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  1. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    I suspect your best bet would be a visit to Tabarca with opportunities to see shearwater both from the ferry and the island.
  2. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    As per the Costa Blanca Bird Club website: "Visits can only be made on Saturday mornings between 8.30 and 11.30. You have to be there at 8.30 and you cannot leave until 11.30. Telephone 966 678 515 to book your place."
  3. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    I was sad to read on the Costa Blanca Bird Club website that Mark Etheridge, instigator of this thread and regular contributer, sadly passed away in late February after a battle with cancer.
  4. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    I always found the palm trees immediately north of North Gate to be reliable for Roller
  5. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Fantastic spots all along the road - birders who just go the visitors centre at San Filipe are missing out
  6. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Ian Hayes on Twitter advises: "Have now seen two different adult Spotted Eagles at El Hondo, Alacant: the satellite tagged Tonn on 26th (at Santa Agueda) and another with no tag on 27th (at El Hondo N gate)"
  7. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    What's the current status of the former small Scrub Robin population that used to frequent the coast road south of Gran Alacant?
  8. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    In danger of thread drift here! The boundaries of the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms embedded and flowed over the "Dark Ages" but Mercia broadly covered from the Welsh borders to Cambridgeshire; from Berkshire up to Manchester / Leeds (its capital was Tamworth) i.e. a greater Midlands.
  9. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Will need a good camera to capture it from the English Midlands 8-P The Sociable Plover was last reported on the 29th December; both Pallid Harrier and GS Eagle were noted last week at El Hondo. Keep an eye on http://www.rarebirdspain.net/
  10. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Wild Crested Coot rather than the neck collared birds?
  11. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    BTW I chose Sierra Espuna over Sierra de Crevillente and combined it with Guadalentin plains. I know it's in Murcia rather than Alicante but for the record I saw Short-toed and Calandra Larks, Roller, Tree Sparrow, Bee-eater, Woodchat and Southern Grey Shrike at the latter and Crossbill...
  12. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Cheers Lazza - that's where I parked. Always wondered which stretch was the Vistabella Road! My issue was not only time but also water as I didn't appreciate how many hides there were :eek!:
  13. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Cheers Hotspur - will let you know how I get on
  14. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Second batch from El Hondo: 1. Black-necked Grebe 2. Leucistic Black-necked Grebe 3. Purple Gallinule 4. Squacco Heron and Purple Gallinule
  15. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Now for some bird photos: 1+2. Male White-headed Duck 3+4. Glossy Ibis 5. Collared Pratincole
  16. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Some habitat shots at El Hondo from Tuesday: 1. Main lagoon at San Filipe Neri visitor centre virtually dried out 2. Lagoon immediately to the south was full of Flamingoes, terns, gulls and waders 3. The water-filled lagoon from the hides off the CV-861 which held good numbers of White-headed...
  17. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Forgot to mention that the leucistic Black-necked Grebe is still present at El Hondo; photos to follow tomorrow.
  18. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    The second of my three day passes yesterday saw me start out at El Hondo again. The Rollers were again on show at the palm plantation opposite the north gate. There was little change in the birds around San Filipe Neri visitors centre compared with last week- highlights were a singing...
  19. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Cheers Mark - appreciated
  20. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Cheers Mark - might give it a go on Monday combined with an early morning visit to El Hondo, a bit of Robin hunting and an evening up at the lighthouse for Red-necked Nightjars. Was there anything else of interest at Clot? PS Black-necked Grebes have clearly dispersed to larger bodies of water...
  21. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    And a few more from El Hondo: 1. Whiskered Tern 2. Purple Gallinule 3. Great Reed Warbler (adult feeding young)
  22. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Selection of photos taken on Tuesday at El Hondo with my bridge camera (SX40) - imagine what images you could get with a decent bit of kit! 1. Marbled Duck 2. Roller (north gate) 3. Bee-eater (north gate) 4. Squacco Heron 5. Collared Pratincole
  23. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Did my first visit of the holiday to El Hondo yesterday and noted the same thing (a bit hard to ignore). Most obvious impact was the lack of duck - no White-headed Duck or Black-necked Grebe and just one of each of Pochard and Red-creasted Pochard. On the positive side there were plenty of...
  24. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Azure-winged Magpie safely connected with as per the previous instructions; more were calling from the large villa surrounded by trees immediately to the east. Also a male Montagu's Harrier in the vicinity of the lake's shoreline.
  25. Phil Andrews

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Cheers Mark for confirmation of the AWM location. Last time I had the chat on the inland side of the road approx 200 metres before the lay by but I suppose they frequent the whole area (as do the cruisers ....)
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