SIERRA de LOJA.

Sunday, 5 April 2026

Huétor Fields and Realenga, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk with Paqui and then a sit on the bank watch the Monty's again.
Ebird List for the Fields.

The Lucerne Fields.
I met Paqui down near the Walnut trees and we walked out to the Gate and back again which was as always very nice, we chatted and had a laugh using the translators, really wish I had a better grasp of languages.
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
As we walked we watched the Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea)Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
The migrant fence.
Looking at dinner ???
Once back at the cars Paqui headed off, I decided to sit on the bank amongst the reeds and watch the Harriers and whatever else came by which included Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). 
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) .
I also saw Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2, Large (Pieris brassicae) x3, Small (Pieris rapae) x4 and Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x3.
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) .
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) .
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus).
The Arroyo Vilano.
Later I went around to friends Jan and Gary's for a very nice afternoon / BBQ with a few others from the local area, thanks all for a great time, 3 litres of cider also helped 😋😋😋. 

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