Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 21-30.11.2023

 

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

 


The Swainson's Thrush from Galicia, a 1st, was the bird of the last ten days of November (Photo: Juan García)

 

Ducks & Geese

 

22.11.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 6 ind, Ría de O Burgo, A Coruña. Still present (Pablo García); 23.11 (Ignacio Aparicio); 24.11 (Rafael Costas –photo-); 25.11 (David Guillén, Diego Montenegro, Víctor Alonso); 30.11 (Xabier Vázquez).

 

 

23.11.2023 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Urdaibai, Bizkaia (Carmelo de Dios –photo-, Julen Santa Cristina, David Cantalejo; Jon Iratzagorria); 24.11 (Andrea Martínez, José Ramón Martínez, Esther Yera, Juan Luís Muñoz, Félix Arribas, Juan Manuel Pérez de Ana, , Julen Santa Cristina, Aitor Urrutia); 25.11 (Juan Carlos Dieguez, Arcadi Atxa, Javier Cañadas, Brigitte Ibens);26.11 (Carlos  García).

 

 

21.11.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Juan Diego Acevedo; Claus Rueffler, Niklas Zander); 23.11 (Diego Acevedo); 25.11 (Ferran López, Alfredo Vieites).

 

26.11.2023 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (David Cantalejo –photo-; Víctor Alonso, David Guillén, Roberto Figueiras; Alejandro Sanz); 29.11 (Pablo García); 30.11 (José Ramón Castro).

 

 

25.11.2023 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Ría de Ortigueira, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Prieto). Two birds (ad ♂ and 1w ♂) from 26.11 (Ricardo Hevia; Víctor Alonso, David Guillén).

 

22.11.2023 Aythya affinis 2 ind Lago Norte, Costa Ballena, Cádiz. Still present Ángela Ruiz); 23.11 (Juan Rodríguez Roa –photo-); 24.11 (Damián Granado; Ignacio Barrionuevo; Lucas Pérez); 25.11 (Maria del Carmen Álvarez; Rafael García, Pablo Barrena, Juan Rodríguez Roa).

 

 25.11.2023 Aythya affinis 1 ind Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Alicia Montesinos, Ferran López, Alfredo Vieites); 26.11 (Richard Bashford);

 

25.11.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 1 ind Ría de la Villa, Villaviciosa, Asturias. Still present (Roberto Graña; Patri Piñón); 26.11 (Julen Santa Cristina, Jon Iratzagorria https://ebird.org/checklist/S155247647 -photo- et al); 27.11 (Luís Álvarez).

 

 

22.11.2023 Melanitta perspicillata 1w ♀flying W Cabu Peñes, Gozón, Asturias (Daniel López-Velasco).

 

23.11.2023 Mergus merganser 4 ind ♂ flying E, Armitza, Bizkaia (Jon Hidalgo).

 

 

Waders

 

 

21.11.2023 Pluvialis dominica 1 ind Folgueirón, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias. Still present & P.apricaria (Ignacio Blanco).

 

25.11.2023 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind La Mareta, Tenerife, Canaries. Still present (Milenka Djukanovich, Jorge Juan Rueda).

 

21.11.2023 Actitis macularius  1 ind El Médano, Tenerife, Canaries. Still present (Katarína Hlásniková);  2 ind on 23.11 (Mariano Martínez; Danielle Ardizzone -photo-); 25.11 (Milenka Djukanovich, Jorge Juan Rueda).

 




21.11.2023 Actitis macularius  1 ind Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canaries. Still present (Xabier Remirez; Jaime MB –photo- https://ebird.org/checklist/S154890950 ; Javier M.Fernández; Steve Nicoll); 23.11 (Raino Kinnunen); 25.11 (Miguel Hernández, Aitor Gil; Eliseo Reyes);29.11 (Tommy Järås).

