Padul Wetlands and travelling home, Granada Province.

A few disappointing hours at the Wetlands.

I dropped Jayne in the City and then dropped down to Padul and started the visit at the small pool below the main road but found that due to a lack of maintenance it was impossible to view any thing from the hide its self as the vegetation blocked all the viewing slots.
In the area I did however start the list with Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula). I walked the board walks around to the smelly canal and had some good views of several Water Rails (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus), Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula).
I continued on down to the hide a little way down the track but found the vegetation problem was the same here and made worse by the dirty gits who had used the corner as a toilet. On the walk back around to the car I picked up Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and several of both Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope).

Once I was back at the car I drove the track right around the reserve scanning the fields as I went and found Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) and Great Tits (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), a couple of very smart Whinchats (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), 2 adult and an Immature Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

I pulled of the track and thought that it might be third time lucky with the hides but disappointment again as it was almost imposable again to see any of the lake so I only managed to glimpse a couple of Great Cormorants (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) through the reeds. By this time I was totally hacked off so I headed back up to the City early and met up with Jayne and we had some lunch before heading home.

Huétor Fields, Granada Province.

A walk down to collect the car from Huétor.

I set off from home and made a quick call to see the people at La Paz on the way down and after convincing Mike that I really did want to walk down there and not did not want to take up his kind offer of a lift I set off. On the way down I recorded Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), 100+ Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), 1x Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), a late Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), 2x Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and Mallow / False Mallow (Carcharodus alceae / tripolinus) and Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus).

Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk back from Huétor after dropping the car off for a service and new timing belt.

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

I took the track up through the centre of the fields and then the track along the Arroyo Vilano before coming up to the house along the road. Birds seen during the hours walk included Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) x4, Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), 3x Hawfinches (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) just before I got to the Olives and as I walked the last stretch before the house the star bird an Immature Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti) flew up the valley to my right and disappeared off towards Loja in the West.

Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Moth Records for the 14th October 2015.

15W Actinic on the terrace.

Any corrections, PLEASE send me a comment on the post, thanks.

9628 Leucochlaena oditis (Beautiful Gothic).

7987 Microloxia herbaria.

9621 Episema grueneri.

6524 Hydriris ornatalis.

8211 Rhodometra sacraria (The Vestal).

El Faro, Fuengirola, Malaga Province.

A couple of hours at the seawatch hide and on the beach.

Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba).

I spent a while walking from the parking place checking the beach for waders and picked up Ruddy Turnstones (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) x3, Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) x13, Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus) x1 and Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus) x1.

Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres).

From the hide I added Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Audouin's Gulls (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus) and Balearic Shearwaters (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus), Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) as well as Small White (Artogeia rapae) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

Sanderlings (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba).

Sanderlings (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba).

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus).

Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

Adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and a 1st year
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).

Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).

Great Cormorants (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).

Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Moth Records for the 12th October 2015.

15W Actinic on the terrace.

Any corrections, PLEASE send me a comment on the post, thanks.

Some of the species in the trap.

9621 Episema grueneri.

9621 Episema gruenri.

9621 Episema gruenri.

10326 Eucoptocnemis optabilis.

8186 (1714) Idaea degeneraria (Portland Ribbon Wave).

10212 (2134) Xestia xanthographa (Square-spot Rustic).

10212 (2134) Xestia xanthographa (Square-spot Rustic).

Sierra de Rosario, Malaga Province.

A cool morning in the mountains with Sam, Sue and Jayne.

View from Mirador.

Sam, Sue, Jayne and I headed out for a walk in the hills above the town of Rosario, we drove up along a track to a view point above the town. 

Here we spent a while scrambling around amongst the rock and Sam spent some time climbing to the top and over them.

Sam in the rocks.

 In the area we saw European Plumbago (Plumbago europaea), Autumn Crocus (Crocus serotinus), Rusty-back Fern (Ceterach officinarum) and Torcal Toadflax (Linaria anticaria). 

Birds seen in the area included Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).

European Plumbago (Plumbago europaea).

We also had a single European Mantis (Mantis religiosa), Small  (Artogeia rapae) and Large Whites (Pieris brassicae), Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) and Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus).

Torcal Toadflax (Linaria anticaria).

After a very pleasant couple of hours wandering around we dropped back down to Rosario where we went into Leo's bar and had some lunch, whilst we were sat out side we had a group of raptors pass over head including 3x Short-toed Eagles (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), 4x Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), 2x Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) and a Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).

Fungi collector.

