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Tuesday 23 May 2023

Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk around the fields with Bob Wright from UK.
 
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).
Bob arrived just after 14:00 and after we got him settled in and then had a coffee we headed down onto the fields, on the way down we saw a very nice adult Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), several Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and at the junction a nice Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) sat amongst the wires. 
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).
We parked at the usual spot and then walked out as far as the goat compound but looking to the South East at an approaching storm we decided to turn tail and make a run for the car.
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).
As we walked we picked up Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), a few Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) mixed in with a couple of hundred more Common Swifts, Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).
Other species seen were around 35+ Small Whites (Pieris rapae), Bath White (Pontia daplidice) x1, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x8, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1 and Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) x1.
The approaching Storm.
We got back to the car just in time and headed back up towards the house where we later had something to eat before going up on the terrace where we added Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus) and Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).

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