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Thursday 23 March 2023

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Some more Summer arrivals.
Ebird List.

Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).
I popped down town first thing and had some breakfast with Belen in bar Florida and once she went to work I came back home and got on with pruning / murdering the Fig tree and then tidying up the one section of the garden.
Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

Later in the afternoon I went for a walk along the Lucerne fields, high lights were Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) 2 males and a female, Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), 2x Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) x1 male, a Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) which is an uncommon species locally, Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) x1, Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) x4 and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) x4.
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).
During the walk I also saw 4x Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua), 4x Western Dappled (Euchloe crameri), 1x Green-Striped (Euchloe belemia) and 2x Small White (Pieris rapae).
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).

Male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

 

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