Huétor Fields and Embalse del Cubillas, Granada Province, Spain.

On the patch and then a couple of hours birding with Juan Perez.

Ebird List for the Fields, 1 Species.

Ebird List for Cubillas, 26 Species.

 

Embalse del Cubillas.

I did a few bits around the house before heading out to Granada where I was going to meet up with Juan for a bit of birding, on the way I stopped on the fields just before Huétor and picked up 19 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

I arrived at Cubillas early so I had a look at the part of the Res near the dam but only found domestic type Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).

I drove around to the point where I was going to met Juan and started an Ebrd List recording Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Egyptian Geese (Ganso del Nilo / Alopochen aegyptiaca) x6, Domestic type Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) x23, Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) x3, Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) x1 and Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) x18, Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x31, Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) x13, Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis).

I returned home and checked the garden finding several Siskins (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) on the seed feeders.