Undisclosed site, Granada Province.

A check up on our rare breeders.

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) x3.

I made my way to the spot in Granada Province were the two pairs of Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) had set up territories but it was hellishly hot so after about 45 minutes I was about to give up looking for the birds and go home. Just as I started to leave the site a farmer in a land-rover came up the track which meant I had to pull in and stop again and after having a chat with the Guy I spotted a single bird stood in the shade of a small almond tree and then another and another. After a few minutes I had found the four adults and three of the chicks all in the same area, one of the chicks was missing but hopefully it was just well hidden.

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) x2.

In the same area I had Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa).

Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

A day birding with Taylor and Sean from New York.

Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).

I arrived at the meeting point near Moraleda a little early and whilst I was there I saw Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).

Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).

Once Taylor and Sean arrived we headed straght out in to the Almond and Olive groves seeing several of the above species and adding Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), a couple of fly over Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) which gave us good views, European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Spotless Starling, Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and Jackdaws (Grajilla / Corvus monedula). Out on the more open fields we had Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Greater Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), a half seen Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) which was hiding amongst some rocks, at least two pairs of stunning Rollers (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) and a couple of the uncommon resident Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis). 

♀ Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).

On the far side of the area we went and checked a row of Almond trees on the side of the road where we found yet another Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and at a water storage building a colony of Rock Sparrows (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia).
On some fields near La Malaha we found a couple of ♀ Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Iberian Grey and Woodchat Shrikes (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), another 2 Rollers, 30+ Hoopoes (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and several Lesser Kestrels (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni).
On our way back across to the Cacín Valley we went through an area of intense Olive and Almond groves where we made a stop on a roadside after seeing a dead Roller on the road, in some trees near this spot we found an amazing number of Rollers including 5 adult birds and at least anothe 8 immature birds. Further on we parked again and had a distant and then a fly over Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and Common Swift, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and a calling Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) which was heard but not seen.
We dropped down into Cacín where we had a lunch stop before going do down the valley and into the gorge where we made two stops and found Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Sardinian Warbler, Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Red Squirrel (Ardilla común / Sclurus vulgaris), Carpentor Bee (Xylocopa violacea), Small White (Pieris rapae) and Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra).

Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).

We retraced our way back up the valley to the Contra-embalse de Bermijalis and quickly found a pair of Egyptian Geese (Ganso del Nilo / Alopochen aegyptiaca) which put my year list up to 285 species, we also added Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis).
Just up the road we stopped along the river and again in the Pine woods, during the two stops we saw and heard Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Golden Oriole, Blackcap, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) x3♂ and 2x♀ Orange-winged Dropwings (Trithemis kirbyi) and in the Pines Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Lophophanes cristatus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla) and a very well behaved Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).

Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Our last stop was near to Moraleda below the crags but added just ♂ and ♀ Common Stonechats (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata). We went through Moraleda and back to Taylor and Sean's car before I went home. Thanks to you both for a great days birding.

Malaga Rivers, Malaga Province.

A few hours getting my feet wet.

Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) nest.

I dropped Jayne in Malaga and headed out of the city going North and made my first stop on the Rio Casarabanela and parked on the side of the stream and walked up stream. 

White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes).

Down stream was not an option because this year the raw sewage was even worse than it has been for the last few years, I cannot believe it can be right for the sewage of a nearby by village to be put into this river which then flows down into the Guadalhorce and then down to the beaches and out to sea but it has been like this for several years now 😠😠😠

White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes).

Anyway as I said I went up stream which was all together a better idea, the winter rains had changed the spot quite a bit and the number of dragonflies was very low, I only recorded White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes) x1, Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) x1♂ and Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) x2♂.

Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii).

I did better on the bird front and found White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtails (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Common (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and a nest which was right out in the open on the edge of the reeds where I parked the car and Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula).

Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii).

I moved back down towards Malaga and called in at the Rio Grande where it runs into the Guadalhorce, again the storms had changed the look of the place and again the dragonfly numbers were low but I did see Epaulet Skimmer x1♂, White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes) x1, Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii) x10+ and Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) x1♂. 

Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina).

Birds included several Little Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) and Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus) and the only butterfly seen was a rather tatty Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina).

Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

My last stop before I met up with Jayne was at Zapata further down the Guadalhorce but it was quiet and I only added Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and a Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus).

RAM and Charca Suarez, Granada Province.

Birding the Coast of Granada Province.

Roosting Shags (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis).

I met Juan Pérez Contreras in Granada, on the way I had an Eurasian Eagle Owl (Buho Real / Bubo bubo) fly across the motorway and a Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) which was on a roadside telegraph post. 

Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius).

We went down to Peñón de Jolúcar near Motril in Juans vehicle seeing Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops). 

Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa).

Before we went to do the sea watch, we checked a site for roosting European Shags (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) and found that there were at least 10 birds at the site. 

Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa).

We did not have time to check for rings so we decided to return later.

Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa).

Once we were up on the top of the cliffs we started the sea watch and recorded Cory's (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris diomedea) and Balearic Shearwaters (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus), Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) and Audouin's Gulls (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii) which were out sea. 

Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus).

Inland and in the air we saw Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Eurasian Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Western House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala). 

Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos).

After the sea watch we made our way to Charca de Suarez hearing a calling Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) on the way. 

Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia).

