Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 21-31 October 2024
21-31 October 2024
Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group
Ducks & Geese
24.10.2024 Branta bernicla hrota 1 ind Ria de O Burgo, A Coruña. Still present (Franqui Illanes –photo-; Carlos González); 29.10 (Antonio Gutiérrez)
21.10.2024 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Sebrayu, Ría de Villaviciosa, Asturias (Jorge López; Ignacio Blanco);
21.10.2024 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind, 27 Camín de la Ortea, Mieres, Asturias (Ignacio Blanco);
22-29.10.2024 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Charca Capilla Virgen de la Cabeza, Asturias (Ramón J. Yáñez)
22.10.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Playa de la Concha, Algeciras, Cádiz (Ricardo Campos). Long stayer.
23.10.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Los Espinales Este. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Josefa Díaz –photo-; José Manuel Caballero); 28.10 (Pep Manchado)
24.10.2024 Spatula discors 2 ind S Tenerife área, Canary Islands (Pablo Olabe –photo-)
22.10.2024 Mareca americana 1 ind Golf Salinas, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Faustino Chamizo, Anders Kvalvåg)
27.10.2024 Anas rubripes 1 ind Sada, Ría de Betanzos, A Coruña. Still present (Isai Ogando)
29.10.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ind Ulibarri-Gamboa reservoir, Araba (Iván Sarabia; Jon Iratzagorria –photo-)
Waders
23.10.2024 Pluvialis dominica 1 ind Campo de golf Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Is, (Dave Tanner –photo-); 30.10 (Dave Tanner)
27.10.2024 Pluvialis dominica 1 ind Parque eólico Herbeira, A Coruña (Ricardo Hevia –photo-). Still present.
27.10.2024 Pluvialis dominica 1 ind Ría de Foz, Lugo (Ana Rivas, Saúl Román –photo-). Seen later (David Calleja)
30.10.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Marjal d’Almenara, Castelló (Manolo García –photo-, Luis Albero)
At least 3 L.scolopaceus and perhaps another Dowitcher sp. at Empordà county:
- 23.10.2024 Limnodromus cf scolopaceus 1 ind El Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona (Pau Calero; Muriel Friland); seen simultaneously as next bird (Magda Esparch); not seen from 24-27.10).
- 23.10.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 1w El Cortalet, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona (Jordi Martí-Aledo; Magda Esparch); not seen from 24-27.10 morning;
- 27.10.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 bright juvenile El Matà, Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Girona. Different from El Cortalet worn 1w bird (Jordi Martí-Aledo); 30.10 (Kim Cama)
- 23.10.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Basses d’en Coll, Pals, Girona (Joan Estrada Jofra)
24.10.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Txingudi marshes, Bizkaia (Josean Belzunce), 27.10 (Aimar Hernández, Nekane García, David Santamaría –photo-).
20.10.2024 Tringa flavipes 2 ind Rouxique, O Grove, Pontevedra. Still present (Javier de las Heras); 23.10 (Rubén Francisco Barreiro; Javier Rodríguez; Manuel Velasco –photo-); 29.10 (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño, Emilio Martínez Sabarís, Rubén Francisco Barreiro, José Manuel Mouriño, Tirso Fernández, Vítor Xosé Cabaleiro, José Daniel Sande)
21.10.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Eucaliptus ricefields, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Mika Torbjörn; Joan Cortés). Still present.
30.10.2024 Calidris falcinellus 1 ind Eucaliptus, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Marcel Gil –photo-)
21.10.2024 Calidris fuscicollis 1 ind Punta de Salías, Ría del Eo, Asturias (Pablo Miki)
22.10.2024 Calidris fuscicollis 1 ind juv Fuerteventura Golf Club, Canary Islands. Still present (Faustino Chamizo, Anders Kvalvåg)
Herons
Raptors
26.10.2024 Clanga clanga 1 ind El Hondo, Alicante (Eugenio Castillejos) to 30.10 (E.Castillejos). First seen this season.
Rallidae
MEGA 27.10.2024 Fulica americana 1 ind A Espiñeira, Ría de Foz, Lugo (David Calleja, Ana Rivas, Saúl Román –photo-). Seen later in the day too (Antón Santos, Lois Santos, Álvaro Crego); 28.10 (Javier de las Heras, David Boso)
Seabirds
27.10.2024 Stercorarius maccormicki 1 ind off Huelva (seawatching) (José Manuel Reyes; Tomás Gómez, Juanjo Cipriano, Titina Manzano, Cristobal Crespo -photo-)
28.10.2024 Puffinus baroli 1 ind c.250km NNW A Coruña (46°21'29.8"N 10°11'43.0"W) (Andrea Parisi –photo-). Small shearwater. Flight almost like a wader with regular glides. Dark upper body and white under with notch typical of Manx, though much smaller in size. Flew West
22.10.2024 Leucophaeus pipixcan 1 ind Lamiako, Bizkaia (Allen Moore; Brigitte Ibens). Still around to 31.10 (Xavier Parra)
Passerines and others
MEGA 27.10.2024 TENNESSEE WARBLER Leiothlypis peregrine 1 ind Cabu Peñes, Gozón, Asturias (Daniel López Velasco –photo-). 1st for Spain and mainland Europe. Seen later by a few more observers (Manuel Antonio Suárez; Manuel Quintana)
MEGA 28.10.2024 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT Geothlypis trichas 1w Burela, Lugo (Saúl Román –photo-); 31.10 (Saúl Román, Ana Rivas)
21.10.2024 Phylloscopus proregulus 1 ind Ebro river, Alagón, Zaragoza (Adolfo Aragües –photo-)
29.10.2024 Phylloscopus proregulus 1 ind Mañon, Campos da vila de Bares, A Coruña (Toñito Martínez Pernas). Seen later (Ricardo Hevia, Diego Montenegro –photo-); 30.10 (Saúl Román, Ana Rivas, Diego Barreiro, Javier Rodríguez)
30.10.2024 Phylloscopus proregulus 1 ind Cabu Peñes, Gozón, Asturias (Daniel López Velasco –photo-)
31.10.2024 Phylloscopus proregulus 1 ind Carreño, Perlora, Asturias (Seppo Hjerppe) https://ebird.org/checklist/S200931852
31.10.2024 Phylloscopus proregulus 1 ind trapped and ringed Isla Grosa, Murcia (Ana Jara, Cristina Perán y Alberto Molina).
MEGA 26.10.2024 Zoothera aurea 1 ind found dead in a garden, Xivares, Carreño, Asturies (Alberto Giadas Segade y José Antonio Pérez Menéndez –photos-)
29.10.2024 Anthus hodgsoni 1 ind Petra Kelly gardens, Montjuïc, Barcelona (Anonymour birder; Jaume Campderròs)
MEGA 31.10.2024 Anthus godlewskii 1 ind Cabo Touriñan, A Coruña (J.R.Bugallo –photo-)
29.10.2024 Pastor roseus 1w Cap de Creus, Girona (Guillem Saguer –photo-). Seen later (Pau Calero) to 31.10 (Ponç Feliu)
29.10.2024 Pastor roseus 1w Llobregat river, Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona (Sergi Sales)
MEGA 28.10.1024 Pheucticus ludovicianus 1 ind Cabo Ortegal, Cariño, A Coruña (José Miguel Alonso Pumar)
22.10.2024 Emberiza sahari 7 ind Algeciras, Cádiz. Still around (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda). Ringing session.
