Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 21-31 July 2024

 

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

 

 

Pluvialis fulva. PN Aiguamolls (Magda Esparch)

Ducks & Geese

 

29-30.7.2024 Anas rubripes 1 ind Sada- Ría de Betanzos, A Coruña. Same bird now back at Sada (Antón Santos, Lois Santos). Besides there might be a hybrid of this individual and a mallard.

 

Waders

 

21.7.2024 Cursorius cursor 2 ads Llanos de Tembleque, Toledo. Still present (Blas Molina, Julen Santa Cristina; Alejandro Fernández, José Liarte, Mario Liarte); 3 on 22.7 (Diego García –photo-; Javier Nicolau, Janick Forquignon; Toni Ferrer); 3 on 23.7 (Jorge Leonor, Eneko Leonor; José Vicente Oropesa); 3 ind 29.7 (Javier Gordillo)

 

 

25.7.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind El Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà (Marga Esparch, Xavier Del Acebo, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Olga Gairin); 26.7 (Àlex Fonollosa, Miguel Condom, Jordi Condom, Ramon Aguilar, Olga Bereza, Marc Illa,  Joan Ventura, Otger Fortià, Magda Bonvehí, Irene Barnosell, Jordi Casanovas, Gerard Dalmau, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Oriol Cabrero; Pau Calero); 27.7 (Miquel Arxer, Olga Gairin, Xavier Idígora; Antoni Abad, Enric Carrera, Julien Piette; Marga Esparch, Albert Campsolinas, Emma Campsolinas, Guillem Saguer, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Marc A Llibre, Mireia Torras); 28.7 (Oscar Bargalló, Hubert Mas, Joan Casanovas; Xavier Parra); 29.7 (Rafa López, Àlex Canal, Raül Calderon, Oriol Clarabuch, Marga Esparch, Jordi Martí-Aledo), 30.7 (Jordi Sargatal; Xavier Adell, Ramon Aguilar, Mònica Bienvenido, Joan Budó, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Joan Cortés; Susagna Crosas, Jordi Massoni); 31.7 (Marga Esparch, María Josep Pérez, Jordi Sargatal, Marc Bertran, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Roger Puig, Miguel Casas, Jérôme Benezet, Xesco Puigdomenech; Jordi Sargatal, Bernat Garrigós –photo-).

 

 

 

27.7.2024 Calidris fuscicollis  1 ind Valdecañas reservoir, Bohonal de Ibor, Cáceres (Ángel Luis Méndez, Antonio Méndez). https://crextremadura.info/cita/correlimos-culiblanco-calidris-fuscicollis/

 

25.7.2024 Xenus cinereus 1 ind Desembocadura del Guadalhorce, Málaga (Gonzalo Lage).

 

Herons

 

21-22.7.2024 Egretta gularis 1 ind Embalse de San Salvador, Huesca (Jesús Lavedán –photo-; Esther Yera). Coming from 3,6 (Alberto Gasquet); 27.7 (Juan Luís Muñoz, Esther Yera; Jesús Lavedán); 29.7 (Luis Gracia, Alberto Gasquet)

 

 

Raptors


Rallidae

 

Seabirds

 

22.7.2024 Leucophaeus atricilla 1 ind Islas Cíes, Pontevedra (Ryan Goodman). Returning bird. Still present; 23.7 (Javier Escobedo, Alberto Caraballo); 28.7 (Dolores Redondo); 30.7 (Silvia Martín, Adrián Avi)

 

 

22.7.2024 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Santa Pola saltpans, Alicante. Still present (Mark Simmonds, Anders Andersson –photo-); 25.7 (Mario Liarte, José Liarte)

 

 

26.7.2024 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Las Encañizadas, Salinas de San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia (Daniel Lázaro)

 

Passerines and others

 

21.7.2024 Corvus cornix 1 ind - Peñones de San Cristóbal, Granada, still present (Ester Contreras).

25-26.7.2024 Corvus cornix 1 ind Las Negras, Almería (Lucía Pino-García)

 

26.7.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind at Playa del Inglés, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Miguel Hernández)

22.7.2024 Emberiza sahari 4-5 ind Algeciras, Cádiz (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda –photo-); 26.7 5 ind (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda).

 

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