Rio Genil, Huétor Tajar and along the Rio Cacín, Granada Province, Spain.

An early walk along the Rio Genil and then later another walk along the Rio Cacín with Paqui.

Ebird List for Rio Genil. 

Ebird List for the Rio Cacín.

 

Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

I started the day with a short walk along the Rio Genil, during the time there I picked up Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Common Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

Later in the day I picked Paqui up down in Huétor and we drove the short distance to the top of the Rio Cacín near the A92, as we walked we saw Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Woodpigeon, European Turtle Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Swift, Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Eurasian Golden Oriole, Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Crested Lark, Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Common Reed and Cetti's Warbler, Barn and Red-rumped Swallow, Western House Martin, Eurasian Blackcap, Eurasian Wren, Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Common Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Nightingale, European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Grey Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch, European Serin and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Roadside Corn Poppies (Papaver rhoeas).

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum).

Other species seen included Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Small White (Pieris rapae), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), Wild Caper (Capparis spinosa), Tassel Hyacinth (Muscari comosum), Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium), Southern Knapweed (Centaurea pullata), Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum), Purple Phlomis (Phlomis purpurea), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum) and Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris).