Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 11-20.12.2023

 

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

 


Numbers of Little and Rustic Buntings at La Janda were unprecedented in Spain. African Crakes reached the Canaries (BOC Photo: Álex Colorado).

 

 

Ducks & Geese

 

11.12.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 6 ind, Ría de O Burgo, A Coruña. Still present (Isai Ogando, Pablo Lado); 12.12 (Juno Toni); 14.12 (Isai Ogando, Ignacio Aparicio)

 

11.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus  2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña (Álvaro Crego, Pablo García –photo- , Samuel de la Torre, David Chas, Sara Isabel Fernández, Manuel Segura); 12.12 (Pablo Lado, Xabi Varela); 15.12 (Isai Ogando); 16.12 (Franqui Illanes, Daniel García Novo, Ignacio Aparicio); 17.12 (Amadeo Antonio Pombo, Sara de Juan, Lucas Rouco, Adrián Bartolomé, José Luis García Allut, Ricardo Rojo, Lois Santos); 19.12 (Amadeo A. Pombo).

17.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Urdaibai, Bizkaia. Still present (Alberto Zubiaurre).

 

11.12.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Jacques Turner-Moss, Sam Thomas).

 

11.11.2023 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Álvaro Crego –photo-, Manuel Segura), 12.12 (Pablo Lado; Xabi Varela); 14.12 (Javier Río); 15.12 (Isai Ogando); 16.12 (Franqui Illanes; Ignacio Aparicio); 18.12 (Javier Río).

14.12.2023 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Jukka Savolainen); 15.12 (Miguel Hernández), 17.12 (Nils Adeler, Nima Álvarez, Miguel Hernández, Xabier Remirez; Ayoze Rodríguez); 18.12 (Niklas Zander; Jukka Savolainen).

 

13.12.2023 Aythya affinis 2 ind Lago Norte, Costa Ballena, Cádiz. Still present (Víctor Porras); 16.12 (Agapito J. Verde, Francisco Solano) 1 bird; 17.12 (Guillermo Piñal, Juan Rodríguez Roca).

 

16.12.2023 Mergus merganser 1 ind Bahía de Santander, Pedreña, Cantabria (Guillermo Rodríguez); 17.12 (Manuel Hermosilla, Javier Pi).

 

 

Waders

 

16.12.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus  1 ind Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz (Manuel  Bárcena. Rafael García); 17.12 (Pablo Barrena, Juan Rodríguez Roa, Guillermo Piñal, Manuel Bárcena, Laura Rollán –photo-, Ángela Ruiz, Rafael García); 18.12 (Juan Martín, Lucas Pérez).

 

11.12.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura. Still present (Juan Carlos Diéguez); 16.12 (Olivier Coucelos, André Vieira); 17.12 (J.A. Sarry).

 

11.12.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Estanys del Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona. Still present (Marga Esparch, Eloi Iglesias, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Xesco Puigdomenech, Oriol Cabrero, Antoni Abad, Joan Ventura, Oriol Clarabuch, Ponç Feliu, Albert Burgas, Eulàlia Maspons, Manuel Pineda; Carles Oliver); 12.11 (Eloi Iglesias, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Iván García, Cécilia Fridlender); 13.12 (Oriol Clarabuch; Maria Janoher, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Hubert Mas, Lluís Vilamajó); 14.12 (Maria Janoher, Jordi Martí-Aledo); 15.12 (Jordi Martí-Aledo); 16.12 (Marga Esparch, Josep Espigulé, Raimond Riera, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Raúl Bastida, Jérôme Benezet, Lluís Xavier Toldrà; Diego Salido, Josep Bellés, Bernat Garrigós); 17.12 (Marga Esparch, Jordi Martí-Aledo; Jean-Claude Tocabens; Lladó Coia, Òscar Martínez); 18.12 (Marga Esparch, Jordi Martí-Aledo); 20.12 (Àlex Ollé; Marga Esparch; Quim Carol).

 

Herons


Raptors

 

13.12.2023 Clanga clanga 1 ind Escupidera, Doñana, Huelva (Carlos Moreno)

 

Rallidae

 

12.12.2023 Porphyrio alleni  1 ind Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma island, Canary Islands. Gather exhausted (Félix M. Medina –photo-). It died on 13.12.

