Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 21-31 January 2024

 

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

 

Ducks & Geese

 

25.1.2024 Anser serrirostris  1 ind Embalse de Búrdalo, Cáceres. Still present (Álvaro García Martín); 27.1 (Angel Luis Méndez).

 

27.1.2024 Branta bernicla hrota 1 Estuario del pas, Cantabria (Alfredo Sánchez Galán, Ángela de Castro).

 

30.1.2024 Branta bernicla hrota 1 ind Santoña marshes, Cantabria (Chemi Ibáñez).

 

21.1.2024 Cygnus cygnus  2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Pedro Sandoval, Adrián Bartolomé, José Luis García Allut, Ricardo Rojo) to 31.1 (Juan Antonio García).

 

21.1.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w♂ Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Sergio Briones, Juan Ramírez, Andrés de la Cruz –photo-, Derek Etherton, Ricky Owen) to 31.1 (Niki Williamson, Jonny Rankin, Simon Tonkin).

 

 

26.1.2024 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Javier de las Heras, David Boso) to 31.1 (Juan Antonio García).

 

 

24-27.1.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Mauricio del Pozo –photo-).

 

 

28.1.2024 Aythya affinis  1w ♂ ind Ensenada de San Bartolomé, Santander, Cantabria. Still present (Javier Hernández Cabello) to 29.1 (María Díaz and others).

 

26-28.1.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ad ♂ La Oliva pond, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Graeme Wright).

 

21.1.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ind Ría de Ribesella/Ría de Ribadesella, Asturias. Still present (Julián y Beatriz sp.; Ignacio Blanco –photo-, Raúl Guarido) to 24.1 (Pep Manchado, Joaquin Meana).

 

 

22.1.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂  Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (Rubén Oliver, Pablo Santonja –photo-) to 31.1 (Daniel Dumas, Nick Ransdale).

 

 

27.1.2024 Mergus merganser 1 ♂ L’Almadrava, Vandellòs, Tarragona (Lluís Gustamante). The same from Riudoms. Same bird recorded in Nules, Castelló, on 29.1 (Ángel Bereje; Manolo García, Munir Chaouni, Luis Albero, Pascual Monferrer https://ebird.org/checklist/S160092836 , Marta Ibáñez) to 31.1 (Andrés Balfagón, Joan Balfagón, Samuel Aunión).

 

 

Waders

 

28.1.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Camí del Matar, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona. Relocated (Ricard Gutiérrez).

 

24.1.2024 Vanellus gregarius 1 1w Laguna del Camino de Villafranca, Ciudad Real (Maria José Valencia https://ebird.org/checklist/S159675487 ).

 

26.1.2024 Vanellus gregarius 1 ind Laguna del Oso, Ávila (Luis Jesús Martín y Miguel Martín –photo-; Alfonso Guio; José María García Jiménez) to 28.1 (Ángel González, Juan Morales).

 

 

23.1.2024 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind S Tenerife, Canary islands . Still present (Gorka Ocio, José Portillo).

 

25.1.2024 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind Salinas de Tenefé, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Miguel Angel Hernández –photo-) to 27.1 (José Manuel Caballero).

 

 

21.1.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus  1 ind Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona. Still present (Jordi Jover; Antoni Abad, Martí Gonzàlez, Manel González, Enric Carrera; Marcel Gil; Jordi Jover).

 

29.1.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Arroyo de las Cañas, Guadalhorce river basin, Málaga. Still present (Javier Salcedo, Javi Elorriaga) to 31.1 (Antonio García Lavado).

 

29.1.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Dehesa de Abajo, Sevilla (Henrik M Pedersen, Javier Elorriaga ; Jose Manuel Reyes Paez –photo-) to 30.1 (Carlos Moreno, Fernando Enrique Navarrete, Fernando del Valle; Vicent Esteller, Daniel Alonso).

