Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Another early morning walk on the Patch / Fields.

Ebird List for the Fields.

 

The Moon as I arrived down on the Patch.

I was down early, before first light as I wanted to get a walk in before a neighbour dropped me her dog around to look after for a few hours.

Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula).

I stood by the car for a while as it was still quite dark seeing and hearing Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and as I started to walk out along the Lucerne fields I added Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Willow (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus), Common Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula).

Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica).

I continued on through the fields and straight on at the crossroads to a point just passed the plantation and then back to the crossroads, during the section of the walk I picked up a single male Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), 2 Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) which flew up from the poplars and caused a bit of a panic amongst the Common Woodpigeons and Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki). 

Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

In a small area of wet irrigation channel which I check on the way back to the Crossroads I saw a male Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus).

Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

I turned left at the crossroads and then right along the Arroyo back to the car, on the way adding European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), male Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and 3 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) before returning to the house.