Huétor Fields and Balsa de Regidor, Granada Province, Spain.

Staying more local today.

Ebird List for Huétor Fields.

Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.

 

Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).

We first went for some breakfast in Huétor at Cafeteria Churreria Belén before going for a walk along the Dog S**t Track, as we walked we recorded Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Eurasian Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).

European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) by Ricky Owen.

Other species included Small White (Pieris rapae), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) and White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) by Derek Etherton.

Watching the Little Owl.

Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) by Ricky Owen.

Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) by Ricky Owen.

We returned to the cars and headed up to the Lucerne fields where we parked at the Walnut Trees and walked out to the point where we were level with the Cortijo, as we walked we found the 10 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), a ♀ Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), another Little Owl, Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), a large group of Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) which came up out of the reeds, Eurasian Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), a decent flock of Eurasian Skylark, another Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata), Mistle (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Bath White (Pontia daplidice), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Large Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus), Iberian Brown Hare (Liebre ibérica / Lepus granatensis) and Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) by Ricky Owen.

We made our way around to the fields near the town where we had better views of the Eurasian Stone Curlews before heading along the motorway to Balsa de Regidor, from the concrete pier we saw Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Blue-winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).

Scanning for stuff at Balsa de Regidor.

Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas) pale morph.

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

On our way back towards the house we stopped on the service road before we reached the Mesia Junction where we found at least 5 Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) butterflies.

Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) ♂.

Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) ♂.

We returned to the house where Barbara, Sonia, Ricky and Derek repacked their motor before setting off back to Malaga where Sonia and Ricky headed on home.