The warm sunshine continued today but temperatures were much lower because of a keen north wind yet a golden oriole was calling near to the house, the first that I've heard this year.
Near Fougère the black stork was still busily feeding alongside a dozen grey heron. There were also seven greenshank, two redshank and a green sandpiper there along with dozens of yellow wagtails and swallows.
In fact there were more migrating hirundines around today than at any time up to now this Spring ; at least a hundred swallows were at the Bandiat along with house and sand martins. Many of them took to perching in the treetops and on the ground in a ploughed field.
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