A good long bike ride all the way to beyond Avanne-Aveney.
Greylag Goose - Domestic bird still present.
Goosander - Pairs flying round cliffs and tree holes round Tarragnoz, one seen in a nest hole.
Mallard - Also one female prospecting for holes in trees!
Tufted Duck - 7 males and 4 females in the usual spot at Beure.
Little Grebe - 10 together by Ile Malpas, most in winter plumage still.
Grey Heron - At least 3 nests seen in woods after Aveney.
Buzzard - 4+ Avanne, 3 Port Douvot, plus singles seen along the way.
Sparrowhawk - 1 immature in fields at Avanne.
Peregrine - singles over Tarragnoz and Avanne.
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 around Avanne.
Middle Spotted Woodpecker - 1 after Avanne.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Heard by Ile Malpas and Avanne.
Grey-headed Woodpecker - Probable heard after Avanne.
Green Woodpecker - Very vocal along the way, 1 female in an orchard behind the sewage works.
Woodpigeon - A pair seem to have settled by the Citadelle, 3 Avanne, 2 after Avanne.
Kingfisher - Seen flying into the bank Ile Malpas.
White Wagtail - 1 on the locks near Velotte, 1 at Avanne.
Dunnock - 1 Avanne.
Blackcap - 1 male at Avanne.
Chiffchaff - 1 singing at Avanne.
Stonechat - A pair at Avanne.
Song Thrush - 1 in song at Avanne.
Mistle Thrush - 1 seen after Avanne.
Blackbird - 4 males chasing a female at Velotte.
Marsh Tit - By the canal after Avanne.
Jay - 6 together at¨Port Douvot.
Greenfinch - 4 at Avanne.
Reed Bunting - 1 male at Avanne.
Cirl Bunting - A pair at Avanne.

Goosanders searching the cliffs for a nest site. Tarragnoz.
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