Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 11-20 September 2023
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
Ducks & Geese
17.9.2023 Anas rubripes 1 male. Sada, Ria de Betanzos, A Coruña (Ignacio Aparicio). Still present. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608927654 ; 18.9 (Rafael Costas); 20.9 (Héctor Chavez, Sergio Chavez)
15.9.2023 Aythya affinis 1 male Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Aitor Gil, Daniel J. Bethencourt https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608965648 )
Waders
11.9.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Parc Natural S’Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca, Illes Balears. Still present (Maties Rebassa –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608725102 ); 14.9 (Pere Tomàs; Nick Addey; Jannick Forquignon, Pierre Mourier); 15.9 (Nick Addey); 18.9 (Burkhard Deifel, Christoph Walorski); 19.9 (Pere Tomàs); 20.9 (Toni Luque, Daniel Hinckley, Pep Manchado, Pere Tomàs, Maties Rebassa).
11.9.2023 Calidris bairdii 1 ind Calle Gaviotas, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Still around (Ben Jobson). https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608734426 16.9 (eBird)
13.9.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Baldaio, A Coruña (Xabi Varela –photos-) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608797780 ; 14.9 (Pablo Lado)
Raptors
14.9.2023 Gyps africanus 1 ind Algeciras, Cádiz (Fernando Enrique Navarrete). The ringed bird that has been lingering across Iberia.; 19.9 Casares Castle, Málaga (Andrés Rojas –photo-). Same bird. https://ebird.org/checklist/S150294770 ; 20.9 (Andrés Rojas; Greg McIvor, José A. Campos, Ignacio Barrionuevo, Javier Escobedo, Sergio González, Juan Ramírez).
Seabirds
15.9.2023 Thalassarche melanophris 1 ind reported off Cantabria (Jared Wilson)
12.9.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ind off Armintza, Bizkaia (Jon Hidalgo). Adult flying W at 9:45 AM
13.9.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Playa de Montijo, Cádiz. Still present (Manuel Bárcena –; José A Campos https://ebird.org/checklist/S149844139 ; Ignacio Barrionuevo ); 15.9, at Chipiona, Cádiz (Maria del Carmen Álvarez); 15.9 at Pago Valdeconejos, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz (Fernando Enrique Navarrete); 16.9 Montijo beach (Nicole Jakobs, Manuel Bárcena); 20.9 (Ana Pazos; Rafael García; Javier Elorriaga).
Passerines and others
11.9.2023 Spilopelia senegalensis 1 ind Cal Guerxo, Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Eivissa, Illes Balears (Jordi Serapio).
17-21.9.2023 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 1 ind Gran Tarajal, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Marcos Benito –photo-).
17.9.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Llagostera, Girona (Jordi Soler); 18.9 (Joan Cortés, Antoni Mariné); 19.9 (Joan Cortés; Jordi Soler); 20.9 (Joan Cortés).
11.9.2023 Iduna caligata 1 ind Jaizkibel, Gipuzkoa, still present (Juan Carlos Andrés –photos-); 12.9 (David Santamaría –photos- https://ebird.org/checklist/S149736590 ; Julen Santa Cristina); 14.9 (Haritz Sarasa).
17.9.2023 Iduna caligata 1 ind Cabrera, Illes Balears (Jason Moss –photo-).
20.9.2023 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind trapped and ringed. Mas Rabassers, Cadaqués (Carles Durà). Photo @ Birdingempordà
16.9.2023 Pastor roseus 1 ad Estanys del Matà, PN Aiguamolls de l’Empordà. Alt Empordà, Girona (Jordi Martí-Aledo, Joan Goy, Miquel Arxer; Ramon Homs).
17.9.2023 Pastor roseus 1 1w Cal Nani, El Prat de Llobregat, Delta del Llobregat, Barcelona (Pablo Pascual –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608922388); 18.9 (Ferran López; Sergi Sales).
20.9.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Cabrera, Illes Balears (Jason Moss)
11.9.2023 Emberiza sahari 1 female Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (A J Sepúlveda).
