Huétor Fields and Presa y Meandros del Genil, Granada Province, Spain.

A couple of runs out with Paqui.

Ebird List for the Presa y Meandros del Genil.

 

Paqui photographing the Bath White (Pontia daplidice).

I met Paqui down on the fields and we walked out to the Gate, whilst walking we recorded Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) as well as Bath (Pontia daplidice) and Small White (Pieris rapae), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

 Presa y Meandros del Genil.

Later in the day we had a drive out to the Rio Genil at the Presa y Meandros del Genil where we sat at the side of the river and relaxed for a good while, whilst there we saw Iberian Barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei), Mallard, Common Woodpigeon, an adult Black-crowned Night (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) and Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Eurasian Hoopoe, European Bee-eater, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Iberian (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Zitting Cisticola, Barn Swallow, Western House Martin, Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian Warbler, Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling, European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Nightingale, Common Blackbird, Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

Later we returned to Huétor where we had a late meal at Paqui's, which was very nice.