I heard my first (French) nightingale of the year this morning at Fontenille. nI the same area were two or three willow warblers also in song. Later in the day I watched my first common redstart of the year. His name does him no justice as he is surely one of the most brightly plumaged of our visitors. A black kite flew over the house to make it four new Charente species for 2012 today.
In total there were 44 species on show or to be heard around Fontenille. They included hoopoes (a pair) cuckoo, swallows, blackcaps, chiffs, tree pipit, serin and marsh harrier. These birds with the four already mentioned, confirm that migration is well under way...............but there is more to come!
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