Charca de Suarez, near Almuñécar and the Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

A day on the coastal wetlands with a bonus species.

Deb and Renate, Day Two.

Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos).

We set off at around 07:00 so that we could spend a few hours down at Charca hoping for Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) and Mediterranean Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) neither of which we managed to track down but this was more than made up for by an unexpected flyby. We arrived a bit early so we checked the cane and pampas fields around the back of the reserve first and soon tracked down good friend Juan Pérez Contreras who had just been lucky enough to have great views of a calling Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix) which he had got photos of, we only managed to hear them. In the same area we recorded Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), a couple of small flocks of Red Avadavats (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica).

White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer).

A little later we made our way around to the gate where we were let in by the warden of the site Manuel and we checked out the hide on Laguna del Trébol and added to the day list by see Red-knobbed (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata) and Eurasian Coots (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Common Swifts (Vencejo Común / Apus apus). Our next stop was at the main hide where we spent some time trying to locate the resident female Ferruginous Duck but decided she was probably on a nest sitting eggs some where. We did however find Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Western Cattle  (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis). We moved on around the reserve and in the corner where the sugar cane grows where we saw a couple of female type Pied Flycatchers (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and then bird of the day a male pale phase Eleonora's Falcon (Halcón de Eleonora / Falco eleonorae) which passed over giving Deb, Renate and Juan good views, I was a bit slow off the mark and got on to it a little late but as soon as I had it in the bins I said Eleonora's as the bird was quite distinctive. Just after seeing the Falcon we bumped in to friends Steve and Elena Powell, Bob Wright and his friend Marieke.

White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer).

Next we had a look on the new scrape and found a small number of waders including both Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and Little Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), 2x Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), 6x Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus) and more Common Sandpipers. In this area we also heard Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta) and saw Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator), Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii), Clouded Yellow (Colias Común / Colias corcea), Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) and several Iberian Water Frogs (Rana Común / Rana Perezi).

Around at the small hide over looking Laguna del Taraje we could hear a crocking Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus) which we eventually had nice views of along with Nightingale, Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata) and Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa). We worked our way back around the reserve but we did not pick anything new so we went out and with Juan guideing us we made our way to a spot where we were soon watching a pair of White-rumped Swifts (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer) amongst the more normal Common and Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus). In this area we also had good views of Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) and a Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) which was being mobbed by a Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus). On the roadsides in the area we also photographed the tall and beautiful Spanish Iris (Iris xiphium). 

Spanish Iris (Iris xiphium).

We returned Juan to his car and said goodbye before heading down to the beach nearby but it was as expected quite busy. we scanned the sea and picked up a single Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), a couple of Audouin's Gulls (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii) and several Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) before heading back up the motorway towards Granada.

We turned off and made our way back to the house via La Malaha and the Cacín Valley, during this drive we boosted the list by picking up Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor / Hieraetus faciatus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Iberian (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cyanus) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Later we again had calling Red-necked Nightjar (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis) from on the terrace whilst doing the check list and compairing photographs.

Molina area, Fuente de Piedra and Laguna Dulce, Malaga Province and Sierra de Loja Granada Province.

A cracking first day with Deb and Renate from Australia.

Day One.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Alzacola / Cercotrichas galactotes).

After Deb and Renate arrived yesterday from Ronda but due to works on the railway lines through Loja they were transferred to a coach in Antequera and then to a minibus on the motorway before arriving at the station we had a steady start and headed out at a decent time to our first site near the town of Molina.

Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta).

We searched a arable area of land and soon located our first target species the locally uncommon Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Alzacola / Cercotrichas galactotes) which was singing very close to the road nearby so we rolled around towards it and had superb views. In the same area we picked up Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

After getting great views of the Chat which sat nicely for the camera we headed along the motorway to Fuente de Piedra and stopped along side the pool on the entrance track and scanned through the birds and soon boosted the list with a lot of new species including Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Wood Sandpiper (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). 

Deb and Renate at Fuente.

We decided to move on when two car loads of British birding brain deads pulled up and all piled out of the cars making loads of noise and flushing everything to the far bank and beyond. 

We parked the car and walked down to the boardwalk and checked the waders on there and were pleased to quickly locate a very nice Temminck Stint (Correlimos de Temminck / Calidris temminckii) mixed in with several Littles and some Curlew Sandpipers (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea). We also had another nice Wood Sand, a Whiskered Tern which did several nice close flypasts for the camera, lots more Gull-billed Terns, Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) and a couple of enormous Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula).

Our next stop was up at the mirador, on the way round we checked the ditch at the side of the lowere track and I was very pleased to find three tandem pairs and two sing male Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma) which were Dragonfly lifers for me. After getting a few shots of the dragons and checking the next pool and finding Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna) and Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus) we reached the mirador where we soon found two of the reported Lesser Flamingo's (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor) way out on the main salt lake.

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

In the same area we saw Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Western Cattle Egret, Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) before a huge bus load of school kids arrived and we moved on around to the first hide.

Male Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma).

