08.00 hours, the weather was light rain and dark skies.
M.S., Kevin and I had come here hoping to see Bluethroat, we had seen 5 Bluethroat in this area last September !
Swallow, 2
Great White Egret, 2
Ring-tailed Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Marsh Harrier, 1 male
Kestrel, 1
Lesser Whitethroat, 1
Yellowhammer, 3
White Wagtail, 2
Jay,
Skylark
Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush.
There was brief bright spells but most of the time it rained !
No Bluethroat !
About 11.30 hours we moved to our second intended location, Le Foret de Crecy-en-Ponthiew, Picardy.
It continued raining, all viewing was from the car but we was able to find
Crested Tit, 6+
Marsh Tit, 2
Nuthatch, 2
Hawfinch, 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1
The rain and bad light continued
About 14.30 hours we moved to our third location, La Basse, another small village on the Bai de Somme.
It's stopped raining, its getting brighter !
Gargeney, pair
Cattle Egret, 3
Little Egret, 1
Mediterranean Gull, 2 flew over
Linnet
Common Redstart, 1f
Nightingale, 1, heard only
A photo at last !
15.30 hours, we move to the final location of the day, Parc de Marquenterre
The clouds have gone, the sun has come out but it is still a cool wind, of interest
Greenfinch, flock of 40+
Spoonbill, 100 +
White Stork, 20 +
Cattle Egret, 1 flew over
leaving Le Parc du Marquenterre, we had another quick visit to Sailly-Bray where we added
Northern Wheatear, a pair
Corn Bunting, 1
as we drove towards Calais for our return journey
Whimbrel, 5 flew over
The weather was against us a bit but it was still a very good day out seeing a very good selection of birds !
I look forward to a return trip in May and hoping for a bit better weather and hopefully find a Bluethroat !
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