Huétor Fields in Granada Province and Malaga in Malaga Province, Spain.

Sue and Dave's last day.

Sue and Dave, Day fifteen.

Ebird List for the Fields.

 

The flooded Lucerne Fields.

After breakfast we popped down to the fields for a look to see what was about and we found that two sections of the Lucerne fields were being flooded and they were attracting some interest from the local birds and the migrants that were now passing through the area.

I dropped Sue and Dave on the track and went along to the Walnut trees where I parked and walked back, as I got closer Dave beckoned me to hurry but these days that doesn't happen easily, when I got there I looked through the scope at what looked very much like a 1st winter Citrine Wagtail (Lavandera Cetrina / Motacilla citreola) but within a few seconds it was off and mixed in with a group of other Wagtail and was not seen again unfortunately, Sue and Dave, who have experience of the species were pretty sure of the Identification but as we didn't get any photo's and could not relocate it, it will have to go down as one that got away.

Western Yellow Wagtails (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava).

Western Yellow Wagtails (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava).

Western Yellow Wagtails (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava).

In the same and on the surrounding dryer fields we picked up large numbers of Western Yellow Wagtails (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava), Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) as well as smaller numbers of Corn Buntings (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), 5x Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Crested (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata) and Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sand (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica) and Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

Western Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava).

Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator).

We returned to the house and then later we headed down to Malaga Airport for Sue and Dave's flight out Doha, after saying goodbye I headed to Meet Barbara, Derek and Andy for some lunch before heading home.