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Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (1) UNKNOWN ORIGIN
(1) Asturies The bird found at Nora reservoir, San Pedro de Nora on 26.3 was seen again on 12.5 (Clemente Alvarez Usategui)
King EiderSomateria spectabilis (1) FIFTH FOR SPAIN
(1) Murcia. A female King Eider surprisingly appear at Riera de Albujón, Mar Menor, Murcia, on 14.5 (Antonio Hernández). A photopage with further details and photos is under construction. See a photo below (A.Hernández). The bird was still there on 16.5 (Ashley Powell). See more photos in the special photopage here and Ashley Powell blog here. The bird remained in the area on 18.5 although behaving even less confidingly (Antonio Hernández).
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata (1)
(1) Asturies. A 1st summer female was found on 5.5 at playa de L´Arbeyal, Gijón, Asturies (Yolanda Marcos Aparicio y Jose Laureano Álvarez Ramos). The bird was seen again on 6.5 (Daniel López Velasco, Marco García). See a photo below and two thumbnails here (D.L.Velasco)
Smew Mergus albellus (1-2)
(1-2) Cantabria. Perhaps the same two birds found on 28.12 at La Riva, Pantano del Ebro, Cantabria and present at same place during January 2010 were surprisingly seen again on 22.5 at La Lastra peninsula within an abandoned reservoir within Fundación Alto Ebro (Charo Diez, Jesús Mª Berroeta and others). In 1985, after having January records in the Llobregat delta, Barcelona, a drake surprisingly reappeared in early May 1985 in the same area, without having been seen in the meantime (ed.comment).
NEOAVES
Pied-billed
Grebe Podilymbus podiceps (1)
(1) Cáceres. A surprising record of a bird in a pond near Trujillo was broadcasted through the Westpalbirds mailing list on 13.5 (via K.Vinicombe).It was seen again on 14.5 just outside Trujillo on the way to Huertas de la Magdalena (Jesús Porras;Pieter Vantieghem).See a photo on the Aves de Extremadura blog here. Not seen on 15.5. Follow all the story in Spanish here.
Presumed
Hybrid Western Reef x Little Egret Egretta gularis x garzetta (1,2,3,4,5)
(1) Tarragona. The presumed hybrid that frequents the Tancada saltpans, at Ebre delta, where it is seen intermitently, was seen again on 2.5 (Ricard Gutiérrez). See two photos below and two thumbnails here.
(2) Girona. There was an almost white, but patched dark grey bird, at PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà on 2.5 (Marc Gàlvez, José Guerra). See two photos below and one thumbnail here (M.Gàlvez)
(3) Cádiz. There was a bird at Trebujena marshes, Cádiz, on 15.5, different from the bird at Cádiz marshes (Alberto Savijn)
(4) Alicante. A dark bird with white feathering in the wings plus all dark bill was seen at El Hondo area on 22.5 (Ashley Powell)
(5) València A bird, probably one of those seen at L'Albufera in previous months, was recorded within the heron colony at the same site on 15.5, despite it's not confirmed it was actually breeding or not (Carlos Oltra). See a photo below (C.Oltra).
(6) Cádiz. The 'usual' Cadiz bay bird was seen on 27.5 flying over A - 4 between San Carlos y San Jaime and Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados saltpans, Puerto Real, Parque Natural Bahía de Cádiz (Rafael García Costales)
Lesser
Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (1)
(1) Tarragona There was one at Delta de l'Ebre, Tarragona on 2.5 (Carles Domingo)
Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii (1,2)
(1) Cádiz There was one at Tarifa, at El Mirador, on 16.5 (Richard Banham/Milvus GOES)
(2) Cádiz One individual was seen ENTERING FROM AFRICA in direct flight from the Straits of Gibraltar on 16.5 (Pako Zufiaur). See a photo below (P.Zufiaur).
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (1,2-5)
(1) Girona There was a 2cy male at closes de Can Gusó, PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona on 10.5 (Àlex Ollé, Teresa Montràs). See a photo below and thumbnail here (Àlex Ollé). Seen again on 13.5 (Àlex Ollé)
(2-5) Girona There were FOUR 2 cy males on 14.5 between Fortià and Castelló d'Empúries, Girona (Àlex Ollé, Jordi Martrí-Aledo, Enric Capalleras, Jorge García). See a photo below and a thumbnail here (Àlex Ollé).
Corncrake Crex crex (1)
(1) Asturies One corpse was found at San Tirso de Abres, Asturies, on 8.5 (Pablo Fernández)
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (1)
(1) Valencia A bird was found on 16.5 at Tancat de Milia, Sollana, P.N Albufera de Valènciam, where it remained on 19.5 (Toni Alcocer). See a photo below and 3 thumbnails here.
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus (1)
(1) Tarragona. There was a bird at Platjola - Serrallo ricefields, Delta de l'Ebre, on 5.5 (Manolo García-Tarrasón). Seen also the same afternoon (Jordi Martí-Aledo). The bird was still in the area on 8.5 (Josep Tantull, Roser Solé).See a photo below and two thumbnails here from 2.5 (M.Garcia-Tarrasón)
Great Snipe Gallinago media (1,2)
(1) Girona. There was one bird at El Matà area, PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà on 2.5. It was seen both hidden in the marshes and in flight, showing well the tail shape (Lluís Gustamante).
