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Friday 25 August 2023

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

More signs of Passerine migration.
Ebird List.

Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), the first four to fly in.
I was down on the fields early again and as with the last time I parked at the Walnut trees and then walked back to the normal parking spot and then carried on up the dry river bed to the buildings.
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
After chatting with one of the farm workers who was strimming along some fence lines I continued a bit further on along the Arroyo.
3 of 6 Common Whitethroats (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis) in this small bramble patch.
Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis).
Interesting species included Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) x14, Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Melodious (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta) x4, Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) x5, Willow (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus) x1, Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) x4, Garden (Curruca Mosquitera / Sylvia borin) x1 and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) x1 and Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis) x7, Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) x1, Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) x2, Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae). 
Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
As I walked I also saw
Bath (Pontia daplidice) x2 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x3 and Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x1F, Iberian Brown Hare (Liebre ibérica / Lepus granatensis), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Wild Caper (Capparis spinosa).
Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).
Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

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