47 species were seen in the Alcossebre area in February 2022. It was quiet month for birds. There are still a number of species not wintering, Great Crested Grebe, Common Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Arctic Skua, Stone Curlew, Woodlark, Hawfinch and Brambling. The full list of birds seen with comments follows. One or two Ring-necked Pheasants were seen or heard calling in the rural farmlands. Great Cormorants were seen daily. The Moors rock and Capycorp beach were the usual places to see them, 26 birds flew east on the 28th February. Single Grey Herons were seen at Capycorp beach. One to three Little Egrets were seen along the coast, Capycorp beach and the Torre estate pond. Cattle Egrets were scarce this month, only one or two birds seen in the rural farmlands. 40 Glossy Ibis flew south over the sea on the 22nd February. A female Hen Harrier was being mobbed by a Kestrel on the 24th February. Single Common Buzzards continue to winter. A Booted Eagle was seen on the 15th February. One to three Common Kestrels seen daily. Still up to 9 Common Moorhens wintering at Torre estate pond. Four species of Gull seen this month. Black-headed Gulls were the scarcest with only two birds seen. In contrast up to 170 Meditteranean Gulls were counted. Up to 8 Audouin´s Gulls and 11 Yellow-legged Gulls were seen daily. Sandwich Terns were seen daily with up to 36 birds roosting at Capycorp beach. Wood Pigeon. While resident birds were calling and displaying, there was still a sizable number of birds wintering – up to 154 birds counted. Collared Doves were also calling and displaying, with a maximum of 30 birds counted. One or two Little Owls were seen or heard daily. Eurasian Hoopoes were also preparing to nest with up to five birds Hoop Hooping. Up to 25 Eurasian Magpies were also getting ready to nest. A maximum of six resident Crested Larks seen daily, still low numbers. Wintering Skylarks were also in very low numbers with only 7 birds noted. At least five pairs of Great Tit were preparing to nest. There were still single Cetti´s Warblers wintering. Common Chiffchaffs were anything but common, only a maximum of four birds seen. Resident Zitting Cisticolas were in low numbers with only one or two birds seen. In contrast wintering Blackcap numbers were higher than average, maximum of 36 birds seen daily. Resident Sardinian Warbler numbers were also good, up to 15 birds seen daily. Wintering Eurasian Robin numbers were very low only one to three birds seen. Wintering Black Redstarts numbers were good with up to 18 birds seen daily. Wintering Stonechat numbers were also good, maximum of 12 birds seen daily. The wintering female Blue Rock Thrush was last seen on the 6th February. Resident Eurasian Blackbirds started to sing from the middle of the month, one or two birds seen daily. Wintering Song Thrush numbers were average with up to 11 birds seen daily. One or two wintering Grey Wagtails were seen either at Torre estate pond or my garden! As the farmlands were getting ploughed it attracted up to 22 White Wagtails. Wintering Meadow Pipit numbers were lower than average – only a maximum of 8 birds noted. Likewise, wintering Reed Buntings numbers were low only one or two birds seen. Wintering Common Chaffinch numbers were good – up to 90 birds counted. Resident European Greenfinch were calling their Swee note from the middle of the month. While resident Goldfinches were calling and displaying there was still up to 70 birds wintering. Up to 60 Linnets were still wintering. Resident Serins were also in nesting mode, with at least 12 pairs seen. Good numbers of House and Tree Sparrow seen daily. Alcossebre Weather in February 2022. The first week in February produced lots of sunshine with six days of fine sunny weather. There was some light overnight rain on the 5th February.
Winds were light or gentle through out. Temperatures were 3C above the day average,but 3C below the night average. The second week in February was mixed, with only two fine sunny days. The other five days had sunny/cloudy spells. There was some light overnight rain on the 14th February. Winds were mainly light or gentle, with the exception of the 14th when there was a moderate north east wind. Temperatures were 4C above the day average, but 4C below the night average. The third week in February was mainly fine and sunny, with the exception of the 19th February which was overcast and dull for most of the day. There was a moderate north east wind on three days. Temperatures were 6C above the day average, but 1C below the night average. The fourth week in February started off with three days of fine and sunny weather.The next four days were dull and overcast, with two days of rain. Winds were light or gentle. Temperatures were 3C above the day average, but 2C below the night average. The average day temperature was 17C (62F). The average night temperature was 4C (39F). The highest day temperature was 24C (75F) on three days. The highest night temperature was 10C (50F) on two days. The coldest day temperature was 11C (51F) on the 26th. The coldest night temperature was 0C (32F) on the 14th. Total rainfall was 2.2 inches (56mm). The average for February is 2.5 inches.
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