Huétor Fields, Rio Genil East and Cerro Hacho, Granada Province, Spain.

Out on the Patch, checking 3 local spots.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

Ebird List for the Rio Genil East.

 

The Arroyo Vilano looking nice with some water still flowing, don't know how long it will last.

As I am not wanting to waste fuel at almost €1.90 a Litre I stayed local again today but still managed some nice species, down on the fields I started with Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) x7, Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) x2, Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

The Lucerne Fields below a nice blue sky for a change.

The ♂ Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) with 1 of the 6 ♀♀ still on the fields.

I reached the gate and checked the Arroyo from there flushing 3x Green Sandpipers (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and also saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) before walking back to the car adding Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2, Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis), Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica), Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum) and Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule).  

Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).

I got back to the car and then went down to the Rio Genil on the eastern side of the bridge and spent a while checking the group of dead looking trees, as soon as I arrived I could hear a calling Eurasian Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla) and as I listened to this bird I could hear a second bird a little further away.

Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).

In the same area I also saw and heard Grey Heron, Iberian Magpie, Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes) and 2 more Grey Wagtails.

Amethyst Toadflax (Linaria amethystea).

Amethyst Toadflax (Linaria amethystea).

Eruca (Eruca sativa).

Bellis microcephala.

I went back up through town and on past the house up to Cerro Hacho where I parked near the start of the track and checked the grassy area amongst the Almonds and the slope above there where I found a few smaller wildflowers which included Amethyst Toadflax (Linaria amethystea), Eruca (Eruca sativa), Bellis microcephala, Cymbalaria-leaved Speedwell (Veronica cymbalaria), Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna), Veronica arvensis, Round leaved Crane's-Bill (Geranium rotundifolium), Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis) and Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis).

Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina).

In the same area I also found 20 odd spikes of Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina), Common Asphodel (Asphodelus aestivus) and Southern Knapweed (Centaurea pullata).

Veronica arvensis.

Cymbalaria-leaved Speedwell (Veronica cymbalaria).

Round leaved Crane's-Bill (Geranium rotundifolium).

Cleavers species.

Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna).

Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis).

As I walked this area I also saw Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) x3, Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus) x12+ and Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x3.

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus).

I returned to the car and went up the hill to the puddle car park and did a walk around the top end of the loop and the cut back across to the car along the top edge of the Quarry, as I did this I saw more Provence Hairstreaks, Snake's Head Fritillary (Fritillaria  lusitanica), Conical (Neotinea conica), Fan-lipped (Anacamptis collina), Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis), Giant (Himanthoglossum Robertiana), Somber Bee (Ophrys lupercalis) and Sawfly Orchids (Ophrys tenthredinifera).

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

Snake's Head Fritillary (Fritillaria  lusitanica).

Conical Orchid (Neotinea conica).

Conical Orchid (Neotinea conica).

Conical Orchid (Neotinea conica).

Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis).

Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis).

Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis).

Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis).

Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis).

Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera).

Bird wise I saw and heard Common Woodpigeon, Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Robin, Sardinian Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Eurasian Blue and Great Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, Eurasian Wren, Cirl (Escribano Soteño / Emberiza cirlus) and Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Common Chaffinch, Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), European Serin and Corn Bunting.

Later I popped down town and had a 0-0 beer and a bit of tapas.