Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 11-20.11.2023

 

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

 


The 1st Blackpoll Warbler for Spain, trapped and ringed at Fuerteventura was the bird of the month despite a number of very good birds.

 

 

Ducks & Geese

 

11.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 6 ind, Ría de O Burgo, A Coruña. Still present (Ana Rivas, Saúl Román); 15.11 (Julen Santa Cristina; Xabi Varela); 18.11 (Javier Río, Franqui Illanes –photo-); 19.11 (Esther Yera, Juan Luis Muñoz).

 

13.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Pria de Sada, A Coruña (Javier Río; Julen Santa Cristina); 1 ind on 15.11 (Javier Río).

 

17.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 1 ind, Piélagos, Ría de Mogro, Cantabria (Pedro Arratíbel).

 

11.11.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura (Paul Pugh). Still present; 18.11 (Eliseo Reyes, Miguel Hernández); 19.11 (Miguel Hernández, Eliseo Reyes)

 

11.11.2023 Mareca americana 1 ind Ensenada de O Vao, Pontevedra (Hugo Queiruga)

 

13.11.2023 Anas rubripes  1 male. Praia de Sada, A Coruña. Still present. Back to Sada (Javier Río –photo-, Julen Santa Cristina); 15.11 (Javier Río); 18.11 (Lois Santos, Juan Luis Muñoz, Esther Yera); 19.11 (Pep Manchado).

 

12.11.2023 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Ría de Foz, Lugo (Luís José Salaverri).

 

12.11.2023 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Ría de Ortigueira, A Coruña (David Martínez Lago, Antonio Gutiérrez); 15.12 (Julen Santa Cristina)

 

11.11.2023 Aythya affinis 2 ind Lago Norte, Costa Ballena, Cádiz (Paco Chiclana)

 

11.11.2023 Aythya affinis 1 ind Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Guy Poisson –photo-); 18.11 (Federico Ghiazza; Miguel Hernández; Xavi Talavera).

 

13.11.2023 Aythya affinis  1 ind Charca Barranco de la Barca, Tenerife, Canary islands (Aitor Gil); 16.11 (Håkan Wittzell); 17.11 (David Pérez); 18.11 (Jorge Juan Rueda, Milenka Djukanovich).

 

12.11.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 1 ♀/1w Punta Das Ondas, Caión, A Laracha, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval)

 

12.11.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 2 1w Playa de L’Arbeyal, Gijón, Asturias (Javier Alonso, Colectivo Ornitológico Carbayera del Tragamón).

 

14.11.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 1 ind RN Villaviciosa, Asturias (Xuan Cortés; Juan Zaldivar; José Antonio Tielve); 15.11 (Ismael Romero); 19.11 (Raúl Garrido –photo- y otros).

 

Waders

 

17.11.2023 Pluvialis dominica 1 ind Folgueirón, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias (Julen Santa Cristina –photo-). Still present.

 

12.11.2023 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind La Mareta, Tenerife, Canaries (Miguel Hernández –photo-, Eduardo Ramos). Still present; 13.11 (Aitor Gil); 14.11 (Mariano Martínez); 16.11 (J.A. Sarry, Mariano Martínez, Víctor Díaz); 17.11 (David Pérez); 18.11 (Jorge Juan Rueda; Milenka Djukanovich).

 

 

18-9.11.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura. (Miguel Hernández); 20.11 (Claus Rueffler, Niklas Zander).

 

18.11.2023 Actitis macularius  1 ind El Médano, Tenerife, Canaries (Eduardo Ramos); 20.11 (Daniel J. Bethencourt).

 

19.11.2023 Actitis macularius  1 ind Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canaries (Alberto Aguiar, José Manuel Caballero). Still present; 19.11 (Claus Rueffler, Niklas Zander; Josefa Díaz –photo-).

 

19.11.2023 Actitis macularius  1 ind Tenerife, 5 km N of El Médano (Mariano Martínez -photo-). Different individual.

 


 

Herons

 

Raptors

 

Rallidae

 

12.11.2023 Crex crex 1 ind PN Alto Tajo, Cuenca ( Aves Cuenca). A bird found alive inside an edification. Photo from wardens of the area.

