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Species index (n= 4 + 7 = 11) + 0 Only Canary Islands + 0 Gibraltar
GALLOANSERAE

NEOAVES

Egretta gularis x garzetta	Vanellus gregarius	Larus cachinnans
Phoenicopterus minor	Phalaropus lobatus	Apus affinis
Buteo rufinus	Larus fuscus fuscus	Ceryle alcyon
Aquila clanga	Larus smithsonianus

RARITIES ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*

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

GALLOANSERAE

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (1-2)
(1-2) Cantabria The two 2nd winters at Santoña, Cantabria from last month were still there on 4.2.2010 (Alejandro García Herrera) and 6.2 (Yves Borremans).

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (1)
(1) Ávila. The bird found at Laguna del Oso, El Oso, Ávila on 24-25.12.2009 was relocated there on 3.2 (Juan Ramón Cuervo, Jose María García Jimenez, Jose Rodríguez Matías)

Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (1,2)
(1) Girona A drake was found at La Massona lagoon, PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona on 7.2 (Jordi Martí Aledo; Ramon Faura).

(2)A Coruña The drake seen at ensenada de Feás, Ortigueira, A Coruña on 31.1 remained there on 5.2 (Antonio Gutiérrez). See a thumbnail here.

Goosander Mergus merganser (1)
(1) A Coruña. There was a bird at ria d'O Burgo, A Coruña on 3.2 (Xabier Varela)

NEOAVES

Presumed Hybrid Western Reef x Little Egret Egretta gularis x garzetta (1)
(1) València. A bird was seen at marjal de El Tremolar, Valencia, within Parc Natural de l'Albufera, on 1.2 (Bosco Dies). See a photo below (Bosco Díes).

Photo above:© Bosco Dies. 1.2.2010

Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (1-2)
(1) Cuenca There was a bird at Laguna de Manjavacas, Cuenca, on 6.2 (Rodolfo Velasco)

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (1)
(1) Cádiz The bird overwintering at Los Barrios, Cádiz, was seen and photographed on 7.2 (Javier Elorriaga).See two thumbnails here.

Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga (1)
(1) Alicante The Estonian eagle Tõnn was seen again at El Hondo on 3.2.2010, see a photo below, near an escaped African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus), thumbnail here, sharing the same trees (Graham Critchell). Seen again on 6.2 (Gabriel de Jesús, Alba Casals, Anna Mayol, Gerard Dalmau).

Photo above:© Graham Critchell. 3.2.2010

Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius (1)
(1) Sevilla On 5.2 one individual was seen at Olivillos, Puebla del Río, Sevilla in the same place where another or the same was found last november 2009 (Alfonso Barragán; Paco Chiclana)

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (1)
(1) Almeria The bird found at Cabo de Gata saltpans the weekend 16-17.1 was still there on 6.2 (Raimundo Martín)

Baltic Gull Larus fuscus fuscus (1)
(1) Málaga On 7.2 the adult bird ringed C1KV at Finland, was seen one month more at Málaga harbour (Salvador García; Miguel Domínguez Santaella). See two photos below (M.Domínguez)

Photos above:© Miguel Domínguez. 7.2.2010

American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (1) FOURTH FOR SPAIN
(1) Madrid There was a 2w at Colmenar Viejo dump, Madrid on 7.2 (Delfín González). See a photo below and a special photopage here (D.González).

Photo above:© Delfín González. 7.2.2010

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans (1,2)
(1) València There was a 3rd winter at El Malvinar ricefields, Sueca, P.N. de l'Albufera on 6.2 (Dániel Hegedüs, Goyo Chaguaceda y Bosco Dies). See a photo below (Bosco Díes) and more information on the sighting at Birding Albufera website here.

Photo above:© Bosco Dies. 6.2.2010

(2) Madrid There was a 1w at Colmenar Viejo dump, Madrid on 7.2 (Delfín González). See a photo below and three thumbnails here (D.González).

Photo above:© Delfín González. 7.2.2010

Little Swift Apus affinis (1-2)
(1-2) Sevilla There were two at Sierra Morena de Sevilla, on 7.2 (Rafael Romero).

BELTED KINGFISHER Ceryle alcyon (1) FIRST FOR SPAIN AND SOUTH EUROPE.
(1) Murcia.The bird at Murcia relocated on January was seen again on 1.2 and 4.2 (Antonio Jesús Hernández Navarro) and 5.2 (Graham Critchell). See photos below and thumbnails here. The bird was seen on 1-4.2 in a third pond (labelled 3 below) different from sites (1) reported earlier in this page and also from site (2) where it was seen by Richard Bonser and Lee Gregory last month. Seen also during the weekend 6.2 (Gerard Dalmau,Gabriel de Jesús, Alba Casals, Anna Mayol).

Photos above:© Antonio Jesús Hernández. 4.2.2010

RARITIES ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*

* Those species which are rarities only within the islands and are dealt with by CR/SEO are included here. Such records should be submitted to Juan Antonio Lorenzo at canarias @ seo.org

** Canarian records of species which are rarities nationwide are included in the main text in violet type.

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 for their knowledge if enough substantiated but inclusion in this page does not imply acceptance or homologation of any kind which needs a form to be sent. 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 para su conocimiento, pero su inclusión aquí no implica su aceptación u homologación de ningún tipo y son responsabilidad de sus autores y del envío de la ficha correspondiente. 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 que haurien d'enviar la fitxa corresponent emplenada. 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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Latest highlights:

This is not the Estonian eagle Tonn. But it shared the same trees! An African Grey Parrot shared ground at El Hondo with the famous Greater Spotted Eagle on 3.2. What a contrast... (Graham Critchell)

The Green-winged Teal at ría de Ortigueira, A Coruña (Antonio Gutiérrez)

The overwintering Long-legged Buzzard at Los Barrios, Cádiz as on 7.2 (Javier Elorriaga).

The Belted Kingfisher remains at Murcia, somewhat moving between the different ponds in the area. Above as on 4.2 (A.Jesús Hernández) and below 5.2 (Graham Critchell).

The Caspian Gull at Colmenar Viejo, Madrid (Delfín González)

Only Canary islands highlights

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