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Sunday, 12 April 2026

Rio Genil and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk along the Rio Genil and then an evening walk along the Lucerne Fields.
Ebird List for the Rio Genil.
Ebird List for the Fields.
 
More topsoil disappearing down the Rio Genil after more rain.
After a morning getting some jobs done I decided to go for a walk along the Rio Genil, I parked just to the east of the bridge and as I was getting my kit sorted a group of 4 Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) moved east along the valley.
The Rio Genil.
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).
As I walked I added 
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Willow (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) .
European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) .
I returned to the house and got a few more jobs done before I later went for a nice stroll with Paqui again, as we walked we saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),  Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
Looking out to the West.
and again.
We returned to the cars and the after saying goodnight we headed off home. 

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