Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A longer loop out to the Mesia Road than normal.

Ebird List.

Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).

I parked at my usual spot and as I needed a good stretch of the legs I walked out to the far side of the Mesia road by going along the Southern side of the Arroyo Vilano and under the railway bridge and along the far side of the Arroyo and back again.

Displaying Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus).

Displaying Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus).

High Lights were 3x Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) the first time I have recorded more than one bird on the site,  Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) an uncommon wintering bird, Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).

Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus).

On my way back I saw the original Black-winged Kite sat on one of it's usual posts, Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).