Rare Birds in Spain Blog

  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 p...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group     Ducks & Geese   11.4.2024 Spatula discors 1 male Graveras de Santas Martas, León, still present (Jorge Peláez, José Luis Gabela), 14.4 (Luis Manso, photo), 20.4 (José Alberto Fernández Ugarge, Iker Fernández).     13.4.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂   Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (David Guillén, Víctor Alonso –photo-, Jana Marco, Francisco Javier Gil, Oriol Palau, Nick Brickle, Felipe Rosado, Miguel Angel Martín), 14.4       Waders   20.4.2024 Cursorius cursor   1 ind Salinas beach, Cabo de Gata, Almería. Relocated (Mayte Samblás)       11.4.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind. Relocated, Migjorn grassfields, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Xavier Parra, https://ebird.org/checklist/S168154794 ); 14.4 (Sergi Sales; Michale Ortn...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group     Ducks & Geese   3.4.2024 Spatula discors 1 female Laguna Rodrigo, Segovia. Still present (Fernando Jubete); 4.4 (Jorge Leonor, Juan Ramón Cuervo)   7.4.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Graveras de Santas Martas, León (L.Alberto Ramos –photo-). Seen later by others; 9.4 (Manuel Segura, Fabio Flechoso, Iker Fernández, José Alberto Fernández Ugarte, Kike Junco).   3.4.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂   Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (Marcos Real, Daniel Dumas, Tadeusz Penru), 4.4 (Javier Train –photo-), 10.4 (José Manuel Murcia, José Mª Criado).   Waders   2.4.2024 Cursorius cursor 1 ind Rambla Amoladeras, Cabo de Gata, Almería (Javier Marquerie; Simón RC., David Cristobal –photo-), 7.4 (Andrés Balfagón)     6.4.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind. Relocated,...

  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat. observado.es and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group  1-10 April 2023   Ducks & Geese   2.4.2023 Anas carolinensis   At least 1 remaining male Valdoviño lagoon, A Coruña (Dorindo Pérez) 3.4.2023 Anas carolinensis   1 m Lagoa de Sobrado, A Coruña (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño), 5.4 (Antonio Sandoval), 7.4 (Gabriel Lijó, Ivan Orois https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/554557201 )     1-3.4.2023 Mareca americana 1 female Xunqueira do Lagares, Vigo, Pontevedra, coming from January (Manuel Velasco) 1.4.2023 Anas rubripes   1 1w m   Ría de Betanzos, Sada, A Coruña. Relocated (Antón Santos, Lois Santos). 3.4.2023 Aythya afinnis   Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. 1 m still present (Miguel Hernández) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/553167411 , 4.4 (Rolf Schneider), 8.4 (Rolf Schneider; Martin Rey, Javier Pi, Pedro Arratibel, Jorge Peláez) ...