Spain – Gran Alicant (Woodland) – 2nd July 2009

This particular site was given as a tip to us just a day before we left as a good area for Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin and the information was spot on, in fact it was one of those sightings that was so easy that you were left a little disappointed that there wasn’t more of a chase.

As things worked out we did an afternoon recce to find the exact spot. I jumped out of the car, took my bins to survey, walked about ten yards into the wood and one of the chaps flew right across me and sat in a tree! Fantastic.

We returned to the same place a day or two later and alas had no further sightings but did see numerous Hoopoe, Spotted Flycatchers, Serins and heard Wryneck. Life bird count: 388 Year bird count: 209 Month bird count: 40