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Sunday, 14 September 2025

Near Huétor Tajar and Riofrio, Granada Province, Spain.

Around the garden and along the Riofrio.
Ebird List for Near Huétor Tajar.
 
Mom and John at Riofrio.
As I was getting a few bit sorted early on I could again hear the Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) calling in the garden as well as the resident Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), House Sparrows (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti).
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti).
Some of the Sturgeon kept for Riofrio Caviar.
Later in the morning we went down to Riofrio and after parking went for a short walk along the river and then checked out the fish farm pools, on the walk we saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's WarblerEuropean Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major),  Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),  House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), Small White (Pieris rapae) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).  
 Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).
 Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).
We returned to the house and went up on to the terrace for a while and chilled and again saw the same immature Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) as we did yesterday.
Later in the evening we went down to Tres Calles for a meal and a few drinks.

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