pandachris
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On previous visits to the region in September/October I've noted a surprising number of raptor passing over Tarragona, especially on but not restricted to duller mornings.
We're in Tarragona for 2 nights next week, mainly for the festival and then transferring for Barcelona for 3 nights, ditto and then after a trip into Aragon for a few nights we're in Valls and Tarragona for the Concurs de Castells. Although we don't expect to have lots of time for birding in Catalunya I'll post anything that catches my eye here and if anybody else is in the region and wants to add, that would be appreciated. I believe that whilst we're building human towers in Barcelona on the 25th, there is a bird watching event in the Ebro Delta. We might make it there on the 3rd or 4th October.
Locations:
Tarragona - we're staying in the Hotel Placa de la Font and the balconies of that hotel have been quite productive in the past with a variety of raptors and other species over. We'll be at the Baixada de l'Aliga until about 03:00 on the 21st/22nd so I might not be up early.
Barcelona - we're at Hostal Poblenou in (unsurprisingly) El Poblenou. A short walk away there is an area of lawns, bushes and low ridges adjacent to the beach. I've been here in September for the last three years and it is always full of migrant passerines. One morning I identified 7 different 'sylvia' species. I will try to get there on the mornings of 24th-26th inclusive. I don't think we'll have time to get up to Tibidabo this year, although the day we made it there in 2015 there was virtually nothing, not even a few hirundines. It's normally been quite good.
Valls - I'll see if I can spot anything although we've got a busy schedule on the 1st and 2nd. A couple of years ago we noted a small passage of Booted and Short-toed Eagles over the town and on the same day, several other large raptors over nearby Reus.
We're in Tarragona for 2 nights next week, mainly for the festival and then transferring for Barcelona for 3 nights, ditto and then after a trip into Aragon for a few nights we're in Valls and Tarragona for the Concurs de Castells. Although we don't expect to have lots of time for birding in Catalunya I'll post anything that catches my eye here and if anybody else is in the region and wants to add, that would be appreciated. I believe that whilst we're building human towers in Barcelona on the 25th, there is a bird watching event in the Ebro Delta. We might make it there on the 3rd or 4th October.
Locations:
Tarragona - we're staying in the Hotel Placa de la Font and the balconies of that hotel have been quite productive in the past with a variety of raptors and other species over. We'll be at the Baixada de l'Aliga until about 03:00 on the 21st/22nd so I might not be up early.
Barcelona - we're at Hostal Poblenou in (unsurprisingly) El Poblenou. A short walk away there is an area of lawns, bushes and low ridges adjacent to the beach. I've been here in September for the last three years and it is always full of migrant passerines. One morning I identified 7 different 'sylvia' species. I will try to get there on the mornings of 24th-26th inclusive. I don't think we'll have time to get up to Tibidabo this year, although the day we made it there in 2015 there was virtually nothing, not even a few hirundines. It's normally been quite good.
Valls - I'll see if I can spot anything although we've got a busy schedule on the 1st and 2nd. A couple of years ago we noted a small passage of Booted and Short-toed Eagles over the town and on the same day, several other large raptors over nearby Reus.
