Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A quick walk around the Lucerne Fields.

Ebird List.

 

Sierra de Loja's gone missing in the Calima.

After getting a delivery I popped down to the fields and had a short walk as it was muggy and the air was thick with the returning Sahara Dust / Calima, I tried to get up to my usual parking spot but thought that the pool across the track looked to deep so I went the other way at the ford and parked by the Walnut trees.

Parapanda has also gone.

I walked up to the parking spot but had to jump off the track when one of the tractors came along the top track as they, even in a big John Deer were not taking the chance to go through the pool so glade I didn't try.

Nearly tried it but would definitely have regretted it.

I continued on up stream and the turned around and went back to the car and then on as far as the crossroads, interesting species were Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix) x2, 2 Great Spotted Cuckoos (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius) which were being chased off by a couple of Common Magpies (Urraca / Pica pica), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).

Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix).

Even through there was little sun due to the dust it was very warm and there were a few butterflies on the wing including Bath (Pontia daplidice) x2, Green-Striped (Euchloe belemia) x1, Small White (Pieris rapae) x28+, Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) x1, Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) x1 and Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x5. 

Great Spotted Cuckoo's (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius).

As I was walking both ways there were good numbers of the common Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) making lots of noisy from the reeds.