Rio Genil West and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk along the Genil and then around the Lucerne Fields.

Ebird List for the Genil.

Ebird List for the Fields.

 

Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea).

I started the day with a walk along the western stretch of the Rio Genil from the bridge in Huétor, as I walked I picked up a good number of domestic type Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and both domestic and wild types of Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), 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) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus) immature.

Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus) adult.

Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus) adult.

Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus) adult.

Later I decided to go and have another walk, so I headed for the fields where I parked and walked the Lucerne field adding Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), the two wintering Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

I also saw Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x4M, Small (Pieris rapae), Green-Striped (Euchloe belemia) x5 and Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x2, Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) x1F, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1 and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x2, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis) and Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum).

Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia).

Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).

Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) female.