Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk back from the Mechanic's after an appointment in Loja.

Ebird List for the Fields.

 

Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).

I started the morning by going for an appointment in Loja and then dropped the car off to the Mechanic's for a couple of jobs before friend Deb and Ian arrive from Australia tomorrow. 

I walked from Venta Nueva up to Huétor and on wards across the fields to the closed bars at the bottom of the road and then up to Realenga.

During the walk I saw Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and a pair of Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius) on the muddy area near the bridge as I walked into town.

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

On the far side of town I followed the road up passed the airfield Over the railway and then on up over the Arroyo Vilano and then turned left to follow the almost dry Arroyo.

European Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).

During this section of the walk I picked up Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

I followed the Arroyo to the Walnut trees and then on around the Lucerne fields to the crossing point where I went through the buildings to the road, species seen included Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Melodious Warbler (Zarcero políglota / Hippolais polyglotta), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi).

Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum).

Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).

Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum).

As I walked the last section along the road to Realenga and then the house I saw and heard lots of European Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) which is always a great pleasure, Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and a mixed flock of Barn Swallows and Western House Martins collecting mud from a roadside puddle.

Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).

Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).