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

Almost a repeat of yesterday, Painting, Birding, Cooking and some Gardening.

Ebird List for Rio Enil East.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields 1. 

Ebird List for Huétor Fields 2.

Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina).

I started the day getting the paint brush out again but this time it was to gloss the beams, hopefully by the end of Saturday I will have one half of the room finished.

Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina).

Later I went down town and did a walk along the road running East following the Genil, I walked out a bit further than usual as a week or so when I was in the car I noted a couple of flooded fields and thought I would go and check them for waders.

As I walked I saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Hawfinch (Picogordo Común / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).

I reached the flooded fields but the one had pretty much dried up, however there were 6 Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and a Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta).

On my way back to the car I sat on the fence near some dead trees, didn't add any birds but could hear what I thought was a Stripe-less Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis) but I am not sure and need to go back and try to get a recording.

♂ Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

♂ Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

I popped in to Mercodona and then went up to the Walnut Trees where I parked, didn't walk far but instead sat down the on the top of the Irrigation channel and watched the 4 newly arrived Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) with 3 ♂♂ displaying to a single ♀.

♂ Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

♂ Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

I sat and watches these amazing birds for around three quarters of an hour, during this time I also saw Crested Lark, Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallow, Common Blackbird, House Sparrow, Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail, Common Linnet, Corn Bunting, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x4, Comma (Polygonia c-album) x1, Large (Pieris brassicae) x1 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x3 and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x2.

The Asparagus, hope it tastes as good as the Jar Paqui gave me.

Eventually I dragged myself away and headed up to the house where I preserved 3 jars of Green Asparagus using a method friend Paqui had told me about, a way of using some of the big bunch I got from down the fields.

Some approaching weather.

Later I waent down the fields again and sat on the bank until dusk scanning the lucerne fields, new species seen included Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus).