Balsa de Regidor and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A look around the Balsa and then up on to the Lucerne Fields. 

Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.

Ebird List for the Lucerne Fields.

 

Balsa de Regidor.

It rained for most of the night and the morning so when I stopped in the afternoon I popped out for a quick look at Balsa de Regidor where after parking I saw Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) out on the water.

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

On the margins there was a single Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), lots of Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spanish (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). 

Up in the air a smart Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) ♂, Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Eurasian Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula). 

As I walked back to the car I scanned the ridges to the north where I picked up Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

The next band of rain is on its way.

I cut across country through Mesia on the way back to the fields and then went out to the Walnut trees but by the time I got there it started to rain again so I just checked the fields from the car finding the ♂ Merlin (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius) sat on a lower branch of its usual perch but it wasn't there long as it was flushed by a big ♀ Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).

♂ Merlin (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius).

♂ Merlin (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius).

I also saw Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, the usual pair of Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) which unfortunately look like they have abandoned their first breeding attempt of the year, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow, Western House Martin, Common Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Common Blackbird, Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), House Sparrow, Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail, Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis) and White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides).

The rain got heavier, so I went back home and got the fire going, later I went up the road for a very nice meal and all round evening with friends Jan and Garry.