Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 1-10 September 2023

 

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

 

 

Ducks & Geese

 

9.9.2023 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, Ria de Betanzos, A Coruña (Lois Santos, Antón Santos). Returning bird. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608721462

 

 

Waders 

 

1.9.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ad Migjorn grassfields, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Sergi Sales; Ramón Ruiz); 2.9 (Carles Oliver; Josep de Haro). A second bird reached the area on 2.9.2023 (Josep Tantull -photos-, Roser Solé; Marcel Gil); one on 5.9 (García de los Rios LosHuertos; David Hurtado); 8.9 (Julen Santa Cristina).

 



 

 3-5.9.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Laguna del Oso, Ávila (Aron Blázquez https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608556696 ; Víctor Coello; David Guillén; José María García Jiménez; Joaquín Mayo); 6.9 (Jorge Leonor; Gary Losada –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608561216 ; Jesús Ruiz, Alfonso Guío; Luís Jesús Martín; Miguel Martín; Dani Hernández; Miguel Rodríguez Esteban; Carlos Villaverde; Guillermo Risco; José Mª García, Antonio Ceballos, Elena González, ); 7.9 (Aron Blázquez, Gary Losada, Alejandro Sanz et al ); 8.9 (María Mateos-Rodríguez; Nick Brickle; Aron Blázquez). 

 

 

8.9.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Parc Natural S’Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca, Illes Balears (Pep Manchado –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608633214 ; Antoni López-Arenas); 9.9 (Juanjo Bazán, Toni Soler; Dani Zamora; Carlos Daza); 10.9 (Antoni López-Arenas; Steve Nicoll, Alex Nicoll).

 

 

10.9.2023 Calidris bairdii 1 ind Calle Gaviotas, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Mariano Martínez –photo-)

 

 


 

3.9.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. Still present (Eliseo Reyes).

 

8.9.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Punta Entinas, Almería (Raimundo Martín)

 

Herons

 

2.9.2023 Egretta gularis  1 ad. Camí del Pas, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Sergi Sales; Marcel Gil –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608402212); (Mayca Martí); 5.9 (David Hurtado; García de los Ríos LosHuertos); 8.9 (Julen Santa Cristina).

 

 

2.9.2023 Egretta gularis  1 ad. Parc dels Estanys, Platja d’Aro, Girona. Still present (Mireia Torras)

 

Raptors

 

10.9.2023 Gyps africanus the marked 799 bird was seen at Garganta del Capitán, Algeciras, Cádiz (José Márquez, Carlos Rossi –photo-)

 


6.9.2023 Falco biarmicus  1 ind still present Villafáfila, Zamora (Kari Korhonen, Annika Vaaranto, Hannele Heino, Jorma Tenovuo, Juha Lehtinen, Matti Pajunen, PirjoLyytikäinen, Seppo Virtanen)

 

Seabirds

 

2.9.2023 Stercorarius maccormickii 2 ind Estaca de  Bares, A Coruña (Pep Manchado)


MEGA 8.9.2023 Procellaria aequinoctialis 1st for Spain. Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Manolo Salas, Mark Darlaston, Adele Rennells, Jared Wilson).

 

3.9.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Arto Keslinen)

9.9.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Cabo Ajo, Bareyo, Cantabria (Ludovico de Vega; Jesús Menéndez).

10.9.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Cabo Ajo, Bareyo, Cantabria (Juan Maria Domínguez).

 

10.9.2023 Onychoprion fuscatus/anaethetus  1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Manolo Salas, Mark Darlaston, Adele Rennells y Woody Goss)


4.9.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Playa de Montijo, Cádiz. Still present (Manuel Bárcena –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608471460 )

 

 

9.9.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Punta Entinas, Almería (David Cristóbal Huertas https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608644916 ; Simón RC)

 

Passerines and others

 

9.9.2023 Curruca curruca 1 ind trapped and ringed. Mas Rabassers, Cadaqués (Raül Calderón; Oriol Clarabuch).

 

10.9.2023 Iduna caligata 1 ind Jaizkibel, Gipuzkoa (David Santamaría); Seen later (Juan Carlos Andrés, Alexander Carriel, Koldo lizundia y Emilio Salvatierra).

 



7.9.2023 Carpodacus erythrinus 1 female trapped and ringed. Mas Rabassers, Cadaqués (Raül Calderón). Photo @ Birdingempordà 

 

7.9.2023 Emberiza sahari  2 ads, pair Algeciras, Cádiz (AJ Sepúlveda; Borja de Madariaga); 10.9 Two ads feeding a youngling (!) , Breeding evidence (A.J. Sepúlveda; Javier García Gómez; David Guillén).


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  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese   26.12.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Santoña, Cantabria (Javier Train –photo-)   21.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 23.12 (Daniel García Novo); 24.12 (Franqui Illanes –photo-; Ramón Ternero); 25.12 (Leticia Miranda); 26.12 (Javier Río; Jorge Vilas); 28.12 (Diego Montenegro);   29.12 (Carlos Durán; Francisco Rodal); 30.12 (Carmen Peñalver, Juno Toni); 31.12 (Xavier Parra).     24.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Urdaibai, Bizkaia. Still present (A.Galache).   30.12.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Eliseo Reyes).   21.11.2023 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 28.12 (Diego Monten
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