The Cacín Valley near Moraleda de Zafayona and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Out looking for Woodpeckers.

Ebird List for Cacín Valley near Moraleda de Zafayona.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

 

Moricandia moricandioides in pink.

I drove down to a point along the Rio Cacín near where it goes under the A92 and then to a spot in the valley where I parked and did a walk along the Rio, during this walk I picked up a Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis) which hoped out onto the track for a moment before disappearing back into an area of thick brambles, a year tick.

Moricandia moricandioides in white.

I also had Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Iberian (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Eurasian Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), 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), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and right at the furthest point in my walk I picked up a stunning Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) which I took some distant photos of and when I checked them at home later I could see a young bird in the shot as well.

Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo).

Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo).

As I walked I also found Moricandia moricandioides in pink and white forms, 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).

I returned to the car and drove back to the fields where I spent a while sat in the car scanning the fields find several new species for the days which were Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica).

Just as I was leaving Paqui came for walk so we had a chat, unfortunately I then had to head home to sort out a few jobs.