 

21.11.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura. Still present (Claus Rueffler, NIklas Zander); 22.11 (Christopher König); 25.11 (Ferran López, Alfredo Vieites, Alicia Montesinos); 29.11 (Gonzalo Gil; Javi Elorriaga)

 

21.11.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Villafáfila lagoons, Zamora (Alfonso Rodrigo); 22.11 (Gary Losada, Alfonso Rodrigo –photo- https://ebird.org/checklist/S154960217; Noelia Fernández, José Miguel San Román); 23.11 (Dani G. Jambrina, José Javier Orduña; Algonso Guio, ); 24.11 (Carlos Diez, Miguel Diez, Gary Losada, Xurxo Piñeiro, Andrés Alfaro; Alejandro Sanz); 25.11 (Martín Rodríguez, Manuel Rodríguez, Juan José González; Sonia Mata); 26.11 (Jesús Calderón, Kike Junco; Noelia Fernández, Javier Alonso, Daniel Martónez; Alfonso Rodrigo; Miguel Díaz, José Alfredo Hernández; Jesús Ruyman, Luis Manso, Manuel Segura, Juan José González; Alberto Laiz, María Bueno); 27-28.11 (Sonia Mata).

 

 Herons

 

Raptors

 

Rallidae

 

Seabirds

 

21.11.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Cabo Higuer, Gipuzkoa (Jon Sola)

 

21.11.2023 Puffinus baroli 2 ind Punta de la Vaca, Asturias (Manuel Antonio Suárez, Daniel López-Velasco)

 

22.11.2023 Puffinus baroli 1 ind Cabo San Adrián, A Coruña (Ricardo Hevia).

 

22.11.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ad Cabo Matxitxako, Bizkaia (Jon Iratzagorria –photo-).

 

 

25.11.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind , Urumea river, Donostia, Gipuzkoa (Xabier Saralegui –photo-; Joseba Amenabar); 26.11 (Xabier Saralegui).

 

 

28.11.2023 Leucophaeus pipixcan 1w, EDAR Vuelta Ostrera, Ría de San Martín, Cantabria (Jesús García)

 

21.11.2023 Alle alle 2 ind Cabo Matixitxako, Bizkaia (Carmelo de Dios).

 

Passerines and others

 

24.11.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Castillo de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Miguel Hernández); 25.11 (Miguel Hernández, Aitor Gil, NIklas Zander, Claus Rueffler):

 

MEGA 23.11.2023 Catharus ustulatus 1 ind Ronda de Outeiro, A Coruña. 1st for Spain (José Manuel Mouriño); 24.11 (Daniel García Novo, Roi Cuba, Bibiana Lorenzo, Pablo García, Álvaro Crego, Ignacio Aparicio, Rubén Juiz; Amadeo Antonio Pombvo, Xabier Vázquez Pumariño, Álvaro Pérez, Lois Santos, Iker Fernández, José Alberto Fernández Ugarte, Xurxo Piñeiro, Rafael Costas, Juno Toni, Ricardo Hevia, Pablo Lado, Xabi Varela, Isai Ogando, Franqui Illanes, Ana Rivas, Saúl Román; Gonzalo Pardo, Juan García. Toñito Martínez Pernas -photo-); 25.11 (Javier Río, Ricardo Rojo, Julen Santa Cristina, Adrián Bartolomé, Felipe Yllanes, David Guillén, Diego Montenegro, Antón Santos, Jon Iratzagorria, Célia Prous, Dorindo Pérez, Clemente Álvarez Usategui, Víctor Alonso, Teresa García);

 


 

26.11.2023 Pastor roseus  1 1w Ría de la Villa, Villaviciosa, Asturies (Miguel Puente)

 

26.11.2023 Passer luteus 1 ind Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary islands. Still present (Aitor Gil, Eliseo Reyes, Miguel Hernández).

 

21.11.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind La Janda, Cádiz (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda).

 

26.11.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Sariñena, Huesca (Santiago Sancho, Nacho Arizón et al)

 

29.11.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Antígua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Alicia Montesinos, Ferran López -BOC photo-, Alfredo Vieites, Sala Tarrés; Javi Elorriaga). 

 


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