Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - NOVEMBER 2008 LANZAROTE REPORT

by Francisco Javier García Vargas

On November 2008, two new species have been added to our list: Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 bird present at Tías golf course between 01 and 04/XI). A photopage of this bird can be seen here. Eurasian Woodcock (1 bird observed by F. J. García Vargas and A. Unquiles Cobos at Los Valles on 23/XI).

About other rarities, 5 Mediterranean Gulls were detected at Arrecife on 15/XI and our second Yellow-browed Warbler was present at Uga between 02 and at least 16/XI. A photopage of this bird can be seen here.

About rare and scarce migrants, 1 Common Teal was observed at Tías golf course on 01/XI and another was present at Janubio salt pans on 16 and 21/XI. 1 Common Buzzard was seen at Famara plains on 09/XI and I observed 4 Lesser Kestrels at Haría the same day. 1 Common Coot was observed at Tías golf course on 16/XI, remaining there into December. This is our second Common Coot at Lanzarote and the first was seen last year, after a century without records of this species in the island.

1 Eurasian Oystercatcher was seen at Janubio salt pans on 02/XI, Little Stints were present at Janubio and Los Cocoteros salt pans, 1 Green Sandpiper was observed at Tías golf course between 20 and 22/XI, 1 Wood Sandpiper was observed at Los Cocoteros on 06/XI and 1 Grey Wagtail was seen at Arrecife on 15/XI.

3 Ring Ouzels were observed at El Bosquecillo (Haría) on 09/XI. These birds were detected there by Gerardo García Casanova (AVES EN CANARIAS) on 08/XI. I would like to thank him for the information. This is a very good year for Ring Ouzels in Lanzarote, because I observed 2 birds at Los Valles on 09/XI, and a new bird was observed by F. J. García Vargas and A. Unquiles Cobos at La Florida on 23/XI. This last bird was detected there by A. Unquiles Cobos some days before.

NOVEMBER 2008 COMPLETE LIST

Cory´s Shearwater

Cattle Egret

Little Egret

Grey Heron

Common Teal

Common Teal. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Common Buzzard

Lesser Kestrel

Common Kestrel

Barbary Falcon

Common Coot

Common Coot. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black-winged Stilt

Stone-curlew

Ringed Plover

Kentish Plover

Grey Plover

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Tías golf course. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

Little Stint

Curlew Sandpiper

Dunlin

Eurasian Woodcock

Bar-tailed Godwit

Whimbrel

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Green Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Mediterranean Gull

Black-headed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Sandwich Tern

Eurasian Collared Dove

Ring-necked Parakeet

Barn Owl

Barn Owl. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Barn Owl. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Hoopoe

Lesser Short-toed Lark

Sky Lark

Berthelot´s Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Grey Wagtail

White Wagtail

European Robin

Ring Ouzel

Ring Ouzel. El Bosquecillo-Haría. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Ring Ouzel. El Bosquecillo-Haría. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Song Thrush

Yellow-browed Warbler

Yellow-browed Warbler. Uga. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Common Chiffchaff

Common Chiffchaff. Uga. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Willow Warbler

Southern Grey Shrike

Common Raven

Common Starling

Spanish Sparrow

Common Linnet

Trumpeter Finch