Sierra de Loja lower slopes and Rio Genil near Loreto on the A335, Granada Province, Spain.

Back out and about again until the heat beats us again.

Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).

John and I went for a look around the lower slopes of the Sierra de Loja where we checked out the lower quarry and then up to the Middle Quarry where we had a walk along the track back down to the turning point.

Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).

Southern Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus baeticus).

Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus).

Small White (Pieris rapae).

At the lower we picked up Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).

Brown Bluebell (Dipcadi serotinum).

We parked up by the Middle Quarry and walked back down the hill, on the way we saw a very nice Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Brown Bluebell (Dipcadi serotinum), Small White (Pieris rapae), Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina), Bath White (Pontia daplidice), Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae), Southern Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus baeticus) and Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia).

Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus).

Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus).

We dropped down off the Hill and headed along the Motorway to Loreto and then down to the Rio Genil near there where we went for a short walk along the river finding Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Small White, Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera), Southern Marbled Skipper, Lang's Short-tailed (Leptotes pirithous) and Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus), Epaulet (Orthetrum coerulescens) female and Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) male.

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) male.