Spring arrivals part 2
Apr 22
Here is the second part of the first arrival dates for migrant birds arriving in the Lleida area this spring:
- Alpine Swift Apus melba 16-Mar
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 16-Mar
- Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 16-Mar
- Little Stint Calidris minuta 17-Mar
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17-Mar
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 17-Mar
- Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 19-Mar
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21-Mar
- Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21-Mar
- Cuckoo 29-Mar
- Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinoides 29-Mar
- Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 30-Mar
- Swift Apus apus 31-Mar
- Dunlin Calidris alpina 01-Apr
- Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 01-Apr
- Wryneck Jynx torquilla 03-Apr
- Great Reed Warbler Acr. arundinaceus 03-Apr
- Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii 04-Apr
- Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus 04-Apr
- Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata 04-Apr
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 06-Apr
- Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 06-Apr
- Quail Coturnix coturnix 06-Apr
- Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 06-Apr
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 07-Apr
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08-Apr
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 08-Apr
Of these the only bird that seems to be “offtime” is the Red-footed Falcon, which in my experience normally makes its appearance at the beginning of May, virtually a month later than the date recorded here for this species.
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