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The past 14 and 15 September I was in Alicante with the usual area for me (Jana Marco, Julio Meraz and Guille Mayor).

the evening of day 14 we use it rings in the roosting swallows (Hirundo rustica and Hirundo daurica ) where banded July and Guille. The day was very good, with more than sixty shots (if I remember correctly). Most common swallow (Hirundo rustica ), but also some common warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus ), a pair of stow (Cisticola juncidis ) and a few swallows dáuricas (Hirundo daurica ), a species that has never before ringing me.

But surely all this was overshadowed by a curious specimen found in the networks. After looking at it and looked again that we had no quit in hybrid dáurica Barn Swallow and Swallow (Hirundo rustica x daurica ).


The bird has characteristics of both species.

From left to right: Hirundo daurica (young), Hirundo rustica daurica x and Hirundo rustica

you Among highlights traits of dáurica ocher rump rectrices without ocelli internal targets.


Among the common traits, dark neck, throat, colored (maroon though not typical of this species, also extends to the chest) and ocelli white outer rectrices .


a joy to catch a bird as well. For these things are why it is worth leaving a ring (you can hardly notice the presence of a bird and when you hover over hundreds of swallows, and much more difficult will be to analyze in detail).

With the euphoria of the catch we went to rest. The next morning was devoted to observation. First we went to the vicinity of Hondo to see, along with Toni Mulet and two friends, the dotterel (C haradrius morinellus , Dotterel) was there.


not difficult to discover the side of seven committed individuals in a field where they rested for some days (the previous morning and had gone to look for Guille and July and had been in same place). With the homework done (for me and Toni bimbo) that we had dedicated the morning to enjoy other waders in nearby observatories.

paraded in front of our objectives: redshank, dark, clear and fine ( Tringa totanus, T. erythropus, T. nebularia and T. stagnatilis ), needles and colinegros colipintas ( Limosa limosa and L. lapponica ), stilt (Himantopus himantopus ), lapwing (Vanellus vanellus ), Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta ), plover adults and children ( Charadrius hiaticula and C. dubius) ... Towards

noon we left the area and, after lunch and rest, got the way to Valencia. A short visit but well spent and productive.