Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk around the Lucerne Fields before a coffee with friends in Riofio.

Ebird List for the Fields. 

Early Sunshine coming up over the Sierra Nevada.

I started the morning by going around to the Walnut Trees along the side of the Arroyo Vilano and then went for a walk back along the Lucerne fields to my normal parking spot but stopped there as it got a tad too muddy to continue on up stream.

A very muddy Arroyo due to the amount of top soil being lost.

Looking to the Lucerne Fields.

Species seen included Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus), Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Eurasian (Urraca Común / Pica pica) and Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Crested (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata) and a good sized flock of Eurasian Skylarks (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax).

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and a Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus).

Honest, the dots are all Eurasian Skylarks (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis).

I turn around and walked back to the car and then went back home for a while before deciding to go for another walk but this time I went down town and parked near the Rio Genil, on the way I stopped and checked the fields near the town and found some of the regular Eurasian Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) where a little closer to the road than usual.

Eurasian Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

I reached the river, first of all I spent a while watching the local town hall guys clearing debris from the central piers of the Bridge over the Genil.

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

Eurasian Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

After a while I went for a walk along the track to the south of the river heading west, along here I picked up many of the species I had already seen but added Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla) and Muscovy Ducks (Pato criollo / Cairina moschata).

Looking down stream from the bridge over the Genil.

Looking down stream from the bridge over the Genil.

Clearing the Debris.

Again I returned to the car and went up the motorway to Riofrio where I picked up friend Pat and we then went for a late breakfast at La Casa del Pastel, whilst we chatted we were joined by Pepe, she was celebrating her 60th birthday so we pushed the boat out and had a second Coffee.

Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).

Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).

Muscovy Duck (Pato criollo / Cairina moschata).

We said goodbye to Pepe and I dropped Pat back at her house and then headed back home but went in across the fields where I picked up 2 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).