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Saturday, 18 April 2026

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

Another nice evening stroll with Paqui.
Ebird List for the Fields.

I spent all day in the garden and then later in the day went down to the fields, I had an hours birding before Paqui arrived and we went for a stroll.
During the hour I recorded Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
We also saw Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x4, Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x2, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x6, Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca), White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides) and Mallow-leaved Storksbill (Erodium malacoides).
When we got back to the cars we said good night and we headed off home.

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