 

 

11.12.2023 Crecopsis egregia  2 ind Antígua, Fuerteventura (J.A.Sarry, Eliseo Reyes).

 

13.12.2023 Crecopsis egregia  1 ind Antígua, Fuerteventura (David Pérez) . Brought to recovery center.

 


 

 

Seabirds

 

11.12.2023 Pelecanus rufescens 1 ind Aiguamolls de l’Empordà. Girona. Ringed bird coming from Sigean, Aude, France. Still present at Fluvià river mouth (Oriol Clarabuch); 12.12 (Oriol Clarabuch); 13.12 (Lluís Vilamajó); 14.12 (Maria Janoher);

 

14.12.2023 Pelecanus rufescens 1 ind PN S’Albufera des Grau, Menorca, Illes Balears (Jaime Mojao). Seen from 6.12.2023

 

Passerines and others

 

15.12.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Medina-Sidonia, Cádiz (Mario Durán).

 

11.12.2023 Ficedula parva 1 1w Parque del Ebro, Logroño, La Rioja. Still present (eBird); 12.12 (Jesús Serradilla; Daniel Mogica, Javier Robres); 14.12 (García de los Ríos; José Luis Arroyo, Javier Paricio –photo-, Félix Arribas del Álamo); 16.12 (Rosario Mendoza, Jesús Menéndez. Sergio Nevot, Pablo González-Ocio, Bernardo Montoya); 17.12 (Raúl Granados, David Cantalejo, José Luis Gabela, Mónica Pineda); 18.12 (Antonio Quintano, Raúl Granados); 19.12 (Juan Manuel Pérez de Ana, Chencho Fernández); 20.12 (Antonio Quintano).

11.12.2023 Curruca nisoria 1 ind Covas, Ferrol, A Coruña (Manuel Segura –photo-); 12.12 (David Martínez Lago).

14.12.2023 Acanthis flammea 1 ind Parque de los Aromas, Navarra (Jesús Mari Lekuona, Jorge Nubla, Jon Sola –photo-).

 


 

18.12.2023 Carpodacus eryhtrinus 1 ind La Janda, Cádiz (Ignacio Barrionuevo, Guillermo López).

 

19.12.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Can Boquet, Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona (Jaume Castellà https://ebird.org/checklist/S156766139 ).

 

 14.12.2023 Emberiza pusilla 2 ind La Janda, Cádiz (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda, Julio Ortega); 15.12 6 individuals, perhaps 10! (Pablo Barrena, Miguel Campos, Rafael García, Fernando Portillo de Cea, José Portillo); 6 ind 16.12 (Guillermo Piñal, Joan Rodríguez Roa, Ricky Owen; Anders Kvalvåg, Juan Antonio Pérez); 17.12 (Ángela Ruiz; Manuel Bárcena); 7+ birds 18.12 (Víctor Porras, Rafael García; Guillermo Piñal; Lucas Pérez; Francisco José del Río; Juan Rodríguez Roa, Andrés Rojas –photo-; Fernando del Valle, Ricardo Martín-Baylo, Paco Chiclana, Mario Martín, José Antonio Lama, Javier Paricio, José Luis Arroyo, García de los Ríos, Pablo Linage, Ignacio Barrionuevo; Guillermo López); 19.12 (Lucas Pérez, Fernando Enrique Navarrete, García de los Ríos; Ricardo Campos); 19.12 12 birds (Javier Salcedo; Niki Williamson, Simon Tonkin, Pablo Barrena; Miguel Campos, Manuel Bárcena, Mario Durán; Guillermo Piñal, Juan Rodríguez Roa, José Luís Arroyo; Pablo Linage; Javier Paricio; Javier Salcedo; Santiago Caballero); 20.12 (Chus Fernández).

 

 

13.12.2023 Emberiza pusilla  1 ind Finca Mancha Amarilla, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (J.A.Sarry)

 

13.12.2023 Emberiza rustica 1 ind La Janda, Cádiz (Bryan Murray); 14.12 (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda), 15.12 (Fernando Portillo de Cea, José Portillo); 16.12 (Juan Rodríguez Roa, Ricky Owen, Guillermo Piñal); 2 birds 18.12 (Víctor Porras, Rafael García; Francisco José del Río, García de los Ríos; Guillermo Piñal –photo-, Juan Rodríguez Roa, Andrés Rojas, Fernando del Valle, Ricardo Martín-Baylo, Paco Chiclana, Mario Martín, José Antonio Lama; Ignacio Barrionuevo, Guillermo López); 19.12 (Guillermo Piñal, Juan Rodríguez Roa, Mario Durán, Javier Paricio, José Luis Arroyo, Pablo LInage); 3 ind 20.12 (Miguel Rouco).

 

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