(2) Girona. There was a bird on 5.5 at 'camp del Seixanta', PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona (Àlex Ollé; Teresa Montràs, Enric Capalleras, Berto Minobis, Joaquim Camps).
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (1)
(1) Zaragoza From 18-20.5 an individual remained at Quinto de Ebro ricefields, Zaragoza (Manuel Galán). It's the 2nd record for Aragon. See photos and thumbnails here (Manuel Galán).
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor (1)
(1) Gipuzkoa On 25.5 ab bird was discovered near the information center of Urdaibai marshes reserve, Gipuzkoa (Aitor Galarza et al).
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (1) FOURTH FOR SPAIN
(1) Madrid The same 2w found at Colmenar Viejo dump, Madrid on 7.2 (-see its special february photopage here) was relocated in the Pinto dump, Madrid on 1.5 (Juan M.Ruiz) and 2.5 (Delfín González, Javier Marchamalo). See a video below (Delfín González). This bird was seen on 15.5 again at VRSU de Pinto-Madrid (Javier Marchamalo, Juan M.Ruiz). See two new photos below and a thumbnail here (J.Marchamalo)
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides (1)
(1) Pontevedra The same individual reported from June 2009 at the ría de Vigo and seen again in 2010 was seen again on 9.5 at southern Vigo beaches (Xulio Valeiras)
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus (1)
(1) Huelva There was an adult at La Antilla beach, Huelva on 7.5 (Normal Elkins)
Lesser-Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis (1-9)
(1) Cádiz There were NINE adults in summer plumage at Los Lances beach, Cádiz, on 9.5 (Javier Elorriaga, Pako Zufiaur).See a photo below (P.Zufiaur).One remained the following day 10.5 (Javier Elorriaga)
Orange billed-tern Sterna sp. c.f. elegans type (1)
(1) Valencia. The male bird showing elegans features seen in previous years in the area and in Ebre delta marked with PVC ring in 2006 was seen mating a Sandwich Tern S.sandvicensis from 4-6.5 at Racó de l'Olla, PN Albufera de València, València (J.I.Dies). See a photo below (J.I.Dies) and more information at BirdingAlbufera website here.
Little Swift Apus affinis (1-4,5-9)
(1-4) Cádiz There were four at Bolonia on 16.5 (Richard Banham/Milvus GOES)
(5-9) Cádiz There were five flying at Chipiona beach, Cádiz, on 1.5 (Rafael García Costales)
Black-headed Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg (1-2)
(1-2) Illes Balears Two individuals were spotted within a flock of 50 Yellow Wagtails at Cabrerar island, Balearics (Clemente Álvarez Usategui).
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola (1)
(1) Castelló One female was found near a pond close to EDAR de Cabanes, Castelló, on 10.5 (Vicente Esteller). See three thumbnails here.
Eastern Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus (1)
(1) Illes Balears. A male was seen at Cabrera islands, Balearics on 2.5 (Clemente Álvarez Usategui).
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis (1) SECOND FOR SPAIN
(1) Barcelona An individual was trapped and ringed at Remolar-Filipines reserve, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona on 13.5 (Marcel Gil). See two photos below and two thumbnails here (Marcel Gil).
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (1,2)
(1) Illes Balears A male was seen and photographed at Cases Velles, Formentor, Mallorca, on 7.5 (Hans Jorgen, Jaume Aveledo, Lalo Ventoso) and 8.5 (Maties Rebassa, Juanjo Bazan, Susana Quintanilla, Maria de la Llosa, Pep Manchado y Maties Rebassa). See a thumbnail here.
(2) Illes Balears A 2nd male, showing old primaries and a mark in the supercilium, thus different from bird (1) was seen and photographed at Cases Velles, Formentor, Mallorca, on 8.5 morning (Juanjo Bazán).See two thumbnails here.
Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus (1)
(1) Tarragona On 1.5 one was found at Eucaliptus beach, while driving along the main road (Ricard Gutiérrez, Gerard Gutiérrez). Seen again ten minutes later. Then, and after calling some local observers, relocated an hour later in the same wide area (Josep Tantull, Roser Solé, Ricard Gutiérrez) when photographed on an Eucaliptus tree.
* 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.
*** Ringed birds in Spain have to be submitted and accepted by CR/SEO-BirdLife, according to Environment Ministery of Spain and the authonomous communities agreements, to be accepted as valid ringings in the national database. Otherwise, non submitted or rejected records will be deleted and ringings will not be included in national or international databases. Ringers not submitting rare bird ringings will be listed. Submitting ringing records is hence specially encouraged as a contribution to global bird knowledge..
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.
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
All
birds featured in this page are rarities needing homologation by the CR/SEO
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
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Contact RG at address at the front page. From April 2005 only news of rarities
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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
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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
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Lamentablemente,
de momento no hay versión castellana disponible. Lamentablement,
de moment no hi ha versió catalana disponible.
Rarities
individuals
reported so
far this month
57
Only Canary Islands rarities
0
Gibraltar rarities
0
25 photos 1 video
26 thumbnails
Rarity
distribution
MAY 2010
(only national
rarities)
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Contact RG at address at the front page. From April 2005 only news of rarities
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Species
index (n= 4 + 23 = 27) + 0 Only Canary Islands + 0 Gibraltar
