Black Woodpecker and Redshank

Visits to what remains of the flooded Bandiat and Tardoire rivers produced no migrants other than a solitary redshank---and perhaps the coot at the Bandiat was also migrating--, but a quick visit to the Braconne on the way back yielded the delightful sight of a black woodpecker which very thoughtfully flew to the trunk of a tree close to where I was standing.