BIRDING IN LANZAROTE (CANARY ISLANDS)

Saturday, November 1, 2008 - THE SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER AT TÍAS GOLF COURSE-FIRST FOR LANZAROTE

by Francisco Javier García Vargas

In the morning of 01/XI/2008, under a very bad weather with strong wind and rain, I detected a Semipalmated Sandpiper in one of the shores of the dump at Tías golf course. With this very bad weather and with a very poor light, I could take some pics of the bird, but the rain made me go back home. In the afternoon, the sun was shining and I went again to the golf course, taking better photographs of the bird.

This is (if accepted) the first record of Semipalmated Sandpiper for Lanzarote and the eastern side of the Canary Islands.

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

About Me

Francisco Javier García Vargas, Juan Sagardía Pradera and Antonio Unquiles Cobos have been birdwatching in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) the last six years, making a list of the birds observed in the island since 2002. In this blog we show the results of our observations on breeding birds, passage migrants, winter visitors and vagrants of the island. On the other hand, we try this blog can help to all birdwatchers who want to visit Lanzarote.

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