We settled down in there and again quickly started to find new species including Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) and Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris). On our way to the second hide we saw a couple of Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi), Large White (Pieris brassicae) and Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea). In the hide we saw more Gadwall, Red-crested Pochards, Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), lots of Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa) and Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). We returned to the mirador and found the Lesser Flamingo's again and walked back around the back and down the track passing the Spreadwings again and then whilst I tried to get some more shots of them Deb checked the board walk out and Renate went up to the visitors centre 

Male Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma).

where we met her a few minutes late seeing Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea) by the steps. We returned to the car and checked the entrance road pool again hoping to find the Temmincks on there after it got flushed from the other pool but could not so we carried on around the western side of the lake to the mirador where we had luch whilst scanning the much reduced pool below.
We added Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) and Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Ground-pine Germander (Teucrium pseudochamaepitys), Navel-wort (Omphalodes commutata), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum) and Southern Knapweed (Centaurea pullata ssp pullata) to the list from here before taking the road and the track across country to Laguna Dulce.

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

During this drive we had very good viewd of a male Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni), Calandra (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum carinatum var discolor), Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum).

When we reached the lake we headed around to the hide and scanned the waters but things were quite quite, even so we added Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and Black-necked Grebes (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) but nothing else new for the list.

Deb and Renate at Sierra de Loja.

Our last stop of the day was on the lower slopes of the Sierra de Loja where we checked the crags from the small quarry but could not locate the resident Eagle Owl (Buho Real / Bubo bubo) but we did see Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cyanus), Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes), Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes), Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto), Bath White (Pontia daplidice), Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalia) and Ocellated Lizard (Lacerta lepida) before we headed back to the house and sat up on the terrace and finishing off with a brief view of a flying Red-necked Nightjar (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis).

Moraleda and Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

A good days birding with a group from southern England.

Fluffy Seeds of the Poplars.

Sylvia, Dennis, Andrew and I set off from their accommodation at Casa Jazmin in Realenga and we made our way down on to the fields near Huétor where we started the days list off with Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cyanus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor). We pushed on through Mesia and across the A92 to an agricultural area near Moraleda where we took to the dirt tracks. 

Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).

On the way we saw Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and once we were out side the urbanization we picked up both Common (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).
Out on the fields we immediately we located a stunning Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) which showed very well in the nearby Almond trees along with Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea), Bath  (Pontia daplidice), Small (Artogeia rapae), Large (Pieris brassicae) and a tatty Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).
On a small area of uncultivated grassland we had a few interesting plants including Blue Hounds-tongue (Cynoglossum creticum), Common Asphodel (Asphodelus albus), Ground-pine Germander (Teucrium pseudochamaepitys), Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), Navel-wort (Omphalodes commutata), Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum), Tassel Hyacinth (Muscari comosum), Yellow Phlomis (Phlomis lychnitis) and Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum) and a single teneral male Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Dennis, Andrew and Sylvia.

We continued on around the site and had flight views of a couple of Great Spotted Cuckoos (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) before dropping down into the valley and along to the bridge over the Rio Cacín. We parked and had a walk towards the dam and heard or saw Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Garden Warbler (Curruca Mosquitera / Sylvia borin), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus). Dennis, Andrew and I continued on past the car and had a walk in the Euclyptus woods further along the river whilst Sylvia got some sun sat by the car,along this track we found Bee (Ophrys apifera), Dense-flowered (Neotinea maculata) and Yellow Bee Orchids (Ophrys lutea), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia) and Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).

Our next stop was at the Contra Embalse de Bermejalis where we had a scan over the water and had views of Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica) and a couple of male Red-veined Darters. 

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera).

We continued on along the valley and along the top of the gorge and the back to the Roman bridge, during this time we had exellent views of Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor / Hieraetus faciatus), Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Rock Pigeon (Paloma Bravia / Columba livia), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), a second Golden Oriole and a singing Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes).

We retraced our way back along the valley to Cacín and then went up over the top road to Ventas and then back to the house via Moraleda again, on the drive we had Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) and Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) before getting back.

Thanks to Sylvia, Dennis and Andrew for a great day and for their company.

Arroyo de Casarabonela, Rio Guadalhorce and Rio Grande, Malaga Province.

A few hours on the rivers North of Malaga.

Female Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator).

Jayne spent a few hours in the city so I went out to the North in search of Dragonflies and started along the Arroyo Casarabonela where after quite a lot of searching I found just 2x male Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator), 4x male Epaulet Skimmers (Orthetrum chrysostigma), 2x male Orange-winged Dropwings (Trithemis kirbyi) and lots of Iberian Blue-tails (Ischnura graellsii).

Female Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator).

Butterflies included African Grass (Nina esmaltada / Zizeeia knysna) and Southern Blues (Polyommatus celina), Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli), Bath White (Blanqiverdosa / Pontia daplidice) and Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
I did not take my bins but I did see Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma).

 I moved on back towards Malaga and had a drive along the Rio Grande where I added Little  (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) to the list.

Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma).

Moving on again I headed down the tracks to the point where the Rio Grande joins the Rio Guadalhorce and searched the margins there and picked up Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum), White (Platycnemis latipes) and Orange Featherlegs (Platycnemis acutipennis), Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus), Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) and Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). 

Orange Featherleg (Platycnemis acutipennis).

New birds included Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and a Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). 

Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).

Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs).

European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).

Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli).