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Species index (n=0 + 8 =8) + 1 Only Canary Islands
GALLOANSERAE

NEOAVES

Phoenicopterus minor	Limicola falcinellus	Gallinago media
Aquila nipalensis	Tringa flavipes	Larus hyperboreus
Calidris melanotos		Apus affinis

RARITIES ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*

See also last month news for late updates or long-stayers

GALLOANSERAE

NEOAVES

Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (1,2,3)
(1) Málaga On 1.5 there was one at Laguna de Fuentedepiedra, Málaga, within the Greater Flamingo flock (Andres Serrano, Paco Rodriguez, Nacho Garcia,Pepe Herrera, Quirri, Antonio Ternero).Still present on 9.5 (Patricia MacCaulay, Antonio Miguel Pérez,Gonzalo Lage, Quirri)
(2) Tarragona. On 1.5 a bird appeared at Punta de la Banya reserve, Ebro delta (Carles Domingo/PN Delta de l'Ebre)
(3) Toledo. There was a bird at laguna Larga de Villacañas, Toledo, on 3.5 (Juan M.Ruiz)

Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (1)
(1) Cádiz An adult was seen and photographed at close range on 8.5 at Trafico bird observatory, Tarifa, Cádiz (Dick Forsman). A first for Spain. Photos available soon.

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (1)
(1) Girona On 1.5, a bird was found at PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona, at El Matà area (Joan Ferrer, José Ardaiz, Teresa Montràs, Pere Serrano i Alex Ollé). See a photo below and a thumbnail here. More on these Empordà news at www.ornitho-empordà.cat (in catalan). It was still there on 2.5 (Pere Serrano, Marc llobet, José Ardaiz, Alex Ollé, etc..) and 4.5 (Miguel Angel Fuentes i Jordi Bermejo), last observation.Photo above:© Àlex Ollé. 1.5.2008

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus (1)
(1) Tarragona On 2.5 one was found at El Goleró, Delta de l'Ebre, Tarragona (Josep Tantull, Roser Solé). See a photo below and a thumbnail here.

Photo above:© Josep Tantull, Roser Solé. 2.5.2008

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes (1)
(1)A Coruña. The bird found on 30.4 at Valdoviño, A Coruña, remained there on 2.5 and 4.5 (Pablo Gutiérrez). See a photo below and more information and photos in Pablo's blog here.

Photo above:© Pablo Gutiérrez. 4.5.2008

Great Snipe Gallinago media (1-4)
(1-4) Girona On 1.5 there were FOUR different birds altogether at Matà, Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona (Teresa Montràs, Pere Serrano, Joan Ferrer, José Ardaiz, Alex Ollé;  Marc Bertran, Vittorio Pedrocchi, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Jordi Bermejo, Gerard Dalmau, etc...). On 2.5 there remained three (Pere Serrano, Marc llobet, José Ardaiz, Alex Ollé, etc..) and 2 on 3.5 (Marc Llobet, Pere Serrano, Berto Minnobis, Albert Roca i Alex Ollé) and 4.5 (Miguel Angel fuentes i Gabriel de Jesús). See a photo below, last observation. Photo above:© Àlex Ollé. 2-3.5.2008

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus (1)
(1)Bizkaia. On 1.5 a 2nd summer was reported from El Abra,Getxo, Bizkaia (Javier Elorriaga).See two thumbnails here.

Little Swift Apus affinis (1-5,6-8)
(1-5) Cádiz There were at least 5 birds at Chipiona beach on 9.5 (Paco Chiclana)
(6-8) Cádiz. There were three at Sierra de la Plata on 8.5 (Paco Chiclana).

RARITIES ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*
* processing of these rarities dealt by CR/SEO, hence their inclusion here. Send putative records to Juan Antonio Lorenzo at canarias@seo.org
** check out national-wide rarities also seen in the Canary islands within the main section text, written in violet colour rather than black and marked with a dot.

Slender-billed Gull Larus genei (1)
(1) Gran Canaria There was one adult at Juncalillo, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, on 3.5 (Miguel Avelino). See a photo below.

Photo above:© Miguel Avelino. 3.5.2008

REPORTS OF NON RARITIES OR FORMER RARITIES
Please consider the option to send reports of former rarities or interesting concentrations of non rarities to be featured in the Birdspain Blog, also linked in the homepage of this website.

