An early visit to the gravel pits.

Mute Swan - cygne tuberculé - 1

Mallard - colvert - 1 or 2 males on the pits, small groups including some females flying over.

Goosander - harle bièvre - 1 female flying along the river.

Great-crested Grebe - grèbe huppé - 3

Cormorant - grand cormoran - a few singles flying over.

Black Kite - milan noir - A pair plus 4 together.

Buzzard  - buse variable - 1

Kestel - faucon crécerelle - 1

Hobby - faucon hobérau - A pair.

Ringed Plover - grand gravelot - 1

Little Ringed Plover - petit gravelot - 1

Greenshank - chevalier aboyeur - 1

Common Sandpiper - chevalier guignette - 1

Black Tern - guifette noire - 2 dropped in at 7:45am.

Green Woodpecker - pic vert - 1 heard.

Great Spotted Woodpecker - pic épeiche - 1 heard.

Turtle Dove - tourterelle des bois - Heard.

Collared Dove - tourterelle turque - In the village.

Cuckoo - coucou gris - Heard.

Kingfisher - martin-pêcheur - 1

Yellow Wagtail (flava) - bergeronnette printanière - Plenty seen.

White Wagtail - bergeronnette grise - A few.

House Martin - hirondelle de fenêtres - A few in the village.

Black Redstart - rougequeue noir - 1 singing male.

Stonechat - tarier pâtre - 2 males (one singing) and a female.

Whitethroat - fauvette grisette - One male in songflight.

Red-backed Shrike - pie-grièche écorcheur - 2 males and a female.

Tree Sparrow - moineau friquet - Reasonably common.

Goldfinch - chardonneret - 1

Cirl Bunting - bruant zizi - 1 female.