Tuesday 27 August 2013

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Today I was treated to my first Charente lesser spot of the year (apart from the one that died when it ht my glass door). I watched it climbing up a dead tree as I was cycling down a track along the dried up Tardoire.
My announcement in my last post about the shrikes having left for southern climes proved premature because I came across a young bird just south of St Angeau. The only other observations of note were a flock of about thirty goldfinches at la Poterie, several pied flycatchers calling and two separate grey wagtails, again by the waterless Tardoire.

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