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Saturday, 22 August 2026

Presa y Meandros del Genil, Granada Province, Spain.

Another evening visit to a spot near the Presa for Owls and the Stars.
 
Paqui and I went to a spot near the Presa to chill for a while after a busier day than expected, we arrived and set up the chairs.
The most obvious species when we arrived were European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), with a flock of around 40 birds heading to roost in some riverside trees.
Red-necked Nightjar (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis).
As we sat there we also had views of the 4 Eurasian Eagle Owls (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) again, at least 2 Red-necked Nightjars (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) 100s, Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).
Whilst there we could hear lots of calling Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) down in the river below us, after dark we headed back to my place, on the way we saw a couple more Red-necked Nightjars

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