Rio Genil and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Back along the Rio and out to the fields.

Ebird List for the Rio Genil.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

 

Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

I went down to the mechanics to book the car in for a couple of jobs and on the way back I went for a walk along the Rio Genil again along the same route as Juan, Beatriz and I had done yesterday.

Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

During the walk I saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador Común / Alcedo atthis), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus).

Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus).

Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

I headed up to the Lucerne Fields and parked in the usual spot and then went for a walk out as far as the Railway bridge, around the Lucerne fields I picked up a couple of Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), the 2 Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Cetti's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), European Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European Serin, Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

I continued on along the Arroyo adding Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and on my way back my first Western Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasqueña Occidental / Curruca iberiae), a couple of Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) and way off over the hills a couple of Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and a Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).