Malaga Airport, Malaga Province and Huétor Fields and near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

A quick trip to Malaga and then a quiet day.

Ebird List for the Terrace.

 

These three musicians and the three followers were the best thing about the Zoco.

I was up and out early as I had to return the hire car to Malaga and catch a bus back to Loja which leaves the Airport at 08:30, I dropped the car without any problems and was soon on the bus and back to Loja where a neighbour picked me up and bought me back to the house.

Once back home I sat up on the terrace for a short while then John and I popped down to Huétor to wash and fill my motor now it's back on the road, on our way back we came across the fields seeing a female type Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) on the grass at Huétor Tajar Airfield and as we returned to the house we added Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

We returned to the house and went up on to the Terrace where we spent a while seeing what was passing, whilst up there we saw Common (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) x3 and European Honey Buzzards (Aberjero Europeo / Pernis apivorus) x3, Short-toed Snake Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) x1 and Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra).

Later we went for a walk around the Andalusian Zoco but it was rather disappointing compared to the last time I went a few years ago, more of a tat market these days unfortunately, later we had a nice meal up on the terrace.