Balsa de Regidor, Granada Province, Spain.

A quick check on the lake looking for Dragons.

Ebird List.

 

Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina).

I got a few tasks sorted during the cooler part of the day before popping just up the motorway to the man made but well naturalised Balsa de Regidor where after parking I looked to see what was out on the water and found 80+ Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina) which included a good number of ducklings in four broods.

Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina).

Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina).

Other bird species seen included Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

Small Red-eye (Erythromma viridulum).

Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) female.

Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) female.

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Insect wise I picked up Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii), Small Red-eye (Erythromma viridulum), Blue / Common (Anax imperator) and Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope), Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata), Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Bath (Pontia daplidice) and Small White (Pieris rapae), Long-tailed (Lampides boeticus) and Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).

Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli).

I also added Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Andalucian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa). 

Arroyo Vilano, La Fabrica, Granada Province, Spain.

An hour along the Arroyo before it gets too hot.

 

I started the day by popping down to Huétor to get a new pedestal Fan to replace the one that packed in over night and once that was sorted I decided to got for a walk along the part of the Arroyo that has some flowing water in it, unfortunately the farmers dam the Arroyo and then extract enough that there's no natural flow lower down in the area around the fields any more.

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma).

I parked and walked a short way down stream from the bridge seeing Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Eurasian (Urraca Común / Pica pica) and Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Insect wise I found Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii), Epaulet (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum), Bath (Pontia daplidice) and Small White (Pieris rapae). 

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

I turned around and returned to the bridge, I checked the pools below there and then went on up stream, below the bridge I found Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius), more Epaulet and Southern Skimmer as well as Mediterranean Bluet's (Coenagrion caerulescens) and Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

As I walked up stream I added Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), an immature Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba) and a single White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). 

White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). 

White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). 

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A quick visit to the fields.

Ebird List.

 

I popped down onto the fields and parked at my usual spot and scanned the area from there, species included European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), 4x Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

There were a lot of Long-tailed Blues (Lampides boeticus) x60+ flying around the Lucerne along with a few Small Whites (Pieris rapae) x30+ and Clouded Yellows (Colias croceus) x4.