Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk back from the Mechanic's with Beth. 

Ebird list for the Town Fields.

Ebird List for the walk back.

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

I had to drop the car down to the Mechanic's in Venta Nueva, I was joined by friend Beth who had got the day off work.

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

We both drove to the bottom of the road where we left her car and the continued on in mine to the bar at Combustibles Gómez where we had some breakfast before checking the fields nearby where we found the usual flock of roosting Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) and half of the flock of Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) as well as Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).

Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus).

White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).

Once we had dropped car of to have a replacement Fog light fitted we walked up the main road to Huétor, along here we picked up Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), wild and domestic type Mallards (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Domestic type Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata).

Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).

Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).

On the far side of town we took the road up past the Airfield and over the railway to the first left, we turned here as I wasn't sure if we would be able cross at the ford and didn't think Beth would appreciate having to wade across the muddy Arroyo.

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus).

On this section we saw European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Dartford (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina).

We reached the end of the road where Beth had parked, she headed off back to Loja to meet up with some of her family and I continued on up to the house, on my way I added a fly over, calling female Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Later I got a message from John and Jenny Wainwright to say that they had found 2x Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) so I popped down and saw 1 adult and an immature bird feeding on the ploughed part of the Lucerne Fields before going home again.