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.