Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 11-20 June 2024
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
Ducks & Geese
17.6.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Parque de la Menacha, Cádiz (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda). Still present
17.6.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 ind Ría de Foz, Lugo (Luís José Salaverri). Later seen too (Saúl Román, Ana Rivas) and into 18.6 (Lois Santos, Antón Santos; Pablo García, David Calleja –photo-).
Waders
13.6.2024 Xenus cinereus 1 ind Ca l’Arana beach, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona (Ferran López)
Herons
Raptors
14.6.2024 Gyps africanus 1 ind Tráfico, PN El Estrecho, Tarifa, Cádiz (Simon Tonkin). Map: Track from the bird from Rachid (bird GA03 ringed in Morocco) with bird sleeping at Abrajanejo and leaving towards Jerez de la Frontera later.
Rallidae
Seabirds
17.6.2024 Leucophaeus atricilla 1 ind Caleta de Vélez, Málaga (Salvador García) 18.7(Mick Richardson, Juan Ramírez –photo-, Blas López, Armando Molina; Santiago Caballero, Antonio Tamayo, Sergio González, Gonzalo Rodríguez)
Passerines and others
15.6.2024 Corvus cornix 1 ind Principe Pìo, Madrid (Belen Gil)
14.6.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind ♀ at Playa del Inglés, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Antonio Gutiérrez Villalgordo), 17.6 2 birds (Miguel Hernández Santana); 20.6 (Alberto Laiz, Maria Bueno).
15.6.2024 Emberiza sahari 1 ind Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Juan Miguel González)