Hoya de Pedraza Botanical Garden, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Spain.

An evening looking for Nightjars and watching the Stars.

Ebird List for the Gardens.

 

Sunset at the Botanical Gardens.

Paqui and I headed out towards Granada and then up to the parking area at the Pedraza Botanical Garden where we set the chairs up and waited for dusk.

As we sat there, we saw and heard Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Jay (Arrendajo Euroasiático / Garrulus glandarius), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and a very smart ♂ Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica).

As the light dropped a European Nightjar (Chotacabras Europeo / Caprimulgus europaeus) flew along the ridge above us and then called briefly a couple of times as it went darker, we also heard at least 3 different Eurasian Scops Owls (Autillo Europeo / Otus scops) calling in the same area before dropping back down the hill and going home to Huétor.