Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 1-10.10.2023

 

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

 

Ducks & Geese

 

 

1.10.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 1 juvenile Gozón, Verdicio, Asturias. Still present (Ignacio Blanco, Lono H, Raúl Garrido), 2.10 (Daniel López-Velasco), 3.10 (Daniel López-Velasco); 5.10 (Agapito J. Verde); 6.10 (Salvador Melchor García, Daniel López-Velasco, Marc Illa, Jana Marco, Ferran López); 7.10 (Daniel López-Velasco, Marc Illa, Jana Marco, Ferran López; Joan Balfagón, Jesús Carrión, Andrés Balfagón, Julián Al Sur, Beatriz Al Norte; Gonzalo Pardo; Francisco Cabrera); 8.10 (Amadeo Antonio Pombo Eirin); 9.10 (Andrés Balfagón)

 

4.10.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 6 ind, Ría de O Burgo, A Coruña (Isai Ogando, Ignacio Aparicio https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609581529); 5.10 (Ignacio Aparicio, Isai Ogando, Daniel García Novo, Adrián Bartolomé, Javier Río); 8.10 (Teresa García); 9.10 (Ignacio Aparicio)

 

3.10.2023 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, Ria de Betanzos, A Coruña. Still present (Jesús Ruiz https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609530412 ), 4.10 (Amadeo Antonio Pombo Eirin); 6.10 (José Vicente Oropesa; José Maria Zapata).

 

Waders

 

6.10.2023 Pluvialis dominica 1 juvenil Cabu Peñes, Gozón, Asturias (Jana Marco, Ferran López, Daniel López-Velasco https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609889923 ).

 

10.10.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Illa de Riu, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona. Still present (Carles Oliver).

 

4.10.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind El Hondo, Alicante (Sergio Arroyo); 5.10 Darío Gijón https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609600855, Sergio Arroyo); 6.10 (Daniel Dumas https://ebird.org/checklist/S151543321 ) ; 8.10 (Marcos Real, Daniela Jiménez, Arnau Rivera); 10.10 (Raquel Perulero; Pablo Perales, Eugenio Castillejos, Rubén Oliver, Pablo Santonja).

 

2.10.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind EDAR Vuelta Ostrera, Cantabria. Still present (Jesús García); 3.10 (José Velasco); 7.10 (Chencho Fernández; Abel Ojugas); 8.10 (Manuel Hermosilla https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609720859 , Rosario Mendoza, Jesús Menéndez).

 

 

4.10.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Embalse de Gamonal de la Sierra, Ávila (Aron Blázquez https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609579763 ; Jorge Leonor, Fernando Jubete, Alfonso Guío; Luis Jesús Martín; Joaquín Mayo; César Luis Pindado; José María García Jiménez; José Velasco). Seen two days before but went unidentified (Nayib Hamdoun, Aron Blázquez). 5.10 (José María García, Cruz González, María Mateos-Rodríguez, Juan Ramon Cuervo, Miguel Rodríguez Esteban, Miguel Martín Diego, Angel Gonzalez, César San Segundo; Juan Parra); 6.10 (Juan Rodriguez Palomino, David Guillén, Víctor Alonso, Bruno García); 8.10 (Samuel de la Calle, Alejandro Sanz, Francisco Vizcaíno, Juan Parra; Guillermo Risco; José Ramón Cuervo); 9.10 (Jorge Leonor González, Joaquín Mayo; Miguel MG)

 

3.10.2023 Tringa flavipes 2 ind Praia de Mañóns e enseada de Triñáns, A Coruña (Juan Pita Romero –foto-);  6.10 (Vitor Cabaleiro); 10.10 1 ind (Álvaro Pérez https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609799911 , Iván Orois).

 


 

Herons

 

7.10.2023 Egretta gularis  1 ind Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Juan Carlos Bellido).

 

Raptors

 

3.10.2023 Buteo rufinus  1 ind Utrera, Sevilla (Diego Neyra https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609665872 )

 

Rallidae

 

Seabirds

 

5.10.2023 Calonectris edwarsii 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Ricardo Hevia).

 

9.10.2023 Stercorarius maccormickii  1 ind Punta de la Vaca, Gozón (Joan Balfagón https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609917386, Andrés Balfagón, Jesús Carrión)

 

10.10.2023 Stercorarius maccormickii  1 1cy Punta de la Vaca, Gozón (Joan Balfagón https://ebird.org/checklist/S151891151 , Andrés Balfagón, Jesús Carrión).

 

7.10.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Desembocadura del río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz. (Maria del Carmen Álvarez)

 

8.10.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Chipiona, Cádiz. Still present (Manuel Bárcena)

 

Passerines and others

 

1.10.2023 Megaceryle alcyon 1 ind Paseo Lea, Lekeitio, Bizkaia. Still present (Juan María Domínguez, Mario Alonso, Diego Santamaría, David González Ortega, Jannick Forquignon, Félix  Arribas, Cuevas Ruiz, José Luis Arroyo), 2.10 (Asier Sarasua), 3.10 (Juan Carlos Andrés https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609535303 ); 4.10 (Ana Miranda de Lage); 7.10 (Juan Carlos Dieguez, Juan Manuel Pérez de Ana; Sergio Nevot, José Luis Gabela, Ismael Romero, Raul Pascual, Kepa Unanue); 8.10 (Carmelo García del Rey); 9.10 (Brigitte Ibens, Juan Luis Muñoz, Esther Yera)

 

4.10.2023 Oenanthe isabellina Balsa de la Mueda, Navarra (Jon Sola https://ebird.org/checklist/S151400158 ; Jesús Mari Lekuona)

 

1.10.2023 Iduna caligata 1 ind Trapped and ringed. Gibraltar (Charlie Pérez). 1st for the Rock. (Charlie Pérez and others).  

 


 

7.10.2023 Acrocephalus agricola  1 ind trapped and ringed, L’Albufera de València (Francisco Javier Gans – foto-).

 

8.10.2023 Acrocephalus agricola  1 ind trapped and ringed, Marjal d’Almenara, Castelló (Pepe Carmona – foto-)

 


 

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