April

April 4
2 nightingales were sing at The Bandiat as was a whitethroat. A few sand martins were flying across the small amount of water that was flooding. A new gouffre has appeared since last year with a consequent waterfall which drops a couple of metres.
Irv reports a male common redstart at Bourcelaine.
On the plains at Lairiere 2 female hen harriers were hunting.

April 5
2 stone curlews were on a ploughed field at La Tache. 3 corn buntings were singing---but no wheatears to be seen.
Around La Tache village were: a male common redstart, 2 tree pipits, 2 singing garden warblers, 3 hawfinch, a hoopoe, a serin and a small flock of linnets. A few meadow pipits are still around.