Town Fields, Balsa de Regidor, Huétor Fields and Cerro Hacho, Granada Province, Spain.

Out for a couple of hours whilst it's dry.

Ebird List for the Town Fields.

Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.

Ebird List for the Lucerne Fields. 

After a really nice evening yesterday with friends Jan and Garry I slept in slightly, I was still out by 09:00 and managed to get down to Huétor on the normal roads which at the time I went through were all open for the first time in a while, if not a little narrower due to the amount of soil piled up along the Barranco.

Just before I reached town I checked the fields as I could see a good number of Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) on the Lucerne and after doing a count I came up with 61 birds.

Balsa de Regidor.

I continued on through town and out to Moraleda and then to the Balsa where I parked and scanned the pool finding 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).

Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis).

Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis).

Around the pool I also found Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) which was sat on the far side of the pool in a fig tree, ♂ Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), 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), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Mistle (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and a couple of Rabbits (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).

Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).

My next stop was at Click Clack where I got a few bits from Maria before going and checking the Lucerne Fields but it was generally fairly quiet, I did add Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), 2x Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra). 

Giant Orchid (Himanthoglossum Robertiana).

Giant Orchid (Himanthoglossum Robertiana).

I went back up to the house and then a bit later I decided to pop up the road to Hacho to check the Orchids, I wasn't sure if I could get there, but the road had been cleared, it was passable with care, so I got to the spot where the Orchids are found.

I could see that a few of the Giant Orchids (Himanthoglossum Robertiana) were just starting to flower and as I dropped back down to the main road again I found several spikes of Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis).

Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis).

Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis).

Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis).

Other species seen during this short visit included Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia), Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis), Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Crossbill and Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla).