Huétor Fields and Cerro Hacho, Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk down the Fields and then up on Hacho before packing for tomorrows flight and finally chilling on the Terrace.

Deb and Ian, Day Fourteen.

Ebird List for the Fields.

Ebird List for Cerro Hacho.

 

Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

We popped down the fields for a walk and I was pleased to see the male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) was still on site after not seeing him for a few days.

Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

We also had the pair of Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian  (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).

Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).

We drove up passed the house and on up to Hacho where we again did a walk around part of the lower loop, bird wise we had Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Western Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa).

We also saw Adonis (Lysandra bellargus) x3, Black-eyed (Glaucopsyche melanops) x2 and Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes) x1, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x4, Large White (Pieris brassicae) x1 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x3, Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba) x5, Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina) x2, Pink Butterfly (Orchis papilionacea) and Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea) and Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica) x5.

Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus).

Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus).

Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus).

Black-eyed Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops).

Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes).

Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba).

Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba).

Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica).

On the way back to the house we had a nice Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops) sat in an Almond tree whilst we were looking for Little Owls.

Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops).

Once home we headed up on to the terrace and had a few drinks, whilst there we saw Eurasian Golden Oriole, Iberian  Magpie, Sardinian Warbler, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Blue Tit and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Woodpigeon, European Turtle and Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Hoopoe, Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica) and Barn Swallow.