 

 

Herons

 

Raptors

 

30.1.2024 Clanga clanga 1 ind El Rocío, PN Doñana, Huelva. Still present (Daniel Alonso –photo-; Javi Elorriaga)

 

 

24.1.2024 Buteo rufinus 1 ind Mallén, Zaragoza. Still present (Rocío Sus; Jorge Franco), 26.1 (Maria Berna, Thomas Rickfelder, Daniel Lázaro Domingo, Alfredo Sánchez Galán).

 

24.1.2024  Falco biarmicus 1 ind Mallén, Zaragoza. Still present (Rocío Sus; Jorge Franco) to 25.1 (Juankar Andrés –photo-, Javier Train, Ricardo Rodríguez y Jesusmari Lekuona) to 26.1 (Alfredo Sánchez Galán).

 


 

 

Rallidae

 

Seabirds

 

21.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind ad Bilbao, Euskadi, still present (Óscar Carazo –photo- to  30.1 (Aitor Galarza, José F. Esparcia).

 



21.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind 1w, Costa Ballena, Cádiz. Still present (Ignacio Barrionuevo, Rafael García –photo-, Maribel Damián, Daniel Rodríguez, Fernando Enrique Navarrete, Carlos Moreno, Chus Fernández) to 30.1 (Antonio Tamayo, Blas López. Francisco de Erit, Javier Escobedo, Guillermo Piñal).

 

 

24-26.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind ad Carnota, Lira, A Coruña. Still present (Xabi Varela).

 

21.1.2024 Leucophaeus pipixcan  1 ind 2cy Marbella, Málaga. Still present (Kevin Wade, Ricky Owen –photo-, Derek Etherton, Juan Ramírez).

 

 

5.2.2024 Leucophaeus pipixcan  1 ind Santoña marshes, Cantabria. Reported (David Gutiérrez-Solana).

 

31.1.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 ad ‘Barrilete’. Returning adult. Lires, A Coruña (Pablo García)

 

25.1.2024 Larus dominicanus  1 ad Fuerteventura dump, Canary Islands (J.A. Sarry)

 

25.1.2024 Alle alle 1 ind Playa de Helgueras, Noja, Cantabria (Ludovico de Vega –photo-). Beached corpse.

 

 

Passerines and others

 

24.1.2024 Corvus cornix 1 ind Medina Sidonia, Cádiz (Juan Rodríguez Roa); 27.1 (Juan Ramírez, Ignacio  Barrionuevo).

 

22.1.2024 Ficedula parva 1 ind still at Logroño, La Rioja (Luis López Areal, Sergio Nevot –photo-). The bird had been trapped and ringed within the week.

 

 

30.1.2024 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona (Paul Tufvesson).

 

22.1.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind female moulting Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Relocated (Manuel Quintana Becerra); 25.1 (João Brito –photo-).

 

 

21.1.2024 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Migjorn, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona.  Probable returning bird. Relocated (Marcel Gil –photo, sonogram-; Martí Gonzàlez, Manel González, Gregorio Chaguaceda).

 

21.1.2024 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Poble Nou del Delta, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona.  New bird. (Marcel Gil)

 

21.1.2024 Anthus hodgsoni  1 ind Cabo Roche, Cádiz. Still present (Víctor Porras) ; 4 birds on 28.1 (Daniel Maza).

 

27.1.2024 Acanthis cabaret 4 ind Xabier Kalea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba. Still present (José Antonio Gainzarain).

 

21.1.2024 Emberiza pusilla 16 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Juan Antonio Pérez; Juan Ramírez). Photo 26.1 (Göran Storensten) to 30.1 (Daniel Rodríguez, Antonio Tamayo, Blas López, Jonny Rankin, Simon Tonkin)

 

 

26.1.2024 Emberiza rustica, Up to 6 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Antonio Núñez) to 30.1 (Daniel Rodríguez, Antonio Tamayo, Blas López).

 

21.1.2024 Zonotrichia albicollis 1 ind Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona (Àlex López). Present at least for a month until it was been properly identified. Still present (José Mª Canudo; Jaume Castellà) to 30.1 (Robert Àlvarez). Photo 23.1 (Adrián Pina).

 

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Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 21-31 December 2023

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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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