Cranes often migrate in the darkness and on Sunday evening a skein of about 400 birds few low over the house at dusk There was just enough light to see them silhouetted against the sky.
Spring days come no better than yesterday's and I had another look at the flooded Bandiat near Fougeres. It was a little more promising with four little egrets and six grey herons feeding there. It is usually only during migration that gulls are seen in this part of Charente and a noisy flock of about 40 black headed gulls were on the mud about half way towards Biagne. They were unfortunately on the south side of the flood and viewing is only possible from the north so the views were a little distant and I did not have my scope but I am almost certain that at least on mediterranean gull was among them. I will try to check again today.
Other interesting birds yesterday were a female brambling in a flock of mixed finches near St Colombe, a little owl sunning itself on the tower of the fortified farm there and a female hen harrier near Coulgens.
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