Hacho and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

An easy morning on the local patch.

Deb and Ian, Day Eleven.

Ebird List for Cerro Hacho.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

 

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

We were having a fairly quiet day due to some rain coming in so we popped up to Hacho first thing for a wall around part of the lower loop.

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

Pink Butterfly Ochid (Orchis papilionacea).

On the way we saw and heard Western Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) which showed well, Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Pink Butterfly (Orchis papilionacea) and Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea), Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), Bartsia trixago, Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum), Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum), Southern Red Bartsia (Parentucellia latifolia), Tassel Hyacinth (Leopoldia comosa) and Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena).

Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris).

Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum).

Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus).

We dropped back down to the house and after a brief stop carried on down for a short walk whilst it was still dry around the Lucerne Fields, here we saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), the calling male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).