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Hotspot list 2020

25km hotspot birding around Lleida

In order of appearance:

January – February – March

Red Kite
Collared Dove
Woodpigeon
Chifchaff
House Sparrow
White Stork
Magpie
Rock Dove (domestica)
Crested Lark
Chaffinch
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Brambling*
Wood Lark
Robin
Great Tit
Hoopoe
Blackbird
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker *
Grey Wagtail
Kestrel
Goldfinch
Great White Heron
Carrion Crow
Corn Bunting
Linnet
Merlin*
Cirl Bunting
Mallard
Little Owl
Black Redstart
Great Cormorant
Common Starling
Stonechat
Cattle Egret
Yellow Legged Gull
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Black Kite
Spotless Starling
Jackdaw
Serin
Dartford Warbler
Greenfinch
White Wagtail
Song Thrush
Grey Heron
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Common Pochard
Gadwall
Teal
Shelduck
Shoveler
Black Headed Gull
Water Rail
Purple Swamphen*
Coot
Moorhen
Snipe
Kingfisher
Penduline Tit
Bluethroat*
Reed Bunting
Dunnock
Iberian Green Woodpecker
Mistle Thrush
Cetti’s Warbler
Lapwing
Blue Tit
Greylag Goose*
Water Pipit
Skylark
Black Stork*
Iberian Grey Shrike
Meadow Pipit
Red Legged Partridge
Long Tailed Tit
Thekla Lark
Redwing* (large numbers this year)
Hawfinch*
Stock Dove
Red Billed Chough
Sardinian Warbler
Tufted Duck
Tree Sparrow
Goshawk
Ruff
Spotted Redshank
Green Sandpiper
Siskin
Goldcrest*
Short Toed Treecreeper
Mute Swan
Little Egret
Blackcap
Bearded Tit* (breeds at one or two sites in Catalonia)
Wren
Coal Tit*
Calandra Lark
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Rock Bunting*
Rock Sparrow
Dipper*
Crag Martin
Griffon Vulture
Peregrine Falcon
Wallcreeper** (our favourite!)
Firecrest
Fieldfare*
Black Wheatear*
Sparrowhawk
Hen Harrier*
Night Heron
Blue Rock Thrush
Herring Gull* (rare, but somewhat overlooked. Not a big gull fan myself)
Little Bustard*
Stone Curlew
Wigeon
Golden Eagle*
Raven
Crested Tit*
Bonelli’s Eagle*
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse* (only one site in Catalonia)
Dunlin
Golden Plover
Pintail
Eagle Owl*
Common Crane
Common Sandpiper
Red Crested Pochard
Ferruginous Duck*
Moustached Warbler* (breeds at 2? locations in Catalonia)
Zitting Cisticola
Redshank
House Martin
Little Ringed Plover
Sand Martin
Swallow
Black Tailed Godwit
Black Winged Stilt
Dupont’s Lark (the only site in Catalonia)
Lesser Short Toed Lark
Short Toed Eagle
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Garganey
Egyptian Vulture
Lesser Kestrel
Alpine Swift
Booted Eagle
Common Swift

Total for period = 151 species

* Most noteworthy species; either not expected every year, site specific or generally rare
Notes: Visits to Estany d’Ivars, Utxesa, Alfés, Mont-ral, Aiguamolls de Rufea, Lleida dump, Clot de l’Unilla, Santa Anna, Serra Llarga, Lockdown and Torre-ribera