Huétor Fields and near to Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

An early walk around the fields and the a couple of hours on the Terrace.

Ebird List for the Fields.

Ebird List for the Terrace.

Dawn over the Lucerne Fields.

I was down on the fields just after 07:30 where I did a walk out as far as the railway line, taking the road as far as the Huétor road, then down to the bridge, left along the dry arroyo to the Railway bridge and then back.

European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).

European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).

Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) flying past ready to perch in a large willow.

Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) in the willow.

Interesting species included a single Black-winged (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) and 3x Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) which have been common on the patch this, Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Melodious (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta) and Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) numbers of which have increased dramatically since my last visit a few days earlier with over a 100 birds seen today.

Iberian Brown Hare (Liebre ibérica / Lepus granatensis).

As I walked I was pleased to see several Iberian Brown Hares (Liebre ibérica / Lepus granatensis) which had escaped the sick retarded gangs of Bunny blasters and a couple of fresh looking Bath Whites (Pontia daplidice).

Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).

Once I was back home I went up onto the Terrace and spent a couple of hours scanning for migrant and picked up small numbers of birds heading out west, these included 5x Booted Eagles (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) surprisingly 4 of the 5 were Dark Morph birds, Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) x5 in varied plumage, Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) x7, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) x2 and at least 32 other Raptors which passed west but were too distant to Identity.

Looking out to a sunny Sierra de Loja.

Other species were Golden Oriole, Iberian Magpie, Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) x2, Eurpean Bee-eaters, Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).