 12.10 (Aitor Urrutia, Jon Iratzagorria; Josu Ibarra); 13.10 (Carlos Daza Narváez-Cabeza de Vaca); 14.10 (Francisco Cabrera, Javier Cañadas, Gonzalo Pardo); 15.10 (Alberto Sewjee, Guillermo Risco); 17.10 (Elena Ruiz, Carlos Gutiérrez-Expósito, Bittor Mutiozabal, Guillermo Piñal); 18.10 (Igor Dmitriev); 19.10 (Angel Martín Muñoz, José Manuel Ranz, Juan Carlos Andrés); 20.10 (Toni Ferrer et al).

 

15.10.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Llagostera, still present (Joan Goy); 18.10 (Manel Álvarez); 19.10 (Jordi Soler).

 

12.10.2023 Pastor roseus 1 ind Irún, Gipuzkoa (David Santamaría).

 

13.10.2023  Ficedula parva 1 ind S Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Maria Cabau)

 

16.10.2023 Calcarius lapponicus 1 ind Serra da Capelada--Pozas das Paredes, Cedeira, A Coruña (Miguel Vallespir https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/610097151 )

 

14.10.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Campo de golf de Tías, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Simon Priestnall https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609927028 )

 

18.10.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Embalse del Arroyo del Infierno, Ceuta (Salomé Asturies, José Navarrete). Trapped and ringed.

 

15.10.2023 Emberiza sahari 1 ind Castillitos, Cartagena, Murcia (Paqui Paqui).

 

 

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Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus ), 1st for Spain, 3rd for the Western Palearctic

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  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese   26.12.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Santoña, Cantabria (Javier Train –photo-)   21.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 23.12 (Daniel García Novo); 24.12 (Franqui Illanes –photo-; Ramón Ternero); 25.12 (Leticia Miranda); 26.12 (Javier Río; Jorge Vilas); 28.12 (Diego Montenegro);   29.12 (Carlos Durán; Francisco Rodal); 30.12 (Carmen Peñalver, Juno Toni); 31.12 (Xavier Parra).     24.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Urdaibai, Bizkaia. Still present (A.Galache).   30.12.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Eliseo Reyes).   21.11.2023 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 28.12 (Diego Monten
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Grackles (Quiscalus) in the Iberian peninsula

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