SIERRA de LOJA.

Monday, 28 July 2025

Huétor Fields and Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Evening walk near the Rio Genil.
Ebird List for the Fields.
 
During the morning I did a short walk out along the Lucerne fields Finding Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Iberian (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), 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 Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra). 
Later I did a walk to get a few steps in but it was still quite warm so it was a bit slower, as I walked I saw and heard Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common SwiftBarn SwallowWestern House Martin, Iberian  Magpie, Cetti's WarblerCommon BlackbirdCommon NightingaleEurasian HoopoeSpotless StarlingEuropean Bee-eater, Crested LarkSardinian Warbler, House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Goldfinch, European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and as the light dropped I heard both Eurasian Stone Curlew and Little Owl.

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