Besançon, Birding and Sketching

Monday 18 May 2009 - Osselle 18/5/09

The storm overnight failed to deliver, the pool was very quiet with nothing new.

Great Crested Grebe - grèbe huppé - 2

Mute Swan - cygne tuberculé - 6 (3 pairs)

Mallard - colvert - c20, 1 brood of 5

Goosander - harle bièvre - 1 female

Black Kite - milan noir - 1

Kestrel - faucon crécerelle - 1 male

Hobby - faucon hobéreau - 1

Little Ringed Plover - petit gravelot - 2

Common Sandpiper - chevalier guignette - 2 displaying, the first nesting attempt was a failure then.

Great Spotted Woodpecker - pic épeiche - heard

Green Woodpecker - pic vert - heard

Bee Eater - guêpier - 2

Kingfisher - martin-pêcheur - 1

Cuckoo - coucou gris - heard

Blue-headed Wagtail - bergeronnette printanière - 3 nests being visited with food

Reed Warbler - rousserolle effarvatte - At least 5 singing around the complex

Lesser Whitethroat - fauvette babillarde - 1

Stonechat - tarier pâtre - 1 pair

Starling - étorneau - seen carrying food

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