 

Seabirds

 

MEGA 15.11.2023 Pterodroma hasitata (White-faced) 1 ind off Gozón, Lluanco, Asturias (Daniel López-Velasco)

 

15.11.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Ricardo Hevia)

 

16.11.2023 Puffinus baroli 2 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Daniel López-Velasco; Saúl Román; Julen Santa Cristina).

 

20.11.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Gozón, Moniello, Lluanco, Asturias (Daniel López-Velasco)

 

11.11.2023 Leucophaeus pipixcan 1w, EDAR Vuelta Ostrera, Ría de San Martín, Cantabria (David Calleja). Still present; 14.11 (Jesús García); 15.11 (Pep Manchado –photo-); 17.11 (Julen Santa Cristina; Esther Yera, Juan Luis Muñoz); 18.11 (Julio Hernando; Francisco Cabrera); 19.11 (F.Javier Calvo, David Cantalejo)

 

12.11.2023 Larus smithsonianus 1 ad Ría de Lires, A Coruña. ‘Barrilete’, returning adult (Roberto Figueiras; Diego Montenegro, Jon Iratzagorria –photo-, David Cantalejo; Xabi Varela, Pablo García). Still present; 14.11 (Julen Santa Cristina); 16.11 (Pablo García)


 

12.11.2023 Alle alle 1 ind Bareyo, Cabo de Ajo, Cantabria (Fernando Arce, Jesús Menéndez).

 

16.11.2023 Alle alle 1 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Daniel López-Velasco; Saúl Román; Julen Santa Cristina).

 

17.11.2023 Alle alle 1 ind Punta de la Vaca, Asturias (Manuel Quintana).

 

 

Passerines and others

 

11.11.2023  Bombycilla garrulus  1 ind Cibrán, Muxia, A Coruña. Still present  (José Luís García Allut, Adrian Bartolomé, Antón Santos, Lois Santos, José Emilio Oti –photo-);  12.11 (David Boso, Maria Ferrando; Roberto Figueiras, Jon Iratzagorria, David Cantalejo, Diego Montenegro, Daniel García Novo, Xabi Varela); 13.11 (Julen Santa Cristina); 14.11 (Amadeo Antonio Pombo; Germán Torres); 15.11 moved to Serra do Forgoselo, A Coruña, where 2 (Manuel Cernadas, David Chas, Elisa Grande); 18.11 (1 ind, Amadeo A. Pombo, Rubén Juiz).

 

16.11.2023  Bombycilla garrulus  1 ind A Lama, Pontevedra (Ignacio Fernández Otero)

 

18.11.2023 Bombycilla garrulus  1 ind Galdames, Bizkaia (Jon Iratzagorria – photo-)




12.11.2023 Eremophila alpestris 1 ind El Trabucador, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Jeremy Coleman).

 

20.11.2023 Curruca curruca 1 ind Hotel Meliá Los Gorriones, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Christopher König).

 

11.11.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Castillo de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Simon Priestnall). Still present; 12.11 (J.Marcos Benito).

 

15.11.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Llagostera, Girona, still present (Joan Cortés Olea).

 

19.11.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Figueres, Girona (Antoni Abad); 20.11 (Ramon Aguilar).

 

19.11.2023 Acanthis cabaret   1 ind Camino Callejuela, Cantabria (Guillermo Rodríguez).

 

13.11.2023 Passer luteus 1 ind Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary islands (Claus Rueffler)

 

17.11.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Coria del Río, Sevilla (José Angel Villegas).

 

14.11.2023 Emberiza sahari  2 Algeciras, Cádiz (David Ríos); 18.11 1 ind (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda)

 

MEGA 12.11.2023 Setophaga striata 1 ind Barranco de Ajuy, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (J. Antonio Sarrión -photo-; Eliseo Reyes). First for Spain.

 



 

 

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