Rare Birds in Spain Blog

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese   29.2.2024 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Esteiro do Mandeo; A Coruña. Still present (Juan Diego Acevedo; Beatriz V. García).   25.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w ♂ Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Sergio Briones, Ricardo Campos) to 29.2 (MIck Richardson, Miguel Ángel Mora –photo-, Lucia Muniesa; Francisco Antonio Prieta)     29.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 ♂ Embalse de Alcollarín, Cáceres (Francisco Antonio Prieto –photo-, Agapito J. Verde, Juan Antonio García, Martin Kelsey).     29.2.2024 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Juan Diego Acevedo, Beatriz V. García).   24.2.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂   Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (José Manuel Murcia) to 29.2 (Marcos Real, Luis Albero).   Waders   23.2.2024...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese     12.2.2024 Anser serrirostris   1 ind Embalse de Búrdalo, Cáceres. Still present   (Lorenzo Alcántara) to 18.2 (Dani Hernández, Alba Andrés)   17.2.2024 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Lois Santos)   11.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w ♂ Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Francisco Becerra)   12.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Golf Salinas de Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary islands. Still present (Henning Petersen).   18.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Laguna Huerta de las Pilas, Cádiz (Miguel Ángel Guirdo).   18.2.2024 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Ignacio Aparicio)   12.2.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Timme Nyegaard –photo-) to 1...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese     10.2.2024 Anser serrirostris   1 ind Embalse de Búrdalo, Cáceres. Still present (José Arcadio Calvo, photo)     2.2.2024 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Sada beach; A Coruña. Still present (Javier Río)   2.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w ♂ Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Miguel Juan) to 9.2 (Leo Damrow)   8.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Mark Cutts)   10.2.2024 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Javier Río)   3.2.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (José Manuel Caballero), 9.2 (José Manuel Caballero)   3.2.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ad ♂ La Oliva pond, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Óscar Martíne...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese   25.1.2024 Anser serrirostris   1 ind Embalse de Búrdalo, Cáceres. Still present (Álvaro García Martín); 27.1 (Angel Luis Méndez).   27.1.2024 Branta bernicla hrota 1 Estuario del pas, Cantabria (Alfredo Sánchez Galán, Ángela de Castro).   30.1.2024 Branta bernicla hrota 1 ind Santoña marshes, Cantabria (Chemi Ibáñez).   21.1.2024 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Pedro Sandoval, Adrián Bartolomé, José Luis García Allut, Ricardo Rojo) to 31.1 (Juan Antonio García).   21.1.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w ♂ Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Sergio Briones, Juan Ramírez, Andrés de la Cruz –photo-, Derek Etherton, Ricky Owen) to 31.1 (Niki Williamson, Jonny Rankin, Simon Tonkin).     26.1.2024 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   From 11 January 2024 on, only the 1 st and last known observers within the period will be featured in the chronicle. Besides, authors of interesting photos will be included too. In case of groups, numbers will feature the highest count reported within the period.   Ducks & Geese   13.1.2024 Anser serrirostris   1 ind Embalse de Búrdalo, Cáceres (Raúl Granados). Photo 15.1 (Seppo Hjerppe) ; 18.1 (Félix Arribas del Álamo, Pablo Linage, José Luis Arroyo).       12.1.2024 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño) to 15.1 (Javier Río, María Canedo) and into next ten days of January.     13.1.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w ♂ Algeciras, Cádiz (Rosa González –photo-, José Luís Garzón, Sergio Briones; Ángela Ruiz) to 20.1 (Anders Kvalvåg Wol...