SIERRA de LOJA.

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

More migrant arrivals.
Ebird List for the Fields.

Arroyo Vilano.

Between the showers I popped down the fields at just after 10:00 and did manage quite a decent walk before the rain returned but before that I picked up a few new arrivals and a few species that were lingering on.
Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) male with food.

New arrivals included Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) 3M and 1F, Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator)x2, Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus) x2, Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) x1, Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) x2, Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra) x2, Western Black-eared Wheatear (Collalba Rubia / Oenanthe hispanica) x1F, Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) x2 and a pale morph Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus) which flew straight through and off north.
The next squall is on it's way.

Some lingers included a few
Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), a single Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus).
Got back just in time.

Other species seen were Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) x2, Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x3. 

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