Presa y meandros del Genil, Villanueva Mesía, Granada Province, Spain.

An evening walk with Paqui at a new site for me not far from home.

The Rio Genil.

I spent the day in the garden which is now starting to come together a bit and then later in the evening I met Paqui down in Huétor and we drove through Mesia and on to some tracks where we eventually reached the Presa but it was worth it as it looks like it could well be a very interesting site.

Paqui, she told me about this site.

As we walked around the area we saw Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

The Rio Genil.

Other species included Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Large White (Pieris brassicae), Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides), Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Mirror (Ophrys speculum) and Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea), Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum), Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), Cloven Petalled Campion (Silene colorata), Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus), Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba), Pitch Trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum), Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum), Spiked Fumitory (Platycapnos spicatus), Tassel Hyacinth (Muscari comosum) and Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca).

We returned to the car and headed back to Huétor where I said goodbye to Paqui and then headed back home after a very nice couple of hours.