Rare Birds in Spain Blog

El adulto el 22.2 en la laguna de Veguilla The adult as on 22.2 at Veguilla lagoon (© Javier Gomez Aoiz) El 19.2.2009 se ha observado un adulto en plumaje invernal de Gaviota Rosada ( Rhodostethia rosea ) en la laguna del Camino de Villafranca, Alcazar de San Juan, Ciudad Real (Rinse van de Vliet et al.). La cita ha sido difundida por ornitólogos holandeses en las redes de notícias de internet y se ha comunicado a Rare Birds in Spain. A las 21h del 19.2 hay una foto del ave en la web Surfbirds que se puede ver aquí y que no deja dudas sobre la identificación de la especie. Se ha vuelto a ver cada día del 20 al 26.2 pero no el 27.2 para volverse a ver el 28.2 (ver foto arriba y video debajo © Delfín González). La última cita es del 1.3 por la mañana, cuando se vió salir volando alto (Pablo Gutierrez, Ignacio Torres, Raúl Bueno y Antonio Gutiérrez). La información se puede seguir en la web Rare Birds in Spain . Gaviota de Ross, Ross Gull, Rhodostethia rosea from Delfin González on V

Larus hyperboreus 2w. Camariñas, A Coruña. 1.2.2009 © Ricard Gutiérrez January 2009 has totalled a minimum of 28 Iceland Gulls (Larus glaucoides) and 33 Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) in Spain (Rare Birds In Spain, January 2009 reports page). These numbers clearly are above the average of the period 2001-2008 in which data from the RBS website has been analyzed: 3,75 birds/January for glaucoides and 2,375 birds/January for hyperboreus, with a peak in 2005 before this extraordinary year 2009 results (figure 1). A late record from 31.1 of a Kumlien's Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni is not included in this analysis. Records of both species were concentrated along the NW coast, particularly around A Coruña province that collected 11 glaucoides and 11 hyperboreus, a 39,29% and 34,28% respectively of the individuals recorded per species. Records, however, reached the Canary Islands, indicating an Atlantic bias in the sightings, with Glaucous gull reaching three islands (only three pr