Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Out on the patch again.

Ebird List, 56 Species.

Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

I parked by the Walnut Trees and quickly walked out to the dam where I started to do the Ebird list and began it with a pair of Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) other highlights around the Lucerne fields included a Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) which is an uncommon species locally, Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla), Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Tree (Bisbita Arbóreo / Anthus trivialis), Water (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) and Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).

Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica).

Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

On the middle section I picked up Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) in good numbers as were Hirundines.

Tree Pipit (Bisbita Arbóreo / Anthus trivialis).

Tree Pipit (Bisbita Arbóreo / Anthus trivialis).

Tree Pipit (Bisbita Arbóreo / Anthus trivialis).

On the last section down to the Railway bridge I added Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis), Sedge (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Willow (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus) and Cetti's Warblers (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

Green-veined White (Pieris napi).

Small White (Pieris rapae).

Small White (Pieris rapae).

Small White (Pieris rapae).

At the far end of the walk I had several butterfly species and a first for the patch a Green-veined White (Pieris napi) along with Small White (Pieris rapae), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina).

Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius).