Break in Shopping

After a hectic morning shopping in Narbonne where an unseasonable Red Admiral was the highlight we took a drive around the Mandaric area near Gruissan.  There were plenty of Little Egrets and 6 Great White Egrets the latter being a winter visitor in this region. Three or four Marsh Harriers were busy hunting the reedbeds and putting up flocks of Teal.

We enjoyed an amusing few minutes watching a Buzzard feeding on the remains of a dead Coypu on the roadside.  The bird wanted to move off but could not pick up the remains of the mammal.  It therefore nervously remained allowing good photo opportunities.

A Kingfisher hurtled across the road and about a dozen Greater Flamingos stood in the water with their heads under their wings fast asleep.

Two male Blackaps were in the olive tree in the garden this morning.