Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

A morning preparing for some more painting and the afternoon sat on my backside on the terrace.

Ebird List.

The view from the terrace this afternoon.

I started the day by rubbing down the metalwork on the spiral staircase up to the terrace from the garden, a job that's well over due but not one that I enjoy at all.

Anyway once it was done, I showered and set myself up for an afternoon sat on the terrace, whilst up there I saw Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) both of which are species I don't often seen around the house, the latter was very interested in one of the nest boxes again.

Most interesting was a female Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and a male Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

Other species included Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), a decent sized party of Iberian  Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and a singing Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

There were also plenty of House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) with one of the males looking like it might be a hybrid between House and Spanish Sparrow as it had the nice big white cheeks, extensive black streaking on the breast but also had the grey central part of a chestnut edged crown.

Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major).

Butterfly wise I saw Small White (Pieris rapae) x3, Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) x2 and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1.

The Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) in the garden pool were also very vocal at times, never see ay spawn in the pool but guessing there must be as there were a few tadpoles knocking around in the warmer shallow water.