Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 1-10 March 2023
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat. observado.es and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
1-10.3.2023
Ducks & Geese
10.3.2023 Anas rubripes Sada, Ría de Betanzos, A Coruña (Cosme Damián Romay)
3.3.2023 Spatula discors 1m Laguna primera de Palos, Huelva (José Manuel Méndez). Still there on 5.2 (Rafa Vicente; Francisco Rivas, José Manuel Reyes; Alfonso Barragán), 10.3 (Xabier Remirez)
4-10.3.2023 Mareca americana 1 female Xunqueira do Lagares, Vigo, Pontevedra, coming from January (Manuel Velasco) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541894311
2.3.2023 Aythya afinnis Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. 1 m still present (Harald Schott), 4.3 (Maggie Geer), 5.3 (Anthony Reed), 6.3 (Eliseo Reyes),
Waders
8.3.2023 Vanellus gregarius 1 ind Morante, Badajoz (José Luís Vinagre) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/543339601
7.3.2023 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind Las Maretas, Tenerife, Canary Is. Still present (Philip Precey), 8.3 (Lenka Steuter, Tom Steuter) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/543333711
5.3.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind El Serrallo, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Sergi Sales, Ricard Gutiérrez -photo-, Pep Manchado, Maties Rebassa, Mika Palmer, Elisa García, Miquel Vallespir, Carlos Daza, Joan Alonso, Daniel Zamora, Balma Albalat. Diego Salido, Lluís Toldrà, Carlos López-Jurado, Sebastià Perelló, and others). Relocated. Seem again on 7.2 (Xavier Rovira), 9.2 (Xavier Parra)
2.3.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Camí de lo Matar, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Marcel Gil; Joan I. Barrachina). Still present.
7.3.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Abama reservoir, Tenerife, Canary Is. Still present (Lenka Steuter, Tom Steuter) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/543032331 , 9.3 (Ian Laird)
Raptors
5.3.2023 Buteo rufinus rufinus 1 ind Font de Queralt, Segarra, Lleida. Still around (Oriol Cortés)
Seabirds
5.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Guadalhorce river mouth, Málaga (Adriana Godoy), 1 ind 6.3 (Miguel Senghor; Juan Ramírez; Armando Molina; Juan Trujillo), 7.3 (Lisette Heikoop), 10.3 (Santiago Caballero).
4.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Xove, Lugo (Javier Cantil; Luis Javier Rodríguez; Álvaro Crego; Saúl Román, Ana Rivas) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541908841
3.3.2023 Larus smithsonianus 1w Lago fish ponds, Xove, Lugo (Saúl Román, Ana Rivas). Same bird found in A Coruña on 28.2. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541492951 Still there on 4.3 (Javier Cantil; Ana Rivas, Saúl Román; Luís Javier Rodríguez,Álvaro Crego).
Passerines and others
4.3.2023 Picus viridis 1ind Meaka, Irún, Gipuzjoa (Aimar Hernández). 2nd for Spain
1-8.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona. Still present (Jaume Campderròs)
5.3.2023 Tarsiger cyanurus 1 ind Casasola, Albacete. Still present (Daniel Izquierdo; Diego Acevedo).
10.3.2023 Phoenicurus moussieri 1 ind Tarifa, Cádiz (Richard Lorand). Later seen by more observers (Rafael García, Miguel Ángel Mora, Ángela Ruiz, Yeray Seminario, Eva Bratek https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/544160221
2.3.2023 Oenanthe deserti 1 ind Cabo de Gata, Almería. Still present (Fernando Torres, Inmaculada Muela), 3.3 (Patrick Finch), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541514161 , 4.3 (David Cristobal; Simón RC), 5.3 (Antonio Román Muñoz), 9.3 (Jan van der Blom), 10.3 (Raimundo Martín; Simón RC; David Cristóbal)
1.3.2022 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Guadaiza river mouth, Málaga (Ignacio Barrionuevo, Laura Mª Barroso). Still around (photo) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541079931 , 4.3 (Samuel Milán; Jaime Mojao), 6.3 (Juan M.Trujillo); 10.3 (Peter Ashley)
2.3.2023 Emberiza spodocephala 1 ind Sèquia nova de Silla, Albufera de València, València. Still present (Vicente Tamarit, Manolo García) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541099621 , 3.3 (Juan A.García, Miguel Barber, Guillem de los Santos, Rafa Muñoz), 6.3 (Miguel Vallespir, Pep Manchado, Dani Zamora, Sebastià Perelló, Elisa García, Jouko Lunden; Alberto Martínez), 7.3 (Samuel Aunión, Daniel Lázaro)
