Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 21-31 August 2023

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

 

Limnodromus griseus (© Joan Goy). One of the birds of the month!

 

Ducks & Geese

 

23.8.2023 Aythya affinis 1 male Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Miguel Hernández); 30.8 (Mariano Sevilla, Alfonso Cobo)

 

Waders

 

21.8.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Salines de Calpe, Alicante (Ángel González, José Maria Criado https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/605884181 )

 

26.8.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ad Migjorn grassfields, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Ricard Gutiérrez –photo-). Seen in the morning but not completely identified (Manolo Sánchez Blanch, Pau Pastrana, Xavier Pastrana). Returning individual; 27.8 (Harold Wijts; Mayca Martí; Celestino González); 28.8 (Martí González, Manel González); 29.8 (Xavier Parra)



24.8.2023 Limnodromus griseus 1 juv Estanys del Matà, PN Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (César Castel; Jordi Martí-Aledo, Eudald Viver). 1st for Catalonia and 4th for Spain. On 25.8 it moves to Pals ricefields, Baix Empordà, Girona (Joan Goy -photo-); 26.8 (Ferran López, Mireia Martos, Oriol Clarabuch, Otger Fortià, Magda Bonvehí, Gerard Dalmau, Quim Martínez; Joan Ventura, Pau García Campderròs, Arnau Bonan, Hubert Mas, Iván García, Toni Fernández, Xavi Escobar, Aleix Comas, Daniel Roca, Toni Alonso, Jordi Faus; Ponç Feliu, Miquel Bonet, Juan Miguel Díaz; Pere Baucells; Pablo Pascual; Bernat Iglesias; Juan Bécares; Bernat Garrigós; Daniel Bonnici; Jordi Condom, MIquel Condom; Freddy Rivas, Marcos Martín); 27.8 (Àlex Ollé; Eric Mozas, Artur Morales, Joel Soto, Pau Gabriel, Otger Fortià; Joan Cortés; Carles Oliver).

 



26.8.2023 Calidris fuscicollis 1 ind Embalse de Ricobayo, San Cebrián de Castro, Zamora (Gary Losada –photo-).


 

 29.8.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Alfonso Cobo, J.A.Sarry, Eliseo Reyes,Mariano Sevilla et al)

 

Herons

 

21.8.2023 Egretta gularis 1 ind Els estanys de Platja d’Aro, Baix Empordà, Girona. Still present (Lluís Toldrà, Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Josep Mª Flores; Olaf Solbrig); 22.8 (Josep Mª Flores, Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Olaf Solbrig https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/605977691 ).

Raptors

 

30.8.2023 Falco biarmicus  1 1w RN Lagunas de Villafáfila, Zamora (Alfonso Rodrigo –photo-, J.M. San Román, Daniel García Jambrina, Marta Pérez y Manuel Fernández Pardal)

 



Seabirds

 

30.8.2023 Catharacta maccormickii 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval et al)

25.8.2023 Pterodroma sp 1 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Ramón Ruiz Jarillo)

27.8.2023 Pterodroma sp 1 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Quique Carballal et al)

25.8.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Jon Sola)

27.8.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (David Santamaría; Miguel Martín et al)

30.8.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval et al)

 

23.8.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 juv c. 150 km N off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (45°41'36.0"N 8°04'34.8"W), perhaps the same seen three days later from Estaca (see below) (Sushil Kumar https://ebird.org/checklist/S148068830 , photos)

26.8.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 juv off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, oni Alcocer, Yanina Maggioto, Susana Noguera, Ramón Ruiz, Jon Sola, Xavier Parra, Susana Noguera et al). Perhaps the same above given feather wear.

 

27.8.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ad off Getaria, Gipuzkoa (Alexander y Asier Carriel y Emilio Salvatierra). One hour and 45 minutes later, it was seen from Cape Matxitxako, Bizkaia (Aitor Zabala –photo-, Marcos Isasi)

 


31.8.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 adult off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Nicolás Magdalena, Jon Sola, David Santamaría et al)

23.8.2023 Leucophaeus atricilla 1 ind Lago dos Nenos, Cies Islands, Pontevedra. Still present (Rafa Salvadores –photo-)

 



22.8.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Playa de Montijo, Cádiz. Still present ( Juan Carlos Salgado https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608406821; Faustino Chamizo )

 

29.8.2023 Thalasseus elegans  1 ind Cabu Peñes, Asturias (Luís Álvarez) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608272722 It has two colour rings: green in right leg and red in left leg. Probably coming from Banc d’Arguin tern colony, France.

29.8.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ad female Salinas de Santa Pola NP, El Pinet, Alicante (Elias Gomis). Still present.

 

Passerines and others

 

31.8.2023 Corvus cornix  1 ind Mas Bellesguard, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (Àlex Ollé). [We include here only records out of the regular Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, area]

 

28.8.2023 Passer luteus 1 ind Área recreativa El Bujeo, Straits of Gibraltar, Cádiz (Simon Tonkin, Mark Pearson, Niki Williamson)

 

30.8.2023 Passer luteus 1 ind Maspalomas dunes, Gran Canaria, Canary islands (Simone Heemskerk) https://observation.org/observation/286376131/

 

24.8.2023 Emberiza sahari 1 female Punta Camorro, Cádiz (Simon Tonkin) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/606902581

 

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