Embalse del Cubillas, Bobadilla, Fuente Vaqueros on the Rio Genil and Balsa del Regidor, Granada Province, Spain.

A dip near Granada and a visit to a couple of other spots.

Ebird List for Embalse del Cubillas. 

Ebird List for Bobadilla. 

Ebird List for Fuente Vaqueros on the Genil. 

Ebird List for Balsa del Regidor. 

 

I eventually got going once the car had de-iced naturally, as the blower has now packed in completely and would not switch on, I made my way to Embalse del Cubillas where a Tufted Duck (Porrón Moñudo / Aythya fuligula) had been seen yesterday, but it had obviously moved on overnight.

However I did find Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

After I had been there an hour or so Beatriz, Juan and Chika arrived but even with more eyes we couldn't find the Tufty, but we did see the ♀ Eurasian Wigeon (Sibón Europeo / Mareca penelope) before I headed off to Bobadilla.

Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).

Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).

Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).

Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).

Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus) nest.

Once I reached Bobadilla I soon found several Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus) as well as Common Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

♂ Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos).

♀♂ Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos).

Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

My next stop was along the Rio Genil near Fuente Vaqueros, where I did a walk to the West of the bridge out of the town where I found a good number of Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Common Moorhen, Mallard, Eurasian Collared Dove, Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) x2, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Magpie, Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Grey and White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea).

Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).

Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).

Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Sierra Nevada.

Sierra Nevada again.

I started to make my way back towards the patch but popped into Balsa del Regidor just to check if the Tufty had relocated, but unfortunately it hadn't, but I again found the locally uncommon Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), as well as Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Mallard, Common Pochard, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Feral Pigeon, Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Common Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Spotless Starling, Common Blackbird, European Robin, House Sparrow, White Wagtail, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch and European Serin.

I had planned to check out the fields on the way back, but I was starting to flag, so I just headed back home, seeing a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on the way.