Malaga Airport, Canal de Sacaba (Malaga) in Malaga Province and Huétor Fields in Granada Province, Spain.

A drive down to Malaga to take my Mom to the Airport, later I walked down the fields.

 

Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).

It was Moms last morning, they had an midday flight so at 08:30 we set off and by 9:45 I was saying goodbye to them after a very nice visit and looking forward to seeing them again in a few weeks.

Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).

Until I heard from Mom to say all was well with there flight I stayed in the Malaga area and visited the rather minging spot called the Canal de Sacaba which was filthy with litter and rubbish that had been fly tipped there by many selfish scumbags.

Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).

Even though it is a site I will not revisit in a hurry I did manage to see Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus), Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis), Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) x2, Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata).

Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis).

During the walk I also saw Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x3, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2, Large (Pieris brassicae) x2 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x4, Long-tailed (Lampides boeticus) x1 and Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) x5.

I returned to the house and on the yard in front of the house I added Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) x1 and Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) x1. 

Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Later I went for a short walk along the Lucerne field but turned around before the Crossroads as there was lots of mud on the road, as I walked I saw Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Outside just after dark and with the bins I managed to pick out Comet Tsushinshan / A3 well after most people have managed to see but this was our first cloud free night in a while.