So I braved a very cold Saturday (10/01) morning along with a few Spanish friends to count sea-birds moving along the Mediterranean coastline. A few strategically placed individuals and small groups along the Valencian coast spend four hours every year logging what they see, with a particular focus on Balearic Shearwaters. Previous years Oliva Marina has produced the goods with last year being the best yet with in excess of 2000 shearwaters (circa 20% of the world's population) moving north out of the bay. However this year was a damp squib in comparison with 100+ beeing seen and quite far out to sea, there were a couple of highlights with a couple of Wigeon and several Gannets plus the usual Audouin's, Yellow legged & Black headed Gulls, Sandwich Terns, Cormorants and Mallard. Many thanks to Fran, Pepe et al for their contribution and hopefully next year will be better.
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