Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

An interesting walk around the fields.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields, Species 37.

Dawn from the terrace.

I parked near the Walnut trees and then walked back up stream to the usual parking point and then just a short way further on but it got too muddy to continue.

The Arroyo Vilano with a good flow.

I returned to the car and then went on passed to the junction and then turned right and then right again back along the Arroyo to the car.

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Along the first part of the walk I heard a Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix) and saw a nice male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) in the Lucerne fields and as I walked I added Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) x2, Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and a small flock of Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus).

The female Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

On the way back and down as far as the junction I added Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius).

I turned right and then right again along the arroyo, as I walked I picked up a second Common Quail but this time I got good flight views when it came up out of a crop field and flew passed me.

The Lucerne fields.

Other species seen were Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and as I reached the car I saw a newly arrived female Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) which came in high and then toured the fields before landing out of sight in one of the crop fields.