Arroyo Vilano and Rio Genil, Huétor Tajar area, Granada Province, Spain.

Out for a bit of air after a scary morning's weather. 

The Barranco that runs at the back of the house.

After spending most of the morning at home as the weather was a tad lively to say the least I decided in the late morning things had calmed down for me to have a run out to check the fields to see what flooding had occurred, it was obvious as soon as I reached the road down to Huétor near La Fabrica where the road was closed due to the Arroyo Vilano had burst its banks.

The road is out there somewhere under the water.

Next I continued on down to Huétor and then back up to the Arroyo Vilano via the road passed the airport and up to the next bridge where there were quite a few people there taking pictures, so I joined them and then moved on around to the Walnut trees where I took a few more photos.

Looking down stream towards Villanueva de Mesia.

Looking down stream towards Villanueva de Mesia with the lake forming on the right as the banks burst in a few places.

Looking up stream towards La Fabrica along the Arroyo Vilano.

I retraced my steps back to Huétor and checked the Rio Genil which was a good deal higher than I had seen it for a few years but the old bridge and road out to the Motorway were still open.

Looking up stream along the Rio Genil.

Looking down stream along the Rio Genil.

My next stop was at the bar in the Combustibles Gomez Garage where I had a coffee before heading back home for a while, later I went back down to the Walnut trees where I had a walk along the Lucerne fields where I saw Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), 5x Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), 2x Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), 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). 

The crossing point gets washed away again.

The local Townhall workers already clearing the road to La Fabrica.

When I reached the car there was a very nice Spanish Lady there also watching the Arroyo, I have seen her several times before, but today we had a chat talking about some of the wildlife and about her wish to buy a real camera as all her photo's up to this point were all taken on her phone.

I returned to Town where I parked on the ring road and did a walk before I headed back home and chilled.