Sunday, October 5, 2008 - AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2008 LANZAROTE REPORT
by Francisco Javier García Vargas
First of all I would like to say that there is little information about August because the whole team of BIRDINGLANZAROTE has been on vacation out of the island most of the month.
The only remarkable from August was the presence of 2 Eurasian Oystercatchers detected by A. Unquiles Cobos at Janubio at the end of the month (remaining there into September) and the first Willow Warblers of the autumn migration seen by the same observer.
About September, two new species have been added to our list: Wilson´s Phalarope (1 bird detected by F. J. García Vargas and A. Unquiles Cobos on 24/IX at Janubio salt pans, remaining there into October). This is our "bird of the month" and a special photopage of it can be seen here.
Another new species for our list was Blue Rock Thrush (1 bird that I observed on 26/IX at Janubio was a very amazing record but I couldn´t take photos).
About another rarities, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper was observed by F. J. García Vargas and A. Unquiles Cobos at Tías golf course between 07 and 16/IX, beeing our fourth personal record for the island and the third consecutive at Tías golf course (details and photos of the first two records can be seen here and of the 2007 bird here).
In relation to scarce migrants, the most interesting was: Eurasian Oystercatcher (2 birds were present at Janubio salt pans until at least 07/IX, remaining one bird into October), Red Knot (group of 5 birds at Janubio salt pans since 27/IX and staying there into October), Little Stint (birds at Janubio), Curlew Sandpiper (birds at Janubio too), Ruff (birds at Tías golf course, with 3 birds there on 26/IX), Eurasian Curlew (1 bird I saw at Janubio salt pans on 28/IX), Green Sandpiper (1 bird I observed at Tías golf course on 13/IX), Wood Sandpiper (1 bird I detected at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 10/IX), Alpine Swift (1 bird I saw at Puerto del Carmen on 28/IX), and the passage of passerines with observations of Tree Pipits at Janubio and Tías golf course, Eurasian Reed Warbler at Puerto del Carmen and Janubio and European Goldfinch (some birds I saw at Puerto del Carmen on 26/IX) among others.
SEPTEMBER 2008 COMPLETE LIST
Cory´s Shearwater
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Common Kestrel
Barbary Falcon
Barbary Partridge
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Grey Plover
Red Knot
Sanderling
Sanderling. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Pectoral Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Pectoral Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Pectoral Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Pectoral Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Pectoral Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Ruff. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sadpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson´s Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Sandwich Tern
Eurasian Collared Dove
European Turtle Dove
Ring-necked Parakeet
Plain Swift
Pallid Swift
Alpine Swift
Hoopoe
Lesser Short-toed Lark
Barn Swallow
House Martin
Berthelot´s Pipit
Tree Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Blue Rock Thrush
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Common Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Southern Grey Shrike
Spanish Sparrow
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Trumpeter Finch
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