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Monday, 29 December 2025

Huétor Fields and Rio Genil to East of Bridge, Granada Province, Spain.

Out on the Patch for the first time in a while.
Ebird List for the Fields.
Ebird List for the Rio Genil.
 
Looking across the Lucerne Fields.
I started the morning by getting a few logs, I then went for a look at the fields where I parked by the Walnut trees and walked back towards my old parking spot, on the way I was pleased to see 12 of the wintering Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) for the first time in a while.
Looking back to the Walnut Trees.
Other species seen were 
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus)Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Iberian (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros)European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), 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) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).
I returned to the car and then went for a second walk along the road to the east of the Bridge along the Rio Genil, during this walk I added Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides) and Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis).
Fields along the Rio Genil.

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).
I again returned to the car and then headed back home and did a bit of a tidy up on the front yard and then got the fire going.