Once we were in the reserve we went to the hide overlooking Laguna del Taraje where we had views of European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), European Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), European Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio) and an immature Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus) which was well hidden in the reeds.

Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).

We moved on to the new hide overlooking the new lake seeing Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata) and hearing Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) on the way.

Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata) juv.

From the hide we saw a Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis) briefly, Black-rumped (Estrilda troglodytes) and Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and then the Black-tailed Godwit came into view from behind the reeds and showed well for the cameras.

Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

We later walked around to the main hide over looking the Laguna de las Aneas, on the water we had a male Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Red-knobbed Coot (Focha cornuda / Fulca cristata), Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia), Red-rumped Swallow and adult and immature Black-crowned Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax).

Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

We continued on around the reserve and had a look from the two hides overlooking Laguna del Trébol but we had nothing new, we did see more Red-knobbed Coots, a Little Grebe on a nest, a couple of Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope), Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa) and Stripe-less Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis).

Red-knobbed Coot (Focha cornuda / Fulca cristata) chick.

On Laguna del Lirio we had another couple of Black-crowned Night Herons, a male Little Bittern, a family of Red-knobbed Coots and adult and immature Western Swamp Hens.

Adult and immature Black-crowned Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax).

At 13.00 we left the reserve and Juan drove us back to Granada and then I went home.

Undisclosed site, Granada Province.

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) another check up.

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

I drove out to the site to see if the birds were still on site, on the way  found Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica).

On site I found the Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) were still there and the numbers were up to 6 as the one pair had hatched a couple of young birds since I was there last. 

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

In the same area I had Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Greater Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Calandra Larks (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) x50+, Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), almost as rare as the Coursers in the area a pair of Carrion Crows (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis) x3, Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodchat (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and on the way out of the site a hunting Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).

Sierra Nevada, Granada Province.

Photographing Butterflies on the Old Road down the Sierra.

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus).

I dropped Jayne at the Sierra Nevada shopping Center and then went up to the Visitor Center and parked there whilst I checked an area of Thistles for Butterflies and found Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), Escher's (Polyommatus escheri) and Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina), Large (Ochlodes venatus) and Small Skippers (Thymelicus sylvestris), Iberian Marbled (Melanargia lachesis) and Small Whites (Pieris rapae).

Escher's Blue (Polyommatus escheri) female.

Further down the road I stopped again by a very dry looking roadside meadow where I found Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Southern Mountain Argus (Aricia montensis), Blue Spotted (Satyrium spini) and False Ilex Hairstreaks (Satyrium esculi), Long-tailed (Lampides boeticus), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Lophophanes cristatus), Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea) and a fly over Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Green-veined White (Pieris napi).

On my way down to the Sanctuary hotel I stopped on the roadside and found a Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron) lower down the hill than I have ever seen one, Green-veined White (Pieris napi) and loads more Iberian Marbled Whites. 

Southern Mountain Argus (Aricia montensis).

Around the hotel entrance and along the road there I picked up Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Iberian Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla) and Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula).

Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius).

As well as Epipactis fageticola which was in flower and some over with spikes of Sword-leaved (Cephalanatera longifolia) and Small-leaved Helleborines (Epipactis microphylla) and Robust Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza elata), Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), Old-mans Beard (Clematis vitalba), plus Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli), Common / Southern Blue, Iberian Marbled Whites, Small White, Long-tailed Blue, Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) and Marsh Fritillary.

Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus).

Further on there were more Epipactis fageticola, Marsh and High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe), Small White, Golden Oriole and Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).

Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous).

At my last stop before I went to pick Jayne up was down on the side of the Rio Genel where I checked for insects puddling on the damp gravel and found Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera), Holly and Lange's Short-tailed Blues, Marsh Fritillary, Small Skipper, Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra), Small White, Common Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris).

Hoverfly Species.

I met up with Jayne at the Shopping Center and then we had some lunch before doing some shopping and then headed home.

Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis) male.

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus).

Epipactis fageticola.

High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe).

High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe).

Common Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii).

Common Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii).

Undisclosed site, Granada Province.

A checkup on the Spanish Lifers.

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

Jayne and I met our friend Juan Pérez Contreras at a spot in the countryside where we were trying to find and confirm numbers of the recently discovered Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) and by the time we were leaving we had seen 3 adults. 

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

In the same area we had Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Calandra (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) and Crested Larks (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).

Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

Nearby as we were driving towards Granada we picked up Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).

Undisclosed site, Granada Province.

Cream-coloured Courser (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) Spanish Lifer in Granada Province. 

Cream-coloured Courser (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

I met up with Juan Pérez Contreras at his home as Juan, Beatriz, Jayne and I were meant to be going for a walk along the Rio Genil but plans change and Beatriz and Jayne went and did the walk whilst Juan and I went birding. 

Cream-coloured Courser (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

With info Juan had got from the finder of the bird (Francisco Contreras Parody, thank you) we went out to a locaton in Granada Province where we found Juan Fransico Jimenez and then the Cream-coloured Courser (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) but not just one but a pair and when Juan came over to us he told us that when he arrived there had been three birds. 

Cream-coloured Courser (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).

After getting good but distant views of these stunning birds we left and met up with Beatriz and Jayne at a bar in Pinos Genil where we had a beer and tapas. A great evening.

Cream-coloured Courser (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor).