Some birding before and after an appointment in Granada City.
Ebird List for Huétor Fields.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
I got out early and dropped down the Cacín Valley after getting some breakfast in Bar El Cruce, my first stop was at the Contra-embalse de Cacín and as I pulled up I noted 14+
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) up against the Reeds along with several
Common Moorhens (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), a
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) and a small
Crake species, I was looking straight into the sun so I could not be sure which species it was but suspect it was a
Spotted (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana).
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), peeping over a roof top.
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Before I got a good enough view all the birds on the patch of mud flushed off when a female
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) flew in, so I walked into a better spot where I could see more clearly but the Crake did not show again.
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Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina). |
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) El Temple. |
During the hour I did however see
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca) and
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis). |
After a while I walked along the shore to another view point adding
Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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Long-eared Owls (Búho Chico / Asio otus). |
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Calandra Lark (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra). |
I dropped futher south along the valley and then I took the road from Cacín to Ventas de Huelma and as I drove I added
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Rock (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia) and
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus). |
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata). |
I went through Ventas and out on to El Temple and I soon found the 1st of a couple of Great Spotted Cuckoo's (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius) which was in a line of Almond trees, just a short way along the track I saw a second Cuckoo fly into a Pine tree so I stopped and waited for it to reappear, after around 10 minutes I suddenly looked at the lowest of the branches in the next tree where I saw a Long-eared Owls (Búho Chico / Asio otus) perched with a second bird just above it. I could see the birds were aware I was there so I took one quick shot and drove off.
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus).
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
As I drove along the tracks towards Granada I saw a couple of
Little Owls (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) on some ruins,
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), a very nice
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and way off in the distance a soaring
Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).
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Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla). |
I reached Granada early and was pleased to get in for my appointment slightly early and I was quickly on my way home after getting some Logs in Bobadilla. I decided to have a walk along the Lucerne fields and along the Arroyo to the Railway Bridge finding another
Black-winged Kite, Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) x1, Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla), the immature Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and a Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis) which is a species that is alway a good find down here.
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Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus). |
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Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus). |
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