Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 11-20 January 2024
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
From 11 January 2024 on, only the 1st 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 Wollan; Ricardo Campos).
13.1.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Golf Club Salinas de Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Miguel Hernández) to 20.1 (Mark Newsome).
12.1.2024 Anas rubripes 1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño) to 15.1 (Javier Río).
13.1.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Golf Club Salinas de Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Miguel Hernández).
16.1.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands . Still present (Miguel Hernández –photo-) to 19.1 (Josefa Sierra).
12.1.2024 Aythya affinis 1w ♂ ind Ensenada de San Bartolomé, Santander, Cantabria. Still present (Carlos Ponce, José Maria Ayuela) to 15.1 (Javier Atrio).
11.1.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ind Ría de Ribesella/Ría de Ribadesella, Asturias (Miguel López –photo-) to 17.1 (Fernando Manteiga)
13.1.2024 Aythya affinis 2 ind Lago Norte, Costa Ballena, Cádiz. Still present (Pablo Barrena; Juan Rodríguez Roa; Jesús Ruiz) to 20.1 (Ignacio Barrionuevo, Ángela Ruiz, Derek Etherton, Juan Rodríguez, Ricky Owen, Anders Kvalvåg Wollan)
13.1.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ad ♂ La Oliva pond, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands . Still present (Micha Arved Neumann), 14.1
13.1.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂ Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (Adrián Colino, Jesús Gibert) and 14.1 (Niklas Zander).
11.1.2024 Mergus merganser 1 ♂ Desembocadura de la Muga, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Alt Empordà, Girona (Benja Sacristán; Adrià Màrquez to 18.1 (Jordi Massoni).
19.1.2024 Mergus merganser 1 ♂ Desembocadura de la Riera de Riudoms, Cambrils, Tarragona (Jordi Jover). Possibly the same from Aiguamolls.
Waders
20.1.2024 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind Salinas de Tenefé, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Miguel Angel Hernández; Alberto Aguiar –photo-, Josefa Díaz)
14.1.2024 Charadrius semipalmatus 1 ind still present, S Tenerife, Canary Islands (Mariano Martínez –photo-)
13.1.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona. Still present (Marcel Gil); 20.1 (Enric Pàmies, Sergi Sales, Eva Flo, Octavi Català, Ramon Grimalt, Mireia Torras, Lluis Estrada, Marc A Llibre, Domènec Anguera, Joan Oliver, Óscar Martínez)
13.1.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura. Still present (Miguel Hernández Santana –photo-) to 20.1 (Tymon Świtała).
11.1.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Arroyo de las Cañas, Guadalhorce river basin, Málaga. Still present (Antonio Tamayo; Javier Fregenal) to 19.1 (MIka Latva-Rasku; Ilkka Iivonen, Kari Korhonen, Kyösti Kopra).
Herons
Raptors
19.1.2024 Buteo buteo vulpinus 1 2cy Riumors, Alt Empordà, Girona (Àlex Ollé); 20.1 (Àlex Ollé, Joan Goy, Ramon Homs).
18.1.2024 Buteo rufinus 1 ind Mallén, Zaragoza (Jesús Mari Lekuona –photo-, Ricardo Rodríguez)
13.1.2024 Clanga clanga 1 ind immature Puente del Hato Blanco, Doñana Sevilla (Titina Manzano) to 16.1 (Michael Hagedorn, Manuel Bárcena).
16.1.2024 Falco biarmicus 1 ind Mallén, Zaragoza (Esther Charles – foto-).
Rallidae
16.1.2024 Crecopsis egregia 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Miguel Hernández). Bird released from recovery center. Apparently two released.
16.1.2024 Porphyrio alleni 1 1w Badalona, Barcelona (recogido por un particular, Ferran Bargalló). 2nd for Catalonia.
20.1.2024 Porphyrio alleni 1 adult La Massona track, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona (Marc Casas, Quim Ordeix, Octavi Ponce). 3rd for Catalonia
13.1.2023 Gallinula angulata 1 ind caught by a raven Corvus corax at Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. See image at twitter here. (@stormcabbirds)
Seabirds
14.1.2024 Sula sula 1 subad Chipiona, Cádiz. Collected ill at the seashore and brought to recovery center (Grupo Ecologista Cans via Carlos Moreno/Avesnet)
17.1.2024 Pelecanus rufescens 1 ind Parc Natural de s'Albufera des Grau, Menorca, Illes Balears (José Luís Cortés).
14.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind ad Bilbao, Euskadi (Gorka Valdés; Madalen Goitia, Juan Carlos Diéguez) to 20.1 (Kepa Aldama and others).
13.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind ad Carnota, Lira, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Pablo García) to 16.1 (José Luís García Allut).
13.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind 1w, Costa Ballena, Cádiz (Juan Rodríguez Roa). Photo 14.1 (Niki Willimanson, Simon Tonkin), to 20.1 (Juan Rodríguez Roa, Ignacio Barrionuevo)
14.1.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Ría de Ferrol, A Coruña. Still present (Isai Ogando)
19.1.2024 Leucophaeus pipixcan 1 ind 2cy Marbella, Málaga (Juan Carlos Granero to 20.1 (Ángela Ruiz, Juan Ramirez, Antonio Tamayo, José A. Campos –photo-, Isabel Gómez, Miguel Juan, Yeray Seminario, Andrés Rojas, Ignacio Barrionuevo, Carlos A. Torralvo).
13.1.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 ad ‘Barrilete’. Returning adult. Lires, A Coruña. Still present (Pablo García –photo-)
Passerines and others
18.1.2024 Corvus cornix 1 ind La Minilla, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (José Manuel Caballero); 2 on 19.1 (Niklas Zander –photo-)
13.1.2024 Ficedula parva 1 1w Parque del Ebro, Logroño, La Rioja. Still present (Antonio Quintano; Celestino González)
11.1.2024 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Migjorn, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona. Probable returning bird. Still present (Carles Oliver) to 17.1 (Sergi Sales).
20.1.2024 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Still present (Aitor Gil)
13.1.2024 Anthus hodgsoni 3 ind Conil de la Frontera, Cádiz. Still present (Juan Antonio Pérez); 6 on 14.1 (Ignacio Barrionuevo –photo-).
11.1.2024 Acanthis cabaret 2 ind Burgos G3, Burgos (César Díez https://ebird.org/spain/checklist/S158657805 , Alejandro Sanz).
20.1.2024 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Embassament de Maria Cristina, Castelló (Pascual Monferrer, Juan A. Garcia Pertegaz, Marta Ibáñez –photo-, Jordi Miralles, Manolo García, Pepe Greño).
12.1.2024 Emberiza pusilla 3 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Jesús Ruiz) to 20.1 (10 birds, José Manuel Reyes –photo- , Derek Etherton; Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda).
13.1.2024 Emberiza rustica, 7 ind La Janda, Cádiz (Xurxo Piñeiro; Javi Elorriaga –photo-; Jesús Ruiz, Ignacio Barrionuevo; Rafael García) to 20.1, 2 birds (Francisco Becerra, Derek Etherton, Jose Manuel Reyes, Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda).
12.1.2024 Zonotrichia albicollis 1 ind Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona (Àlex López). Present at least for a month until it was been properly identified. Still present (Jaume Campderròs; Javier Paricio; José Luis Arroyo; Pablo Linage) and 14.1 (Oriol Cabrero, Hubert Mas, Ramon Grimalt, Manel González, Martí González, Freddy Rivas –photo-, Juan Carlos Brellido, Oriol Palom, Diego Ruiz, Xurxo Piñeiro)