On the plants around the bar we saw a couple of Geranium Bronzes (Cacyreus marshalli) egg laying on pot plants.

Autumn Crocus (Crocus serotinus).

On our return to Huétor we spent another hour or so playing on the park in the town.

Sam in the park.

Cacín Valley, Huétor Fields and Zafarraya road, Granada Province.

A final days birding with Bob and a trip around the local area.

Day Six with Bob Ruvolo from New York, USA.

Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis).

We started the day on the fields near to Moraleda where we quickly located the main target bird the Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis) on a recently ploughed field amongst the Almond groves. In the same area we picked up Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Thekla Larks (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra) and Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). 

Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra).

Our next stop was on the fields near Huétor Tajar where we checked some ditches and Fields adding Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common (Urraca / Pica pica) and Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and eventually the elusive flock of Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra).

The final couple of stops were along the Western side of the Sierra de Loja, the first was in some roadside fields where we found several spikes of Autumn Lady's Tresses's (Spiranthes spiralis). A little further along the road just past Zafarraya we had a walk along the disused railway line and picked up Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Spanish Ibex (Cabra pyreaica hispanica).

Charca Suarez and Granada City, Granada Province.

Some wetland birding in the morning, then lunch and the afternoon in Granada City.

Day five with Bob Ruvolo from New York, USA.

Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis).

We headed out early and made our way down to the coast at Motril where we visited the wetlands but before the reserve opened we checked the area to the rear nearby and picked up Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Willow (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus) and Sardinian Warblers (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and two Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).

Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis).

We made our way around the reserve and easily filled the time taking some photographs on the way around.

Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis).

During the visit we saw several Kingfishers (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis) including a ver nice bird from the new hide which showed very well as well as Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),  Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).

Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

We went around towards the main hide calling at the second new hide over looking the far end of Laguna del Taraje but only saw a female Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca).

White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).

Once we were in the main hide we adding singles of both White-headed (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala) and Ferruginous Ducks (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) along with Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), 4x Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), immature Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Grey (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Squacco Herons (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides).

Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra).

We continued on around the reserve we picked up Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Western Cattle (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), Sand (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and the usual reintrodution Red-knobbed Coots (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata).

Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis).

Other species seen during the visit included Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope), Large (Pieris brassicae) and Small Whites (Artogeia rapae), Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Stripe-less Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis) which we only heard.

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

We finished at the reserve and headed to Granada City where we had lunch and a good stroll around some of the sights with a visit to part of the Cathedral before we headed back to Huétor.

Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).

Osuna area, Sevilla Province.

A visit to the fields of Osuna and the Laguna's del Gobierno.

Day four with Bob Ruvolo from New York, USA.

Bob out on the fields in the early sun.

We had breakfast at 07:00 and headed straight out on to the fields near the town looking for Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda). 

Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis).

On the way out to the first bridge we recorded Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) and then the target Great Bustards but they were on the far side of the area of fields we were watching so quite distant but OK through the scope. 

Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).

As we dropped down off the bridge we had a couple of Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) in the Olives and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and House Sparrows (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) on the wire fencing along the railway line.

Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).

From the second and third bridge we had Red (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) and Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica) and slightly closer views of the Bustards. 

Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus).

We made a quick stop just along the road to photograph a very nice Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and then took a couple of tracks out to and back from a very large semi-derelict Cortijo, on the way out we had several Willow Warblers (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and a couple of heard but not seen Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis). 

White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).

Around the building we saw a couple of late male Lesser Kestrels (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala). On the return trip across the farside of the fields Calandra Lark (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra) and Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) before we reached the ruin at the end of the track where I was surprised to find 10+ Garden Warblers (Curruca Mosquitera / Sylvia borin) feeding in the fig trees growing there.

Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) adults.

Once back at the road we took the road towards La Lantejuela and had a second Little Owl on the way. In the town we stopped for lunch and got chatting to the bar owner who knew a chap that could show us around a nearby nature reserve. After eating a very nice meal we headed out and met Manuel at the Laguna's del Gobierno and had a very pleasant and interesting walk around several pools on the site and learnt that all the water come from a reed bed sewage filtration system run by the local town hall. 

Bob and Manuel.

On the pools we saw Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Western Cattle (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), a single Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and Common Sandpipers (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla), Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis). 

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) immature.

Whilst we were there we also saw a very nice Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), seeveral Lesser Emperors (Anax parthenope) and hundreds of Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii).

Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

After spending a great couple of hours with Manuel we headed back to the Hotel at Huetor Tajar where I dropped Bob off before heading back home again.