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Thursday 23 February 2023

Huétor Fields and Cerro Hacho, Granada Province, Spain.

A quick wander around the disused Almond groves on Hacho.
Ebird List for the Fields.
Ebird List for Hacho. 

Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
I did the usual walk around the fields, interesting species included Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia).
Small White (Pieris rapae).
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
I got back to the car and went back home to do a few bits and then went for another walk around the loop up on Hacho where I found Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus).
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus).
Steve photographing a Giant Orchid.
I also saw Small White (Pieris rapae), Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).

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