Huétor Fields, Contraembalse de Bermejalis, Cacín Gorge, Rio Cacín, Contraembalse de Bermejalis Presa and Realenga de Agicampe

Out on the patch with Deb and Ian.

Deb and Ian, Day Two. 

Ebird List for the Fields.

Ebird List for the Contraembalse de Bermejalis.

Ebird List for Cacín Gorge.

Ebird List for the Rio Cacín.

Ebird List for the Cacín Bridge and Dam. 

Ebird List for Realenga.

 

We started the day with breakfast up on the terrace and then with a visit to Huétor Fields where we picked up Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),  Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and Small White (Pieris rapae).

Our next stop was down the Cacín Valley at the Contraembalse de Bermejalis where we scanned the water, margins and skies seeing Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea) and Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas),  Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum carinatum), Mallow-leaved Convolvulus (Convolvulus althaeoides) and Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).

Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta).

Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta).

We continued on south along the Valley to a spot near the Roman Bridge where we found several spikes of Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta) as well as more Yellow Bee and Mirror Orchids, Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus), Large Blue Flax (Linum narbonense), Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum), Purple Phlomis (Phlomis purpurea) and Snapdragon (Antirrhinum controversum). 

Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta).

Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta).

Whilst there we also had views of 2 Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs).

Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea).

Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum).

We turned around and headed back up to Cacín where we had a coffee and some lunch before having a short walk along the River Cacín near the town but we didn't see any new bird species and only added Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).

European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca).

We again moved on further North and parked near the bridge over the River and checked out he area near there and found a roosting Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Iberian  Magpie, Western Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla) and further along the track near the Dam and Irrigation channel we saw Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), a male European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and a Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteño / Emberiza cirlus).

Western Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli).

We continued on again back to the house and spent the rest of the day up on the terrace where we had a couple of Beers and some food and at the same time saw and heard a Western Olivaceous Warbler (Zarcero bereber / Iduna opaca) which was a new species for the garden as were the 2 flyby Great Spotted Cuckoos (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius).

Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) up on the roof.

Other new species for the day were European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Red-necked Nightjar (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis).

Deb and Ian up on the Terrace.