Birding Axarquia: Birding update from Torre del Mar

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Birding update from Torre del Mar

Tuesday 7 April

Just heard from my friend Eric Lyon in neighbouring Torre del Mar and, despite living almost in the centre of town, his little piece of open space around the house continues to draw in a wonderful selection of birds.

Whilst still seeing his "regulars" including Blackbird, Sardinian Warbler and the marauding Monk Parakeets along both Collared Dove and Feral Pigeons, Eric has now added a new recently-arrived summer visitor to his list with the brief appearance of a Subalpine Warbler.

Subalpine Warbler Curruca Carrasquena Sylvia cantillans (PHOTO: Bob Wright)

In addition to the Subalpine Warbler, Bee-eaters were heard as they passed overhead.

Bee-eater Abejaruco Europea Merops apiaster (PHOTO: Bob Wright)

Eric also reports that whilst he continues to see Barn Swallows and House Martins he is yet to see a nearby Red-rumped Swallow. Local Swifts are now about but, for me, it is probably a case of shopping at dusk or on a damp day. But I live in hope that I shall soon be able to add both Common and Pallid Swift to the local lockdown list.

Please remember the invitation for all readers to send me their bird sightings/reports so that your pleasure can be shared with others. Stay safe, stay positive, stay happy. Many thanks.

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Background Information

About Bob Wright
Occupation: Retired
Location: Mezquitilla, Axarquia (Malaga)

I retired at the end of 1998 having been a primary school headteacher for thirty years. After a couple of years undertaking some consultancy/ training work with headteachers, I moved to the Axarquia area of the Costa del Sol in Spain. After 13 years living on a mountain top near Velez Malaga overlooking Lake Vinuela to the north and the sea to the south we moved down to the coast at Mezquitilla and now have the beach within 20 metres of our rented property.

I have been a birder for over fifty years and before leaving GB I was a qualified "Ringer" for the BTO, undertaking most of my studies in Staffordshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. All three counties being well away from the coast, it is not surprising that my main field of interest were those "Little Brown Jobs" (often referred to as LBJs), with a special emphasis on roost work in the autumns and winters and early morning visits to favoured sites, such as Charwelton on the Banbury road from Daventry where, in June and July, it was possible to catch and ring well over an hundred birds and still be home by just after nine am to take the family shopping!

Always an interest in classical music, I have also sung in operettas and one appearance in a "grand opera" (Aida). Most of the former was with the Stamford Gilbert & Sullivan Players where I had the good fortune to appear, rather than star, in all save "Utopia".

Interests
Birding
photography
music
historical and nature visits