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

A run to Granada for logs and then some birding on the way back.

Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.

Ebird List for the Lucerne fields.

Balsa de Regidor.

I started the morning by heading up to Bobadilla for some logs as we are due to have a few more days rain, on the way back I called in at Balsa de Regidor where there were a good number of Hirundines, most were Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) there were also smaller numbers Sand (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia), Eurasian Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Western House Martins (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum) all feeding low over the water.

Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina) ♀.

Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis).

Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis).

Other species were Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), an unexpected 1st winter Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

1st winter Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

1st winter Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

1st winter Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).

I returned to the car and then did a bit of shopping in Huétor before going for a walk along the Lucerne Fields from the Walnut Trees out to the old dammed point, after the rain last night the Arroyo was a tad higher and loaded with another deposit of valuable topsoil which get washed away and silts up the reservoirs.

The Muddy Arroyo and the soggy fields.

Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

As I walked I picked up several new species for the day including Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) leaf.

 Nonea vesicaria.

Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica).

Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum).

Other species seen included Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Small White (Pieris rapae) x1, Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum), White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides), Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule), Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica), Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis), Nonea vesicaria and Fumaria officinalis (Common Fumitory).