Birds in Spain Blog

Falco vespertinus 2 w ♂ Véjer de la Frontera, Cádiz, 6.1.2012 (Stephen Daly) On 6th January 2012, 1500hrs. at Patria (near Vejer de La Frontera), Cadiz, Andalucía, Stephen Daly & Stephen Knapp saw and photographed a ringed 2w male (euring 7) Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus). It is not only an overall scarce species in Spain but accidental in winter. Stephen Daly published an entry in his blog with photos of the bird and asked if any Spanish ringing program had been held. Indeed, according to the lastest data available on the whole of Spain, through official reports in the journal Ecología for 2007 , only three birds have been ringed from 1973-2007 in Spain, with two more in 2008 ( as explained in this blog ). No foreign recoveries had been reported for this species, a scarce migrant and sometimes irruptive species in Spain with over 200 individuals in 2008. So where the bird came from? Falco vespertinus 2w ♂ Véjer de la Frontera, Cádiz, 6.1.2012 (Stephen Daly...

El paso notable de Falco vespertinus se está compilando a través sobre todo de la lista Avesforum y se espera un listado y cuantificación de citas a cargo de Andy Paterson. Desde este blog se ha actualizado el mapa de citas aproximado de la especie por provincias a fecha 23.5.2008 y se ha acometido un somero análisis de la situación por bloques longitudinales en la Península y Baleares: si dividimos arbitráriamente la Península en cuatro partes (Oeste, Centro-oeste, Centro-este y Este) se pueden asignar las provincias más o menos a estas áreas digamos de migración sur-norte: La presencia y abundancia de citas de Falco vespertinus ha sido diferente en estas cuatro zonas, con un aumento tanto del porcentaje de provincias con citas (+ y % en el gráfico de arriba) hacia el Este así como del número de aves involucrado en cada una de ellas (figuras). Aprovechando el paso, y según comunica Ángel J. Lara, el pasado 13-05-08, miembros del Grupo de Anillamiento Albacete (GAA), anillaron 2 ind...

During the last days of April and May to date, what has been considered to be an unprecedented invasion of Red-footed Falcons Falco vespertinus has been recorded in Spain. With groups peaking tens of birds altogether in Girona and Mallorca, largest numbers have been gathered in East Spain as expected for this rather eastern migrant. The Avesforum mailing list has been the major area where the news have been broadcasted and British Malaga resident Andy Paterson is attempting a compilation of the whole set of records. He has commented to this blog what follows: 'While the Red-footed Falcon is a not uncommon spring migrant to eastern Spain, particularly to the Balearic islands and Catalunya with occasional records elsewhere, it is obvious that a fairly large movement took place in the last few days of April 2008, with unprecedented numbers turning up. This is only a partial overview, as there has been little time to collect information. However, as far as can be ascertained a...