*SACRED IBIS Threskiornis aethiopicus
-2006:
2 birds at Arrecife on 12/III, 1 bird at Arrecife on 15/III, 2 birds at Arrecife on 17/III, 1 bird at Arrecife on 25/III (F. J. García Vargas).
4 birds at Arrecife on 27/III, 5 birds at Arrecife on 31/III (J. Sagardía).
SACRED IBIS. Arrecife, march 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
SACRED IBIS. Arrecife, march 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
SACRED IBIS. Arrecife, march 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*GREATER FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus ruber
-2002/2003:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans since
1 bird at Arrecife on 11/IX/02 (F. J. García Vargas)
GREATER FLAMINGO. Janubio salt pans, january 2003. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea
-2005:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 04/I, 1st for Lanzarote (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
RUDDY SHELDUCK. Janubio salt pans, january 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
RUDDY SHELDUCK. Janubio salt pans, january 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*COMMON SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
-2005/2006:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans since
5 birds at Janubio salt pans on 16/XII/05 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
COMMON SHELDUCK. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
COMMON SHELDUCK. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
COMMON SHELDUCK. Janubio salt pans, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*BLUE-WINGED TEAL Anas discors
-2006:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 22/IV, 1st for Lanzarote (A. Unquiles Cobos, F. J. García Vargas). The bird is relocated on 01/V at Finca La Mareta, near Janubio salt pans, where remained until 07/V (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Yaiza, may 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Yaiza, may 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Yaiza, may 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*GREATER SCAUP Aythya marila
-2005:
2 birds at Janubio salt pans since 24/XI until 30/XI (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
-2006:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans since 12/XI until at least 03/XII (F. J. García Vargas, A. Unquiles Cobos, J. Sagardía).
GREATER SCAUP. Janubio salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
GREATER SCAUP. Janubio salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*SHORT-TOED EAGLE Circaetus gallicus
-2006:
1 bird at Barranco de Tenegüime on 11/III (A. Unquiles Cobos).
*AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis
-2006:
1 bird at La Santa on 15/X (A. Unquiles Cobos, F. J. García Vargas).
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. La Santa, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. La Santa, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. La Santa, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis
-2002:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 09/X, 1st for Lanzarote (F. J. García Vargas).
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS Tringa flavipes
-2005:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans since 03/XI until 27/XI (J. Sagardía, F. J. García Vargas)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER Actitis macularia
-2005:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 26/VIII (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
-2006:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans (the same?) since 12/I until 18/III (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Janubio salt pans, august 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Janubio salt pans, january 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Janubio salt pans, january 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*TEMMINCK´S STINT Calidris temminckii
-2003/2004:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans since
-2004/2005:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 30/VIII, 03/IX, 17/X and 2 birds at the same place on 25/X/04 but only 1 bird again on 29/X/04 (F. J. García Vargas). This bird remained in the area until 04/IV/05 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
TEMMINCK´S STINT. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2004. Photo: J. Sagardía
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Calidris fuscicollis
-2003:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 02/XI and 2 birds on 09/XI, 1st and 2nd for Lanzarote (F. J. García Vargas).
-2005:
with the influx that involved a total of 30 birds to the
a)Los Cocoteros salt pans: 4 birds on 14/X and 16/X, 3 birds on 20/X and 21/X (F. J. García Vargas) and only 1 bird until 03/XI (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
b)Janubio salt pans: 1 bird on 14/X (F. J. García Vargas).
c)Arrecife: 1 bird on 19, 20 and 21/X (F. J. García Vargas).
-2006:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 23/IX (F. J. García Vargas).
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Arrecife, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Los Cocoteros salt pans, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Los Cocoteros salt pans, september 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Los Cocoteros salt pans, september 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER Calidris melanotos
-2002:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 29/IX (F. J. García Vargas).
-2006:
1 bird at Puerto del Carmen on 24/X (F. J. García Vargas, A. Unquiles Cobos).
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Puerto del Carmen, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Puerto del Carmen, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Puerto del Carmen, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*GREY PHALAROPE Phalaropus fulicarius
-2004:
1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 18/XII and 21/XII (F. J. García Vargas).
-2005:
1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 24/X and 29/X (F. J. García Vargas).
GREY PHALAROPE. Los Cocoteros salt pans, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
GREY PHALAROPE. Los Cocoteros salt pans, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*AUDOUIN´S GULL Larus audounii
-2006:
1 ad. bird at Arrecife on 14/I (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
1 2nd winter bird at Arrecife since 29/I until 15/III (F. J. García Vargas).
