SPRING MIGRATION
it is all going on out there as the over wintering African birds come to us and some will continue on towards Northern Europe and at a coincidental time some of our wintering birds will head north too, to their nesting grounds.
We have known of bird movements from observers reporting from the south of Spain and so it was not unexpected that Hirundines were spotted over Alicante yesterday. (And that’s a reliable report) In the week an Osprey was seen over the Salinas near Santa Pola and the question is, or could be, a traveler from Gambia going to Rutland say. Or one that stayed with us for the winter having nested here.
It’s all going on and since our cold weather with a storm a few weeks ago we have been hard pushed to see a Kingfisher. In the summer we saw them at Clot de Gaveny and made the conscious leap that they had nested locally. Now where are they and we do know that the Crag Martins were seriously affected by the storm. It is tough out there as we put another log into the stove.
Bryan, Michelle and I have been out every week and it’s been good, but we always want more. I want to get up into the mountains north of Alicante, but this cold weather will remain with us until the second week of March and that is much later for the warm spring to be held back. So, we’ll have to stay local.
I spotted a Kingfisher at El Clot the day I met you at El Pinet, just a fleeting glimpse at the main lagoon. Also seen one at the marina in Guardamar del Segura
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