Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 11-20 July 2024

 

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

 

 Ducks & Geese

 

11.7.2024 Anas rubripes 1 ind Esteiro do Mandeo, A Coruña (Antonio Gil –photo-); 13.7 (Lois Santos); 14.7 (Antón Santos, Lois Santos); 15,7 (Antón Santos, Lois Santos), 17.7 (Carlos González); 19.7 (Gregorio Chaguaceda).

 

 

 

Waders

 

15.7.2024 Cursorius cursor 3 ads Llanos de Tembleque, Toledo (Zbigniew Kajzer –photo-, Michal Skapski); 16.7 (José Arcadio Calvo; Michal Skapski, Zbigniew Kajzer; Celestino González, Pablo Linage, Dolores Redondo, Félix Arribas, García de los Ríos, Miguel García et al); 17.7 2 birds (Óscar Frias, Ángela María García, Miguel Martín, Luis Jesús Martín, Maria Jose Valencia); 4 on 18.7 (Daniel Izquierdo, Bruno García), 3 on 19.7 (Paula González, Hugo Díez); four on 20.7 (Antonio Méndez, Ángel Luis Méndez; Fernando López; Joan A. Ximenis; Francisco Vizcaino)

 

 

Herons

 

Raptors

 

13.7.2024 Gyps africanus 1 ind ringed and tagged in Morocco at Benquerencia de la Serena, Extremadura, ES (38,695, -5,419), Badajoz (Zbigniew Kajzer –photo-, Michal Skapski).

 

 

15.7.2024 Gyps africanus 1 ind seem flying over ‘Balcón del coño’, Ronda, Málaga (Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen –photo-)

 

 

Rallidae

 

Seabirds

 

11.7.2024 Leucophaeus atricilla 1 ind Islas Cíes, Pontevedra (Maria Arnal, Laura Rodríguez –photo-). Returning bird. Still present; 13.7 (Diego Montenegro).

 

 

13.7.2024 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Santa Pola saltpans, Alicante. Still present (Miguel Sabio, Jorge Verdú; Michal Skapski, Zbigniew Kajzer, Bernardo Montoya); 14.7 (Eugenio Castillejos –photo-); 15.7 (J. Domingo L. Manchón); 17.7 (Susana Noguera); 19.7 (Celestino González)

 

 

13.7.2024 Thalasseus elegans x sandvicensis 1 ind Santa Pola saltpans, Alicante. Still present (Bernardo Montoya –photo-).

 

 

11.7.2024 Bulweria bulwerii 1 ind off Isla de las Palomas, PN El Estrecho, Cádiz (Chúss Fernández)

 

Passerines and others

 

20.7.2024 Corvus cornix 1 ind - Peñones de San Cristóbal, Granada (Lono H –photo-, Laika Libre)

 

 

16.7.2024 Passer luteus 2 ind at Playa del Inglés, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Miguel Hernández Santana).

 

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