Huétor Fields, Olive Groves nearby and Rio Cacín, Granada Province, Spain.

A morning walk along the Lucerne Fields and a late visit to the Cacín Valley.

Ebird List for the Fields.

 

I met Paqui down at the walnut trees and we walked out to the Gate and back, recording a calling Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Melodious Warbler (Zarcero políglota / Hippolais polyglotta), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi).

Looking towards Realenga from Paqui's Olives.

Paqui checking things out.

We reached the car, and then Paqui took me up to check on another area of her Olive Tree, which, when we got there, looked very good, with nice, fat-looking fruits.

The good looking Olives. 

We went back down to the Walnut trees where I collected my car and followed Paqui down to her place for a coffee before I went back home, later we met again for lunch and then late in the evening we went for a quick look for the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) which we only heard tonight.

Other species seen included Red-necked Nightjar (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),  Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and a Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) which was crossing the road near the Rio as we were leaving.