Showing posts with label Owls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Owls. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

European Bird Census VN3040, first round.

Yellowhammer
A new season of the census of breeding common birds, (European Bird Census ), in square VN3040, 55 species of birds, 50 species in the census and 5 more out the census. Two new species for square, Common Nightingale and Eurasian Collared Dove.
The more remarkable records:  Good flocks of Alpine Swift, various records of Twany Pipit. Absence of Shrikes, a male of Common Nightingale singing. Again Little Owl out the census.
Links:
SACRE (Spain)
EBCC (Europe)
 Twany Pipit
The list of species.
Black Kite, Eurasian Griffon, Egyptian Vulture, Common Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Common Wood-pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Cuckoo, Little Owl *, Alpine Swift, Common Swift, Eurasian Wryneck, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Red-billed Chough, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Crag-martin, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Skylark, Melodious Warbler, Blackcap, Bonelli's Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Winter Wren, Spotless Starling, Eurasian Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Common Nightingale, European Robin , Black Redstart, Northern Wheatear *, Whinchat *, Common Stonechat, House Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Dunnock, Twany Pipit , Tree Pipit, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, European Serin, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Linnet, Cirl Bunting, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting .
 Rock Sparrow

Spectacular scenary, flowers, Orchids...

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Yearbook, last quater of 2008.




A new quarterly report already is available in the web page of the Yearbook, corresponds to the months of October , November and December of 2008. Here.
With this report, the yearbook 2 finalizes and will be published next.

These are, for my, the most interesting records of the quarter, some really spectacular *:

Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)*
White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Egyptian Goose (Alopoche aegyptiacus)*
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)*
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Smew (Mergus albellus)*
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica cristata)*
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)

Sunday, July 27, 2008

SACRE 2008

In the square VN4040, first contact of Goldcrest, peculiar record for this season, although within a good habitat for this species, the pine wood.
I again to locate other species, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Whitethroat, Coal Tit, and although showy, a record of Magpie, very scarce in the zone.

Altogether for the square VN4040 in 10 years 91 species have been recorded more 6 species of Owls and Nightjars.

In the square VN3040 I have record of 77 species in 3 years.
I have registered for the first time Spotted Flycatcher, Golden Oriole, and again Goldcrest.

Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring