Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.*

A walk on the Local Patch.

Ebird List.

Heavy Calima.

I was originally planning to go up Sierra de Loja but the wind and the thick Calima put me off so I just went for a walk down on the fields near Huétor, on the way down I saw one of the regular Little Owls (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) sat on the wires next to one of the wooden poles.

The arrival of the second male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) which stirred things up a tad.

I parked in the usual spot and walked the Lucerne fields first starting the list off with Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),  Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Feral (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia) and Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), a small group of 9 European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

3x Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), the chase is on.

Further round where I was between the fields and the Arroyo I heard the usual male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) calling but as I reached the Walnut trees I looked back and saw a second Male drop in and then a minute or so later there were two males in pursuit of a single female which went on for around 10 minutes.

Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous).

In the same area and out on the fields section I saw a Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), a single Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).

Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus).

Wild Leek (allium ampeloprasum).

As I started to make my way back towards the car along the Arroyo I saw Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Small White (Pieris rapae) x1, Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) x1, Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x2, Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) x1, Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus), Wild Leek (allium ampeloprasum) and Spanish Oyster Thistle (Scolymos hispanicus).

Spanish Oyster Thistle (Scolymos hispanicus).