Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Huétor hit by bad flooding from the Genil Valley.

 

The Gentleman who dug us out.

After a second wet and windy night the rain stopped briefly for an hour or two this morning, so I thought I would try to get down to Huétor to see how things were.

A brief few moments between the rain, looking West towards Loja.

The sad sight of a few of the flooded houses.

I got to the bottom of the houses where I found the road blocked by a large digger with a big bucket who was clearing the road, the driver indicated that I should follow him which got me down to the first junction where I took the road towards Loja and then I turned back towards Huétor and out to the river.

Looking East towards the old road from the new bridge.

Between the trees is where the Rio Genil should be.

It was sad to see how many houses had been affected by the flooding from the Rio Genil to the South of the town and the Arroyo Vilano to the North.

Inside the Ring Road, where most of the flooded houses are, Mercodona off in the distance which I think was closed as the car park was flooded.

As I was walking around I did see a few bird species which included Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Eurasian (Urraca Común / Pica pica) and Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

The next area of rain arriving from the West, so I scuttled back to the car.

I got back to the house and caught up with a few bits of sorting before chilling.