Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk around the Lucerne fields and up stream along the dry arroyo.

Ebird List.

 

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

I popped down to the fields and parked in the usual spot then walked out as far as the crossroads and back and then I went up stream from the car to the pool and back.

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) males.

Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) male.

During the walk I saw 14 of the wintering Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), the 2 Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) which were still coming into feed, Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), 2x Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava) and Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).