Suggested citations / Citaciones recomendadas /Citació recomanada:

• Whole document/ Documento entero/ Document sencer: Gutiérrez,R. (ed) (year, latest update), Recent Reports: [month year]. Rare Birds in Spain. Retrieved from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm 
• e.g. Gutiérrez, R. (ed) (2002, April 3). Recent Reports: April 2002. Rare Birds in Spain.Retrieved from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm 
• Single records/ Citas sueltas/ Cites aïllades: Author (year). [Species] in Gutiérrez,R. (ed) (year, latest update), Recent Reports: [month year]. Rare Birds in Spain. Retrieved from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm 
• e.g. Rebassa, M. (2002) Great White Egret Egretta alba in Gutiérrez, R. (ed) (2002, April 3). Recent Reports: April 2002.Rare Birds in Spain. Retrieved from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm

From March 2005 this webpage only includes records of birds needing homologation by CR/SEO. For other local rarities contact local bird reports or records committees. See here those rarities only for the Canary Islands also dealt by CR/SEO. Changes in application to the rarity list from January 2006. New rarities include Sylvia curruca, Crex crex, Sterna bengalensis and others. Larus delawarensis and Anthus richardi have been withdrawn from the rarity list and are not be included from 2006.

Recent reports includes the latest sightings from the whole of Spain which are both personal observations, communications or have been released in E-Mail lists. Please contact the authors before using any photo for anything else than personal reference. Any submitted news to this page will be forwarded to the Spanish RC if enough substantiated but inclusion in this page does not imply acceptance or homologation of any kind. Gibraltar news are included thanks to Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society but this has no more implication than the sake of completeness given this area situation. Names of localities are featured as given by the authors of the records, that should be cited as those. Today news are marked with a icon. We would welcome to receive a spare copy of those journals using these news for commercial purposes. Contact RG at address at the front page. From April 2005 only news of rarities needing homologation by the Spanish Rarities Committee are included. Reproduction of the contents of this page in commercial websites (e.g. *.com) or for commercial purposes is forbidden if not agreed in advance.. Go back to top

Citas recientes incluye las últimas novedades del conjunto del país que tanto son observaciones personales, comunicaciones al autor o noticias difundidas en listas de correo. Por favor contacten los autores para cualquier uso de las fotografias fuera del estrictamente personal.Cualquier cita que se envie a esta página sera reenviada al CR/SEO pero su inclusión aquí no implica su aceptación u homologación de ningún tipo y son responsabilidad de sus autores. Los nombres de las localidades se incluyen como son enviadas por los colaboradores, que deben ser citados como autores de las citas. Las noticias más recientes se marcan con Desde Abril de 2005 se incluyen únicamente citas de  rarezas que necesitan homologación por el Comité de Rarezas de SEO/Birdlife. La reproducción total o parcial de los contenidos de esta página está prohibida en sitios web comerciales (p.ej. *.com) si no se autoriza de antemano. Ir al inicio de la página

Cites recents inclou les darreres novetats del conjunt de l'estat que són observacions pròpies, comunicacions o noticies difoses a llistes de correu. Si us plau contacteu amb els autors de les fotos per a a qualsevol ús fora de l'estrictament personal. Qualsevol cita que sigui enviada a aquesta plana serà rebotada també al CR/SEO si bé la seva publicació aquí no implica la seva aceptació o homologació de cap mena i és responsabilitat dels seus autors. Els noms de les localitats són posats tal i com són enviats pels autors, que han de ser referenciats com a autors de les cites. Les notícies més recents són les marcades amb.Desd'Abril de 2005 únicament s'inclouen cites de rareses que necessiten homologació pel Comité de Rarezas de SEO/Birdlife.La reproducció total o parcial dels continguts d'aquesta plana és prohidia per a qualsevol lloc web de caire comercial (e.g. *.com) sinó s'ha autoritzat de forma prèvia. Tornar a l'inici de la plana.

Lamentablemente, de momento no hay versión castellana disponible. Lamentablement, de moment no hi ha versió catalana disponible.
 

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Rarity distribution
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Rarity forecast
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Number of rarities individuals per month in this website in 2005 and 2006

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Latest highlights:

The Glaucous Gull from El Abra, Getxo (Javier Elorriaga). At some distance it seems a leucistic gull though (ed.comment)

The Pectoral Sandpiper at Aiguamolls, a bird-mecca these days! (Àlex Ollé)

The Broad-billed Sandpiper from Ebro Delta (Josep Tantull, Roser Solé)

Only Canary islands highlights

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