Huétor Fields, El Temple, the Cacín Valley and Balsa de Regidor, Granada Province, Spain.

Out around the patch with friends Barbara and Derek Etherton.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

Ebird List for El Temple.

Ebird List for GR-3310, Ventas de Huelma.

Ebird List for Contraembalse de los Bermejales.

Ebird List for the Pines.

Ebird List for Moraleda Crags.

Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.

Most of the Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

We started by having breakfast in the bar at Combustibles Gómez and the popping to a nearby spot where we started the list with Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

From here we went up to the Lucerne Fields and parked at my usual spot and then drove slowly around to the walnut trees, from the parking we saw the wintering Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) heard only, Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

We headed off down toward the A92 picking up a single Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) on the way, we then made our way out to the El Temple area nearer to Granada where we drove the tracks finding Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis) x2, Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito ibérico / Picus sharpei), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real / Lanius meridionalis), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Calandra Lark (Calandria Común / Melanocorypha calandra), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Bath White (Pontia daplidice) and the first of 2 Vagrant Emperors (Anax ephippiger).

Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).

We moved on towards the Cacín Valley, on the way we stopped amongst the massive Net Zero at any cost to the environment Solar Panel Farms but the number of raptors seen in this areas since the disturbance has dropped drastically and we only managed a couple of Common Kestrels and a distant Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus) along with another calling Iberian Green Woodpecker, Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and Thekla's Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae).

Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).

We moved on and our next stop was up at the Contraembalse de Bermejalis but the water level was very low and there were very few birds so we only managed to find Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and around by the Dam we added Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Coal Tit  (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Up the road we stopped in the Pines finding a couple of Common Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapilla) and up at the crags near Moraleda we found Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) and Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

We started to head back to Huétor but called in at the Balsa de Regidor finding a single Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), 60 odd Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata)and a Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius).

We headed back to the fields for one last look to see if the Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) had dropped in during the day but they hadn't so we went back to Barbara and Dereks car and then headed off after a good days birding.