Two sunny warm days have been welcome after all the recent rain and the birds are all singing. A golden oriole was calling all day at La Poterie and a melodious warbler has been doing so there for the last two days.
A male merlin was seen tantalisingly briefly at La Tache. He was sat in the same stoney field as last week's wheatears but by the time I pulled the car to a halt he had skimmed low over the horizon. A flock of about 20 swifts was high above La Poterie today; even at about 1000 feet the screaming could be heard clearly. Some house martins were passing through with the swallows and swifts a few days ago.
I'm off for a week to the UK tomorrow and hope to perhaps see a few seabirds migrating during the ferry crossing.
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