The hot weather seems to be coming to an end and maybe the last stone curlews will finally fly south. I've spent some time on the western edge of Charente in Bourcelaine over the last few weeks and the cries of the stone curlews could still be heard most evenings. Coming the other way as it were, I saw my first autumn flock of lapwings on Friday.
The song of the woodlark seems to be everywhere at the moment but I'm not sure why they sing at this time of the year. Meadow pipits and chiffchaffs are still plentiful and barn, tawny and little owl can all be heard at night.
It can't be long before the first autumn skeins of cranes appear.
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