Rio Vilano, Huétor Fields, Granada Province.

A muddy wade along the local River.

Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis).

I went out on the local patch for a couple of hours to get a bit more practice with the camera but most of the birds were staying well out of range, whoever I did see a nice group of 32 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax),20 or so Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), lots of Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and both Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) all along the river behind the bar. From here I crossed the fields and rejoined the Rio down near the railway and checked a well vegetated stretch which was being feed from the irrigation channels.

Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Along here I saw Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) as well as several species of Dragonfly including Epaulet (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and Southern Skimmers (Orthetrum brunneum), female Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea), Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). Several Butterflies were also seen and they included Bath  (Pontia daplidice), Large (Pieris brassicae) and Small Whites (Artogeia rapae), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus), Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Clouded Yellow (CColias croceus) and Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera).

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

Once I was back to the car I headed back towards home but went via the fields near the town where I eventually located around 70 Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) which were hiding well in a newly planted Garlic field.