Huétor Fields and Cumbres Verde on the Pino Gordo Track, Granada Province, Spain.

A nice walk with Friend Polly.

Ebird List for the Town Fields.

Ebird List for the Lucerne Fields.

 

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

I started the morning with breakfast in Combustibles Gómez bar and the checked the nearby fields where I saw found a good number of Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), 4x Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

I moved just up the road to the Lucerne Fields and parked at the usual spot and the walked up stream, on the way I added Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), 2x Green Sandpipers (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina). 

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) with breakfast.

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) eating breakfast.

Next I headed up towards Granada and then on to Padul where I had a coffee whilst I waited for Friend Polly to arrive and then we headed off through La Zubia and on to La Fuente del Hervidero - El Macareno where we park and the walked for around 4.5 KMs and the turned around and made our way back to the car.

The walk took us through some amazing scenery and whilst walking we saw a displaying pair of Golden Eagles (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos), heard Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) along with Eurasian Siskin (Jilguero Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus), European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Sardinian Warbler, Northern Raven, Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus and European Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Lophophanes cristatus) and Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla).

Polly watching one the Golden Eagles (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).

Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).

Eurasian Siskin (Jilguero Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) Male.

We returned to the car and then headed back to our meeting point where we had some food and a drink  before heading off home after a very nice few hours.