Friday, April 6, 2007 - MARCH 2007 LANZAROTE REPORT

by Francisco Javier García Vargas

On march 2007, three new species have been added to our personal list of birds seen in Lanzarote: Garganey (a drake I saw at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 31/III), Red-throated Pipit (2 birds seen by A. Unquiles at Puerto del Carmen on 24/III) and Corn Bunting (1 bird I saw at El Cable sands on 24/III). About Corn Bunting, some authors have said that it is a rare breeding bird in the island, but it is the first I see in five years. The bird looked so tired and the place where I saw it (coastal sands next to a beach), makes me think that is more probably it was a bird on migration.

About rarities, Lesser Scaup remained at Janubio until at least 03/III and 1 second winter Audouin´s Gull that I saw at Arrecife on 02/III (my third for the island).

About other scarce migrants, 1 Black-necked Grebe remained at Janubio until at least 03/III, Black-crowned Night Heron (1 adult bird I saw at Arrecife on 04/III), White Stork (1 bird I saw at Puerto del Carmen on 27/III and 2 birds at Arrecife and 1 at Zonzamas rubbish dump on 31/III), Northern Shoveler (2 birds, male and female, seen by J. Sagardía at Puerto del Carmen on 18/III), Black Kite (1 bird seen by J. Sagardía at Zonzamas rubbish dump on 21 and 22/III), Eurasian Marsh Harrier (1 adult male seen by J. Sagardía at San Bartolomé on 17/III), Black-winged Stilt (birds seen at Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen), Pied Avocet (1 bird seen by A. Unquiles and by J. Sagardía at Janubio until at least 20/III),  Little Ringed Plover (8 birds at Janubio, 4 at Puerto del Carmen and 1 at Los Cocoteros), European Golden Plover at Arrecife, Ruff (birds at Janubio and Puerto del Carmen), Black-tailed Godwit (2 birds at Janubio on 03/III), Green Sandpiper at Arrecife, Common Tern (a flock of about 30 birds I saw flying north at Arrecife on 02/III and one at Arrecife on 25/III), European Bee-eater (1 bird I saw at El Cable on 24/III), Sand Martin (birds at Arrecife on 19, 20 and 21/III), Red-rumped Swallow (1 bird at Arrecife on 19/III and 2 at the same place on 20/III), Meadow Pipit (birds at Puerto del Carmen), Northern Wheatear (1 bird at Montaña Blanca and another at Costa Teguise) and Grey Wagtail at Arrecife.

COMPLETE LIST MARCH 2007

Black-necked Grebe

Cory´s Shearwater

Black-crowned Night Heron

Cattle Egret

Little Egret

Grey Heron

White Stork

White Stork. Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

White Stork. Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Garganey

Garganey. Los Cocoteros salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Garganey. Los Cocoteros salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Garganey. Los Cocoteros salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: J. Sagardía

Lesser Scaup

Black Kite

Black Kite. Zonzamas rubbish dump. Photo: J. Sagardía

Black Kite. Zonzamas rubbish dump. Photos: J. Sagardía

Eurasian Marsh Harrier

Common Kestrel

Barbary Falcon

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Pied Avocet (with Ruff). Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Pied Avocet. Janubio salt pans. Photo: J. Sagardía

Pied Avocet. Janubio salt pans. Photo: J. Sagardía

Little Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Kentish Plover

European Golden Plover

Grey Plover

Sanderling

Little Stint

Dunlin

Ruff

Ruff. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: J. Sagardía

Black-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwit

Whimbrel

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Black-headed Gull

Audouin´s Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Sandwich Tern

Common Tern

Eurasian Collared Dove

Plain Swift

European Bee-eater

European Bee-eater. El Cable-Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Hoopoe

Lesser Short-toed Lark

Sand Martin

Sand Martin. Arrecife. Photo: J. Sagardía

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow. Arrecife. Photo: J. Sagardía

Red-rumped Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow. Arrecife. Photo: J. Sagardía

Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow and Sand Martin. The swallow and martin´s day at Arrecife!

House Martin

Berthelot´s Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Meadow Pipit. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Red-throated Pipit

Red-throated Pipit. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Red-throated Pipit. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Yellow Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail. Arrecife. Photo: J. Sagardía

Grey Wagtail

Grey Wagtail. Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Grey Wagtail. Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

White Wagtail

Northern Wheatear

Spectacled Warbler

Common Whitethroat

Wood Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Southern Grey Shrike

Spanish Sparrow

Common Linnet

Trumpeter Finch

Corn Bunting

Corn Bunting. El Cable-Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Corn Bunting. El Cable-Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas