Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 1-10.11.2023

 

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

 

 

 

In the absence of photos of the Ceuta Ixobrychus sturmii, the presence of Sudan Golden Sparrows in Gran Canaria was one of the sightings of the month

 

Ducks & Geese

 

5.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 6 ind, Ría de O Burgo, A Coruña. Still present (Ignacio Aparicio); 9.11 (Javier Río; Isai Ogando).

7.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Cabo de Burela, Lugo (Saúl Román), later seen from Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Ricardo Hevia -photo-, Pablo Lado, Antonio Sandoval)

 

9.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Cabo Híguer, Gipúzkoa (Ander Álvarez –photo-)

 

10.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 1 ind, Ría de San Martín, Cantabria (Chencho Fernández).

 

8.11.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present  (Eliseo Reyes); 10.11 (Arto Juvonen).

 

1.11.2023 Aythya affinis 1 female Encoro de Cecebre--Cola Norte, A Coruña. Still present (Roberto Figueiras); 2.11 (Cosme Damián Romay); 4-5.11 (Rafael Costas).

 

3.11.2023 Aythya affinis 1 ind El Médano, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Juan Sagardía).

 

3.11.2023 Aythya affinis 1 ind Costa Ballena, Rota, Cádiz (Mamen Quijano)

 

6.11.2023 Aythya affinis 1 drake Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Paul Pugh)

 

10.11.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 1 ind Ría de la Villa, Villaviciosa, Asturies (Xuan Cortés -photo-)

 


 

 

 

Waders

 

 2.11.2023 Calidris fuscicollis 1 ind Juncalillo del Sur, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Miguel Hernández, José Miguel Caballero) https://ebird.org/checklist/S153587611 ; 4.11 (Miguel Hernández); 5-7.11 (Jon Iratzagorria, Miguel Hernández; , Jon Iratzagorria, Luis López, José Portillo, Selene Gancedo, Gorka Ocio); 8.11 (Dominic More O’Ferrall)

 

4.11.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind El Hondo, Alicante. Still present (Joaquín Palazón)

 

10.11.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Balsa del Gran Tarajal, Fuerteventura, Canary islands (J.A.Sarry)

 

Herons

 

MEGA  5.11.2023 Ixobrychus sturmii 1 ind Arroyo del Infierno reservoir, Ceuta (Alexandre Justo)

 

Raptors

 

3.11.2023 Gyps africanus 1 in Cueva del Moro, PN El Estrecho, Cádiz (Javier Elorriaga, Mark Green). The blue PVC ringed bird marked in December 2021 and seen before. https://ebird.org/checklist/S153663459 ; 10.11 at Río Manilva, Málaga (Andrés Rojas).

 

 

Rallidae

 

 Seabirds

 

3.11.2023 Leucophaeus pipixcan 1w, EDAR Vuelta Ostrera, Ría de San Martín, Cantabria. Still present (Kike Junco; José Velasco –photo-); 4.11 (Marta Mesa; Ignacio Blanco; Fernando Jubete; María Bueno; Alberto Laiz); 7.11 (Chehcho Fernández, Jesús Abad); 8.11 (Andrés Alfaro; Chencho Álvarez; Abel Ojugas); 9.11 (Ludovico De Vega).

 

 

9.11.2023 Larus smithsonianus 1 ad Ría de Lires, A Coruña. ‘Barrilete’, returning adult, still present (Josep Manchado; Pablo García)

 

5.11.2023 Alle alle  1 ind off Cabo Higuer, Gipuzkoa (Pedro Arratibel)

 

6.11.2023 Alle alle  1 ind off Getaria, Gipuzkoa (Imanol Manterola; Juan Carlos Andrés –photo-); 7.11 (Emilio Salvatierra).

 

3.11.2023 Sula sula 1 subadult Getaria, Gipuzkoa (Gorka Ocio, Anton Sáenz de Santamaria)

3.11.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ind off Getaria, Gipuzkoa (Gorka Ocio, Jon Iratzagorria)

5.11.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ind Donostia – Ulia, Gipuzkoa (Javier Ferreres)

 

 Passerines and others

 

5.11.2023 Apus unicolor 1 ind Louro Lagoon, A Coruña (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño).

 

6.11.2023  Bombycilla garrulus  1 ind Cibrán, Muxia, A Coruña (Fernando Pereiras; Cosme Damián Romay; Pablo García –photo-, J.Pita, J.R. Bugallo); 7.11 (Xurxo Piñeiro); 8.11 (Xose Manoel Carregal; Rafael Costas, Pablo Lado); 9.11 (Josep Manchado, Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Amadeo Antonio Pombo; Ruben Juiz; Ignacio Aparicio; Maria canedo, José Alberto Fernández Ugarte, Iker Fernández); 10.11 (Manuel Segura).

 

5.11.2023 Phylloscopus collybita tristis  1 ind Mig de Dos Rius, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona (Àlex Ollé).

 

3.11.2023 Corvus cornix 2 ind Castillo de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Javier M Hernández –photo-)

 

8.11.2023 Anthus hodgsoni 1 ind Parque Princesa Sofía, La Línea, Cádiz (Bryan Murray)

 

3.11.2023 Passer luteus 1 ind Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary islands (Miguel Hernández). Still present; 4.11 (Miguel Hernández, J.Marcos Benito); https://ebird.org/checklist/S153697027 ; 6.11 (Jon Iratzagorria; Alberto Aguiar); 7.11 (Miguel Hernández, Jon Iratzagorria, Luis López, José Portillo, Selene Gancedo, Gorka Ocio); 9.11 (Raino Kinnunen, Simon Priestnall; Aitor Gil, David Pérez –photo-).




1.11.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Bigues i Riells, Barcelona (Artur Morales); 2.11 (Manuel Pineda). Last observation, coming from last month.

 

5.11.2023 Emberiza rustica 1 ind Rambla Morales, Cabo de Gata, Almería (Javier Gómez González; Simón Rodríguez, David Cristóbal –photo-, Raimundo Martín)

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