Hoopoe |
I drove down atrack by the marsh towards the sewerage works. A Black Kite was being mobbed by Magpies but I was stunned as a small crake ran across the track. Apart from the shape I could see nothing else and the most likely is Spotted but best forgotten.
Black Kite |
I then went on to Pissevache where I was astonished to find the water completely gone from the brackish lagoons and only water on the sewerage lagoons. Not many birds but lots of young Shelduck in a large creche.
Juvenile Shelduck |
Moving back through Fleury there were plenty of Rollers on the wires by the nest boxes. A few Bee-eaters were feeding over the meadows and at least six Lesser Kestrels hovering over freshly cut hay. On the way home I stopped in at the marsh at Capestang but by now it was very, very hot. I took a quick walk and noticed 150 Cattle Egrets accompanying cattle and horses. This is a very high number for this area. Little Egrets were also present and a single juvenile Purple Heron. Two Black Kites were overhead with hundreds of feeding Common Swifts The heat finally made me turn around and head home.
Cattle Egrets |
The day ended in the garden of the village restaurant in Azillanet when a superb Short-toed Eagle soared overhead.
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