Presa y Meandros del Genil, Granada Province, Spain.

An evening stroll with Paqui.

Ebird List for the Presa.

 

Paqui watching the Iberian Barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei) trying to get up the weir. 

I met Paqui down in Huétor and we headed out through Villanueva Mesía to the Presa y Meandros del Genil where we spent some time sat by the Rio before going for a walk.

During the walk we saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), lots of European Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x4, Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis) ♀, Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), a European Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) which did a flyby, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) bird wise.  
Other species included Iberian Barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Small White (Pieris rapae), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Bartsia trixago, Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Mallow-leaved Convolvulus (Convolvulus althaeoides), Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum), Tassel Hyacinth (Muscari comosum), White Rockrose (Helianthemum apenninum), Wild Caper (Capparis spinosa) and Yellow Phlomis (Phlomis lychnitis).

We returned to the car and went back to Paqui's where we had some very nice food.