June rarities - 2009

[Peter]

Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
(1) Sevilla 8.6 one seen and photographed in Torre de la reina , Seville , Spain - ABS

Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (1-4,5)
(1-4) Málaga The four birds at Fuentedepiedra lagoon, one of them in the flamingo breeding colony, Málaga seen during May until the 31.5 presumably made into June. Four birds were seen in the lagoon on 18.6(Paco Chiclana). At least one pair has layed an egg but the adults were not near the creche, where 2000 Greater Flamingo chicks were around (Paco Chiclana).

Lanner Falco biarmicus (1)
(1) Gibraltar One juvenile was seen arriving from Morocco on 23.6 from Gibraltar (Ernest F.J.García)

Orange billed-tern Sterna sp.
(2) Almería The bird seen from 1.5 at Cabo de Gata saltpans, Almería remained in the area on 24-25.6 (Raimundo Martín).

Little Swift Apus affinis (1-4,5-8,9-14)
(1-4) Cádiz There were at least four birds around Bolonia cave, Cádiz on 3.6, one of them entering in the cave (Bob Hibbett).  Four too were seen around the Sierra de la Plata site on Jun 12th (Ernest F.J García)
(5-8) Sevilla There were four at Lora del río, Sierra Norte de Sevilla,Sevilla on 3.6 (Jose Luis Anguita, Martin Schuck, Alberto Savijn)
(9-14) Cádiz. There were six at Guadalquivir river mouth on 18.6 (Paco Chiclana, Heinz Lunscher, Fernando del Valle y Ricardo Martín-Baylo).


Sources Rare birds in Spain - ABS records

Peter

[Derek]

Hello Peter, At last a promise made good and now joined the ABS forum. These rarity reports are useful and confess I have been following most of the monthly posts! I know a few of the others from the BF will be joining as we discussed it at a digiscope meet the other weekend. Will join the society when I am over in September.

Keep up the good work.

Derek