Rio Genil and the Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A morning on the Patch, 4 layers to start in the fog and down to a T-shirt by lunchtime.

Ebird List for the Rio Genil.

Ebird List for the Fields.

 

A foggy start to the walk.

I started the morning by getting a few jobs done as it was a tad foggy but just before 10:00 I decided to go down to Huétor and have a walk along the Rio Genil as far as the service area and back again.

Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops).

Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops).

As I walked I recorded Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador Común / Alcedo atthis), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), a late Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) which was feeding over the Asparagus, lots of Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), 

Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).

Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).

Common Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), a couple of Eurasian Siskin (Jilguero Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) and Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris).

Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).

Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus).

Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis).

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).

House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).

On my way back towards the house, I parked at the Walnut trees and walked the track above the Lucerne Fields where I added Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Eurasian Tree (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

The Clearing Fog on the Fields.

The newly constructed crossing after a couple of day's rain, it didn't last long.

When I returned to the car I moved just up the road a short way and parked by the weed patch where I sat for a while to see what came in but I only managed shots of a male House Sparrow.

Looking out East.

I also recorded Small White (Pieris rapae) x5, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x1, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1, Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x1 before I headed home.