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)