AUDOUIN´S GULL. Arrecife, january 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
AUDOUIN´S GULL. Arrecife, january 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*RING-BILLED GULL Larus delawarensis
-2004/2005:
1 1st winter bird at Arrecife since
RING-BILLED GULL. Arrecife, december 2004. Photo: J. Sagardía
RING-BILLED GULL. Arrecife, december 2004. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melonocephalus
-2005/2006:
A total of 8 1st winter birds wintering at Arrecife since 22/XI/05 until at least one on 23/III/06. One of the birds with the ring number M81 was ringed at
-2006:
1 1st winter bird at Arrecife on 27/IX (F. J. García Vargas) and 3 birds until at least 02/XII (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL. Arrecife, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
MEDITERRANEAN GULL. Arrecife, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*CASPIAN TERN Sterna caspia
-2000:
1 bird at Caleta de Famara on 07/III (A. Unquiles Cobos).
* UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN Sterna sp.
-2006:
1 bird at Arrecife since 31/I/06 until 29/III/06 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
This bird might be a hybrid Lesser-Crested Tern x Sandwich Tern or an odd bird and the possibility of Cayenne Tern was suggested. The same bird was relocated at Anglesey (U.K.) on 03/VI/06 nesting amongst Sandwich Terns. (Birding World 19 (6): 237-239).
The bird was relocated at Arrecife on 09/IX with the first little flock of returning wintering Sandwich Terns and seen again at Arrecife on 27/IX (F. J. García Vargas).
UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN. Arrecife, february 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN. Arrecife, february 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN. Arrecife, september 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougallii
-2006:
All records from Arrecife: 1 bird on 13/III, 2 birds on 29/III and 1 bird on 05/IV (F. J. García Vargas).
*EUROPEAN SCOPS OWL Otus scops
-2004:
1 bird at Teguise golf on 01/IV (F. J. García Vargas).
EUROPEAN SCOPS OWL. Teguise golf, april 2004. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
EUROPEAN SCOPS OWL. Teguise golf, april 2004. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*EURASIAN NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus europaeus
-2000:
1 bird found dead at Mala on 25/VI (A. Unquiles Cobos).
EURASIAN NIGHTJAR. Mala, june 2000. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
*CHIMNEY SWIFT Chaetura pelagica
-2005:
A flock of 5 birds flying over Puerto del Carmen on 31/X (F. J. García Vargas).
2 birds remained until 01/XI at the same place (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).
CHIMNEY SWIFT. Puerto del Carmen, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
The chimney and the swift!!!
CHIMNEY SWIFT. Puerto del Carmen, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*CRAG MARTIN Ptyonoprogne rupestris
-2006:
3 birds at Playa Blanca on 12/IV (J. Sagardía).
*CITRINE WAGTAIL Motacilla citreola
-2005/2006:
1 bird at Arrecife since 20/XI/05 until 18/I/06, 1st for Lanzarote and 2nd for the
CITRINE WAGTAIL. Arrecife, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
CITRINE WAGTAIL. Arrecife, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
CITRINE WAGTAIL. Arrecife, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
*GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
-2006:
1 fresh corpse was found in a feeding place of an Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae at Alegranza islet on 04/IX (J. Sagardía).
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Alegranza, september 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER Sylvia hortensis
-2006:
1 fresh corpse was found in a feeding place of an Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae at Alegranza islet on 04/IX (J. Sagardía).
WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER. Alegranza, september 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*ORTOLAN BUNTING Emberiza hortulana
-2006:
1 bird at Alegranza islet on 06/IX (J. Sagardía).
ORTOLAN BUNTING. Alegranza, september 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía
*COMMON ROSEFINCH Carpodacus erythrinus
-2005:
1 bird at Alegranza islet on 01/X, 1st FOR THE
COMMON ROSEFINCH. Alegranza, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
COMMON ROSEFINCH. Alegranza, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
COMMON ROSEFINCH. Alegranza, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
*HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes
-2005:
2 birds at Uga on 16/XII, 1st and 2nd for Lanzarote and 2nd and 3rd for the
-2006:
1 bird at Teguise golf on 01/III (J. Sagardía, F. J. García Vargas).
HAWFINCH. Uga, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía
HAWFINCH. Uga, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía