Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk around the Lucerne Fields.

Ebird List for the Fields. 

Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

I started the day by doing the House Work and spending a couple more hours in the gardening fighting the roses, mostly taking out a lot of dead growth after last summers water problem, at the end of it I think that the roses probably came out on top as my hands were shredded.

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros).

Later as the rain had not yet arrived I went for a walk around the Lucerne Fields but started by walking up stream to the pool in the Arroyo on the way up and back to the car I saw Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x5M, Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) x1, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris).

Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

I got back to the car and then continued on around the Lucerne fields finding the 2 Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) which were still feeding amongst the weeds on the once ploughed part of the fields, male and female Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) with the male displaying, Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Green-Striped (Euchloe belemia) x6, Large (Pieris brassicae) x2 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x25+.

Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia).

Small White (Pieris rapae).

I made my way back up to the house and not long after I arrived there the rain arrived but soon fizzled out to nothing much.

The approaching rain.