SIERRA de LOJA.

Thursday, 22 September 2022

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Back on the patch.
Ebird List.

Turtle (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto).

After what seemed to be an age I am back on the patch and out for a walk out passed the Lucerne fields and on along the Arroyo Vilano to the Railway bridge.
Passage Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra).

Highlights were Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Garden Warbler (Curruca Mosquitera / Sylvia borin), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).
Other species seen included a female Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) x1, Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x2, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x3 and Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x4.
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).

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