Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 11-20 March 2024
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
Ducks & Geese
11.3.2024 Spatula discors 1 ♀ Club Golf Salinas de Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Eliseo Reyes), 13.3
9.3.2024 Aythya affinis 1 Dehesa de Abajo,
Sevilla. Still present (Agapito J. Verde –photo-), 14.3 (Vicent Esteller)
15.3.2024 Aythya
affinis 1 Bahía de Santander, Cantabria (Manuel Hermosilla –photo-) to 17.3 (Chencho Fernández).
17.3.2024 Aythya affinis 1 Parquelagos, Madrid (Fernando Sastre).
11.3.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂ Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (Daniel Dumas), 17.3
Waders
17.3.2024 Vanellus gregarius 1 ind Laguna del Oso, Ávila (Joaquín Mayo –photo-)
16.3.2024 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind Salinas de Tenefé, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Friedemann Arndt –photo-, Lilli Jahn)
11.3.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Marjal dels Moros, Sagunt, València (Ángel Bereje; Rafa Muñoz, Martín Rey, Josep Puentes, Luis Albero) to 20.3 (Rafa Muñoz; Massimiliano Vellini).
20.3.2024 Actitis macularius 1 ind Puerto de la Luz, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Xabier Remirez –photo-)
11.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Arroyo de las Cañas, Guadalhorce river basin, Málaga. Still present (Armando Molina) to 20.3 (Antonio Tamayo).
11.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Marjals de Catarroja, L’Albufera, València (Toni Alcocer) to 20.3 (Pedro A Del Baño).
13.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Flora Bittermann).
14.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind L’Embut, Amposta, Tarragona (Mayca Martí –photo-).
Herons
Raptors
Rallidae
18.3.2024 Crex egregia 1 ind Costa Teguise Golf Club, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Francisco Javier García Vargas –photo-). Twitched later (Aitor Gil, Lorenzo Prada) to 20.3 (Aitor Gil). Bird coming from recovery center where brought on 27 February and released on 10 March at Tahiche water plant, just 400 meters from the 18-20.3 observation site.
Seabirds
12.3.2023 Microcarbo pygmaeus 1 ind , Delta del Llobregat, Barcelona, 2nd for Spain. Still present (Ramon Barbarà, Sergi Torné, Llorenç Rubió, Javier Ruiz, Carles Oliver, Julie Gorka, Ferran López, Llorenç Rubió, ) to 20.3 (Iván García, Olga Gairin; Jacques Turner-Moss, Sam Thomas, Matthew Harrow). Photo 14.3 (Ricard Gutiérrez).
11.3.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Costa Ballena, Cádiz. Still present (Rafael García -photo-).
12.3.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 ind ad ‘Barrilete’ , Ría de Lires, A Coruña. Still present (Pablo García), 18.3 (Pablo García).
15.3.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 1w Tapia, Villamil, Asturias. Still present (Pablo Miki –photo-)
11.3.2024 Larus glaucoides kumlieni 1 ad Traba, A Coruña. Still present (Pablo Lado), 12.3 (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño –photo-).
15.3.2024 Larus glaucoides kumlieni 1 ad Bahía de Santander, Cantabria (Virgilio Beltrán, Antonio Sandoval, Yanina Maggiotto; María Díaz, Ricardo Martínez ), 20.3 (Juan Carlos Andrés; Gorka Valdés).
Passerines and others
13.3.2024 Spilopelia senegalensis 1 ind Can Guerxo, Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Ibiza, Balears (Jordi Serapio).
13.3.2024 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona . Still present (Oscar Bargalló) to 20.3 (Francesc Miguillon)
16.3.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Josep Bel) to 20.3 (Luis Albero).
12.3.2024 Emberiza pusilla Up to 8 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Ignacio Barrionuevo); 13.3 (Guillermo Piñal; Ignacio Barrionuevo) to 20.3, 7 birds (Ignacio Barrionuevo).
16.3.2024 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind ringed at Costa Calma, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Manuel Lobón/Grupo de Anillamiento Cigüeña Negra, photo).
20.3.2024 Emberiza rustica, At least 1 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present ( Ignacio Barrionuevo)
16.3.2024 Zonotrichia albicollis 1 ind Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona . Still present (Daniel González; Jon Iratzagorria, Julen Santa Cristina –photo-, Luis Gracia, Esther Yera, Felipe Rosado). Singing from high trees, 19.3 (Alfredo Sánchez, Rocío Sus, Javier Train)
