Riofrio and Presa y Meandros del Genil, Granada Province, Spain.

Lunch in Riofrio and later Back to check in on the Owls.

Ebird List.

Paqui and I popped down to Riofrio for some lunch but it turned out to be extremely disappointing, later we spent a while down at the river where Paqui had a paddle, whist there we saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major).

Losing the Sun.

Later in the day we spent another hour with the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo), however we only managed to hear a single bird which was calling further along the valley but this was not surprising as there was quite a bit of noise from people in a nearby building and from a farmer nearby who was pumping water from the river.

As we sat scanning the area we picked up a few more interesting species including Red-necked Nightjar (Chotacabras Cuellirrojo / Caprimulgus ruficollis), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Black-crowned Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) x3, Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Great Spotted (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major) and Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito ibérico / Picus sharpei), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris).