Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk back down to the Mechanic's in a round about sort of way.

Ebird List for the Fields.

Snow on top of distant La Maroma.

I was up and out shortly after checking through the Moths I set off toward the Mechanic's in Ventanueva but I took a slightly longer walk there and looped around the fields, on the first stretch down to 4 Caminos I saw Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and a couple of calling Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).

I walked passed the 4 Caminos and on to the track out to the road into Huétor, along here I added Greater Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), a female Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) up on the roof of the large Cortijo and across the Arroyo on the Lucerne fields a calling Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) x2, Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) x4M and 2F and 2 more unexpected Great Spotted Cuckoo's (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius) which are not a common bird on the local patch. 

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).

I followed the road down to Huétor, on the way I picked up Western Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava) of at least 2 different races, a couple of latish Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and as I walked through the town there were good numbers of House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and at least 5 newly arrived Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).

Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).

Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).

The last section of the walk strated at the far side of the town on the bridge over the Rio Genil where I saw good numbers of domestic type Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and a fly over Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), I arrived and collected the car and then returned home.

Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) male.

From the terrace later I heard but did not see quite a good number of European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) which passed over heading North and had several Perez's Frogs (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) calling noisily from the garden pool.