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Friday 11 November 2022

Sendero de la Boca de la Pescá, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Spain.

A morning walking with Juan Pérez Contreras, his Colleagues and a few students.
Ebird List fr the Walk.

I arrived at the meeting point at the La Fuente del Hervidero, Restaurante El Macareno a little early and started my list off with a couple of Bramblings (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) and the first of several Ring Ouzels (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) before the Coach turned up with the Students and teaches and a van with Antonio J. Ramos Lafuente, a guide from the Sierra Nevada and his colleague.



Once everyone was ready we headed out and did a nice walk up to the fire watch point at Boca de la Pescá and back, interesting species included Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) x1, Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Cirl (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), more Ring Ouzels but the stars were a small flock of 6 Alpine Accentors (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris).



Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica).

Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica).

Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris).

Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris).

 

Thursday 10 November 2022

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Walking back from the Mechanic's in Venta Nueva.
Ebird List for the walk.
 
Species included Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Wednesday 9 November 2022

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Staying local again but getting a bit Exotic.
Ebird List for the Dog S**T Track.

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).
I parked at the start of the Dog S**T Track and walked to the far end and then across to the road and back around to the car, on the way I saw 21 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), a few Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), 2x Bluethroats (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and a rather unexpected Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) which must have done a runner from a local cage, thanks to Ed MacKrill for the ID.
Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) female.

Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) female.

Later I went for a walk around the fields finding
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis).

 

Sunday 6 November 2022

Malaga Province and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A morning in Malaga Province and then a walk around the Fields.
Ebird List for Malaga site to follow ????
Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

The Morning was spent at a site down in Malaga but that bit of the day will follow when possible, when I got home I did a walk around the fields, main species were Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).