June / Juny 2019
Destacats / Highlights
Remember when..
Fa 15 anys / 15 years ago
Fa 10 anys / 10 years ago
Fa 5 anys / 5 years ago
Novetats juny 2019 / Bird News June 2019
Destacats / Highlights
Un pardal de passa el dia 1 i un inesperat papamosques menut el dia 5 van ser les cites més rellevants a primers de mes. Al delta de l’Ebre va reaparèixer un adult de martinet dels esculls.
[A Spanish Sparrow on the 1st of June plus an unexpected Red- breasted Flycatcher on the 5th were both early June highlights. An adult Western Reef Heron was present at Ebre delta by late month]
Remember when…
- Fa 15 anys / 15 years ago
On 19.6 a Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis was accidentally ‘shot’ by a golf ball after a long-range tee shot at a Baix Empordà county golf course. The goose was flying when the ball impacted on it, causing muscle breaking and other traumatisms due to the emergency ‘landing’. The goose, almost certainly of captive origin (E list), was brought to the veterinary and surgery was needed to repair the damage. Since 20.6 is in recovery at the Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l’Empordà (contributed by Jordi Martí-Aledo). See thumbnails enclosed.
The Falcated Teal Anas falcata seen last january at Llobregat delta, Barcelona, oddly reappeared on 30.6 at Bassa dels Pollancres, RN Remolar-Filipines (Pedro Bescós).
- Fa 10 anys / 10 years ago
An adult Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor was seen at Punta de la Banya, Delta de l’Ebre, on 26.6 (Ricard Gutiérrez, Juan Antonio Lorenzo). This bird was not breeding despite there is a Greater Flamingo colony there and showed no signs of captivity. It had not seen along the whole year (Carles Domingo) so it’s a recent arrival to the area. See a photo below.
The breeding pair of Elegant Terns Thalasseus elegans seen in late May at Ebre delta within a Sandwich Tern colony and attending a nest presumably continued in that restricted area in June. They remained there during the first half of the month (Carles Domingo) but they were not in the colony, already with chicks, on 26.6 (Ricard Gutiérrez, Juan Antonio Lorenzo) so either they deserted the colony or the breeding failed this month. Perhaps the Barcelona bird was one of these (ed. comment). On 6.6.2009 one of these birds was seen fishing along Llobregat delta beach at El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona (Xavier Larruy, Raul Bastida).
- Fa 5 anys / 5 years ago
There was a Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis at La Noria and l’Encanyissada lagoons, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, on 3.6.2014 (Antoine Derouaux @ornitho.cat).
On 4.6 a new Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus, a c.f. 2cy and different from May individuals was present at Punta de la Banya, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià (Jordi Martí-Aledo. This bird remained there on 7-8.6 (Jordi Martí-Aledo). This bird was seen again on 18.6 (Jordi Martí-Aledo).
There was an adult Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus in breeding plumage at Punta de la Banya, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona from 17-18.6.2014 (Jordi Martí-Aledo). See a photo below.
Novetats Juny 2019 / Bird News June 2019
Latest update: 22 June 2019 / Darrera actualització: 22 juny 2019
- Martinet dels Esculls / Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis (n=1)
(1) Baix Ebre. On 21.6 a pure adult individual was seen at Baix Ebre comarca (Cristian Jensen/Audouin Birding Tours). See a photo below. On 22.6 it was seen again at Deltebre, Baix Ebre (Manolo Sánchez Blanch, Mariska Huub de Graaf). Compared with a bird present at Albufera de València this month (see rarebirdspain.net), both birds are different on the basis of leg and gular colouration (J.I. Dies in litt.), see collage attached.
- Graula / Rook Crow Corvus frugileus (n=2)
(1-2) Alt Empordà . On 4.6 there were at least two at Figueres, Alt Empordà (Jaume Prat, Ramon Prat @ornitho.cat).
The bird brought into recovery last month was relased at Empuriabrava waste treatment plant, Castelló d’Empúries, Alt Empordà, on 22.6 (Joan Ventura @ornitho.cat).
- Cornella emmantellada / Hooded Crow Corvus cornix (n=4)
(1) Baix Llobregat. On 4.6 one was at Nelson Mandela bridge, El Prat de Llobregat, Baix Llobregat (Pau Esteban @ornitho.cat). On 19.6 one was seen at Cal Nani, El Prat de Llobregat (Pau Esteban @ornitho.cat).
(2) Baix Llobregat. On 5.6 a bird of the group of Sant Boi de Llobregat was seen over C-32 motorway, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Delta del Llobregat, Baix Llobregat (Jonathan Skipper @ornitho.cat). On 14.6 (Jonathan Skipper @ornitho.cat) and 15.6 (Dani Díaz-Diethelm @ornitho.cat) a bird was seen again there. And on 16.6 too (Carlos MV @ornitho.cat). On 21.6 two birds were present (Rafael González de Lucas @ornitho.cat).
(3) Baix Empordà. On 9.6 a bird was seen at Bassa del Frare Ramon, L’Estartit, Torroella de Montgrí (Andreu Duclau @ornitho.cat), the same bird seen last month in the area.On 11.6 it was still there (Joan Estrada Jofra, Montse Jofra @birdingemporda.com).
(4) Vallès Oriental. A bird was seen at Gallecs, Mollet del Vallès, Vallès Oriental on 15.6 (Bernat Iglesias). Probably the same bird was seen on 16.6 at Llicà d’Amunt, flying near Can Rovira area, Barcelona, only a few km N of the area where it was seen the previous day (Toni Aparicio @ornitho.cat).
- Papamosques menut / Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva (n=1)
(1) Montsià . On 5.6 a bird was found at Eucaliptus former campsite wood, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià (Josep Tantull, Roser Solé). See photos enclosed. Later seen in the afternoon in the Tamarisk area by the same site (Javier Subirats, Xavier Parra @ornitho.cat).
- Pardal de passa / Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis (n=1)
(1) Baix Camp . On 1.6 a bird was found at 112 building area, Reus, Baix Camp (Joan Barrachina). Still around on 2.6 (Joan Barrachina), see a photo enclosed. Seen from outside the building area too (Cristian Jensen, Eugeni Capella, Pau Garcia Campderròs) and from 4.6 (Joan Barrachina; Màrius Domingo) to 5.6 (Xavier Parra @ornitho.cat). Still present on 19.6 (Joan Barrachina).
