{"id":1609,"date":"2021-04-27T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2021-04-27T09:07:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:07:02","slug":"hotspot-birding-2020-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/hotspot-birding-2020-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotspot birding 2020: The end"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rest of the year, July – December<\/p>\n

\"Hotspot

hotspot birding autumn<\/p><\/div>\n

This period was mostly spent taking \u201cpotshots\u201d at missing species that might be around. Summer waders don\u2019t find much habitat in the region, with Mont-ral being the only realistic site to check. Then to look out for passage Dotterels on the drylands and keep an ear out for any scarce birds turning up at the Estany d\u2019Ivars. I was fixated on finding a Yellowhammer in the north of the Hotspot and was delighted when I did! Missed out on passage Osprey though, and Black-necked Grebes are almost a thing of the past, it seems.<\/p>\n

The autumn wader passage on the ricefields was quite disappointing and gave me nothing new.<\/p>\n

Temminck\u2019s Stint*
\nKentish Plover*
\nTawny Pipit*
\nCurlew*
\nGlossy Ibis*
\nRuddy Shelduck*
\nDotterel*
\nYellowhammer*
\nLittle Gull*
\nRing Ouzel*
\nCommon Whitethroat
\nMediterranean Gull*
\nCitril Finch*
\nBarn Owl*
\nGrey Plover*
\nRed Breasted Merganser*
\nBlack Winged Kite*<\/p>\n

Total = 222 species<\/p>\n

\u2022 Species that I was hoping to see but didn\u2019t: Osprey, Long Eared Owl, Tawny Owl, European Nightjar, Black Necked Grebe, Yellow Browed Warbler, Spectacled Warbler<\/p>\n

\u2022 Species that were reported but that I didn\u2019t see: Common Gull, Flamingo, Spoonbill, Jack Snipe, Rosy Starling, Great Bittern, Pallid Harrier, Sociable Lapwing \u2026 (I\u2019m sure there are a few more)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rest of the year, July – December This period was mostly spent taking \u201cpotshots\u201d at missing species that might be around. Summer waders don\u2019t find much habitat in the region, with Mont-ral being the only realistic site to check. Then to look out for passage Dotterels on the drylands and keep an ear out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-in-spain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7I752-pX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/1638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}