Wet meadows at Le Petit Tournabelle |
Next we checked the wet meadows at Le Petit Tournabelle. Conditions here are superb at the moment. There were lots of Cattle Egrets and Little Egrets and 4 White Storks. Waders included 10 Lapwings, 15 Little Ringed Plovers, 5 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Snipe, 3 Curlews and 5 Ruff.
Ruff |
We moved over to the Gruissan salt marshes where 8 Greenshanks, 5 Redshanks and a Common Sandpiper were found. Near the Roc 4 more Honey Buzzards went over as well as 5 Marsh Harriers and 4 Sparrowhawks. Hundreds of Sand Martins were also feeding as they made their way south.
Redshank |
We then decided to drive up to Pissevache but there was hardly any water there except on the Sewerage Lagoons where a lone Osprey was hunting. Two Green Sandpipers flew up noisily and at the back of the lagoons a superb immature Goshawk flew low across the marsh putting up everything in sight. Then it was off for a bit of shopping in Narbonne and home.
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