Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 21-30 April 2024

 

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

 

 

Ducks & Geese

 

21.4.2024 Spatula discors 1 male Graveras de Santas Martas, León, still present (Kike Junco; Jesús Ruyman Gómez, Luis Manso –photo-; Alba Becerra, Mario Fernández), 25.4 (Kike Junco)

 


 

21.4.2024 Spatula discors 1 male, Parque de La Menacha, Cádiz (Ricardo Campos –photo-)

 

 

 

26.4.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂  Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (José Manuel Murcia)

 

Waders

 

21.4.2024 Actitis macularius  1 ind El Médano, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Still present (Leon B –photo-), 23.4 (Dani G. Jambrina, Francisco Vizcaíno)

 

 

24.4.2024 Calidris falcinellus 1 ind. Azud de Riolobos, Salamanca (Miguel Rouco, -photo-)

 

 

27.4.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Arroyo de las Cañas, Málaga. Still present (Santiago Caballero –photo-)

 



 

Herons

 

28.4.2024 Geronticus eremita 1 ind from Austrian introduction scheme at La Seu d’Urgell, Lleida. Ring 454 (Albert Bobé).

 

20.4.2024 Ardea brachyrhyncha 1 ind Embalse de Alcollarín, Cáceres (Godfried Schredur); 21.4 (Marc Gálvez –photo-, Ángel Luís Méndez, Antonio Méndez, Raquel Lozano, Hugo Sánchez, José Guerra, Martin Kelsey); 29.4 (Paul Smith; José María Benítez, José Vicente Oropesa). 1st for SPAIN.

 


 

Raptors

 

Rallidae

 

27.4.2024 Crecopsis egregia 1 ind still present (ringed coming from Recovery Center and seen previously at Teguise golf course) at Water Treatment Plant, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Still present (Igor Dlugosz –photo-)

 

 

Seabirds

 

26.4.2024 Thalasseus elegans 3 ind Racó de l’Olla, València (Toni Alcocer, Patricia Ryan, Karen Winstead, David Ascanio, Carl Winstead, Peter Zika, Gordon Keen, Virgilio Beltrán, Laura Rust). One in a nest with eggs; 28.4 (Guillem de los Santos –photo-; Beatriz Bermejo, Ana Salas, Olga Pernía, Guillermo Piñal); 30.4 (Joan Balfagón)

 

Passerines and others

 

30.4.2024 Spilopelia senegalensis 3 ind Can Guerxo, Eivissa, Balearics (Jordi Serapio)

 

23.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 male Coll des Vidriers, Puig de Son Jordi, Mallorca, Balearics (Pep Manchado –photo-)


21.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Parque Princesa Sofía, La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz. Still presennt (Gonzalo Gil. Faustino Chamizo, Bryan Murray, Rafael García, Ángela Ruiz, Peter Ashley –photo-; Ignacio Barrionuevo), 22.4 (Miguel Ángel Mora)


21.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Riumar, Deltebre, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Michel Malaterre)

21.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Cap Falco, Eivissa, Balears (Michiel Schoonderwoerd, -photo-)


22.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 male Barranc Algendar, Menorca, Balearics (Keith Betton –photo-)

 



24.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Can Dimoni, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona (Jero Soto). Seen later during the day (Daniel González, Ricard Gutiérrez –photo-, Ferran López. Rafael Armada, Alejandra Rendón, Martí González, Manel González, Joel Soto, Xavier Parra, Lluís Estrada, Carles Oliver, Luis Miranda, Josep Bujons, Pablo Pascual)

 

 

25.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind female at  Les Torroelles, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona (Miguel Ángel Fuentes)

25.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Conca de Dalt, Pallars Jussà, Lleida (Jörg Jansmann)

27.4.2024 Motacilla flava feldegg 1 ind Malgrat de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

21.4.2024 Passer luteus 2 ind (male/female) mating at Doramas Park, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Nima Álvarez, Nils Adeler, Miguel Hernández –photo- https://ebird.org/checklist/S169674155 ), 29.4 (Peter Andrews).


29.4.2024 Emberiza sahari  2 ind Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda)


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