Besançon, Birding and Sketching

• Friday 2 May 2008 - Osselle 2nd May 08

A beautiful hot day at one of my favourite sites, highlights being the lack of people, my first Tawny Pipit, a Hoopoe, 2 Little Egrets and very smart Whinchat and Wheatear.

Mute Swan - 18

Mallard - Not many at all!

Great Crested Grebe - 4+

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 1 immature bird.

Honey Buzzard - 1

Black Kite - 4

Kestrel - 1

Coot - 1 (!)

Common Sandpiper - 3+

Wood Sandpiper - 3

Little Ringed Plover - 4+

Hoopoe - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1 heard.

Blue-headed Wagtail (flava) - At least 2.

Tawny Pipit - 1 

Sand Martin - The colony is swarming with birds.

Wheatear - 1 male and 3 females.

Stonechat - 1 singing male.

Whinchat - 1 male.

Nightingale - At least 4 singing.

Whitethroat - 1 male.

Garden Warbler - 1 singing.

Tree Sparrow - About 10

Cirl Bunting - Male and female present.

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