Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 21-31 July 2023
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
Ducks & Geese
29.7.2023 Aythya affinis 1 male Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (John L. Muddeman, Kathy Drake, Charlene Glacy, David Allen, Alberto Laiz, María Bueno). Still present.
Waders
Herons
21.7.2023 Egretta gularis 1 ind Els estanys de Platja d’Aro, Baix Empordà, Girona. Still present (Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Pau Esteban); 22.7 (Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Carles Quer; Marc Gàlvez); 24.7 (Jaume Coris –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/597255171 ); 25.7 (Oriol Cabrero; Josep Maria Flores); 26.7 (Antoni López Arenas); 27.7 (Joan Cortés; Franck Lehmans; Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 28.7 (Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Xavier Parra); 29.7 (Manuel Álvarez; Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 30.7 (Aleix Comas; Charles Partington); 31.7 (Carlos Álvarez-Cros).
Raptors
Seabirds
26.7.2023 Stercorarius maccormickii 1 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Charly Robinet, Margaux Ruiz)
26.7.2023 Bulweria bulwerii 1 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Ricardo Hevia, Charly Robinet, Margaux Ruiz)
Late record. 17.7.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Golf de Biscaia, c.150 km NNW Santander, Cantabria 44°57'32.5"N 4°10'41.8"W (J.Higgott –photos- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/596232001 )
26.7.2023 Leucophaeus atricilla 1 ind Lago dos Nenos, Cies Islands, Pontevedra. Still present (Tito Salvadores)
24.7.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ad Salinas de San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia (Alberto Cánovas, Carmen Álvarez ). Still present. Later in the day present at Mar Menor, Las Encañizadas, where photographed (Pedro A. Sánchez –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/597158471 ; Luis Martínez-Mena); 29.7 at San Pedro del Pinatar (Carmen Álvarez, José Luís Caravaca).
22.7.2023 Motacilla alba subpersonata 1 indSacnti Petri, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz (Mª del Carmen Álvarez)
25.7.2023 Emberiza sahari 2 ind Algeciras, Cádiz (Daniele Dessi –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/597650171 ; Javier Garrido). Still present; 29.7 (A J Sepúlveda).