I've managed to find an excuse to get down to Alicante again for a week and boy does it feel cold here - which is surprising as I left Aberdeen when it was just above freezing and it's a good 10 degrees more here, but somehow it feels a lot colder than that, something to do with the relative humidity I suppose. :-C
My last comment about how good the Vistabella Road to the south of El Hondo is for seeing birds (particularly the Greater Spotted Eagles) has been blown out of the water - there is a lot of excavation for a programme of drainage improvements going on and all the good sites are occupied by earth-moving machinery. :C The GSE's are here, though - there are 3 present and I had a very distant view of one of them from the Reserve Centre this afternoon, too far away to see if it was Tonn with his satellite antenna.
Water levels are very good in Hondo, so there are plenty of birds about. One very unexpected bird was this Slavonian Grebe in winter dress, more usual was the delightful Bluethroat which is a common winter visitor to the area.
The good news is that there isn't a mozzie in sight! :t: