SIERRA de LOJA.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BLOG ON A PHONE PLEASE CHANGE TO WEB VIEW AT BOTTOM OF PAGE AS IT WILL LOOK BETTER.

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A day working on the house, later some birding and a nice walk with Paqui in the Evening.
Ebird List for the Fields.

European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) .
I spent most of the day working down in the bottom room getting it ready for the summer and doing a tad of gardening which was more like jungle clearance as I haven't touched it for quite a while.
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) .
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) .
At around 17:30 I headed down the fields and had a good look around the Lucerne fields and along the Arroyo finding Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Iberian (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata) and Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Small (Pieris rapae) and Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator).
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator).
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator).
At 19:30 ish Paqui arrived and we walked out to the gate and back again adding Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis).
Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis).
Back at the cars we said good night and headed for home. 
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) .

Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) .

No comments: