SIERRA de LOJA.

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Sitting in the car on the Patch.
Ebird List.
 
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) male.
I decided to go down town to get a few bits and the called in at the fields on the way back, I parked and scanned the Lucerne fields and soon found the more territorial of the male Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) who was strutting around and giving it Raspberry like call regularly.
Another male and 4 females.
Off to his left I found another 7 birds, two more males and 5 females, but they were much more chilled and just sat in amongst the Lucerne and other wildflowers resting. 
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) male.
I continued scanning and added
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) x3, Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and others.
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) male.


One of the three Woodchat Shrikes (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) seen.


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