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

Out and about on the locally adding a new species to my patch list.

Ebird List for the Rio Genil East.

Ebird List for the Lucerne Fields.

The Rio Genil, still carrying masses of topsoil.

I started by parking near the bridge over the Genil in Huétor and then walk out to the east for around 1.5kms, during the outward walk I recorded Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Hawfinch (Picogordo Común / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) and European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris). 

Common Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

After a short way I stopped by a group of dead Poplars for a while, here I heard but didn't see a Eurasian Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla), my first Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea) which was calling from the top of a dead tree about 100m along the Rio, Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). 

Hawfinch (Picogordo Común / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes).

Hawfinch (Picogordo Común / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes).

I continued on and made another stop by the river where I picked up a Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and off to my east a bit further along the valley I picked up two large birds soaring together, the first was an immature Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti) so I fully expected the second bird to be the same however it turned out to be an even more unexpected White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides).

I turned around at this point and returned to the car adding Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides) and Musk Stork's-bill (Erodium moschatum).

Musk Stork's-bill (Erodium moschatum).

I got back to the car and headed up to the Lucerne fields where my parking spot by the Walnut trees was taken by a tractor, so I continued on around to my normal parking spot up near the gates and I walked back towards the Walnuts.

Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica).

White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides).

New species seen here were Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), the pair of Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2, Small White (Pieris rapae) x6, Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum), White Wallrocket, Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis) and Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica).

Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis).