Besançon, Birding and Sketching

• Saturday 20 September 2008 - Osselle 20/9/08

Spent a good few hours at the site this afternoon, quite a good variety of birds present.

Quelques heures passées sur le site cet après-midi, une assez bonne variété d'oiseaux présente.

Mute Swan/cygne tuberculé - at least 3

Mallard/colvert - good numbers

Garganey/sarcelle d'été - 2

Teal/sarcelle d'hiver - 6

Wigeon/canard siffleur - 5

Red-crested Pochard/nette rousse - 1 female

Pochard/fuligule milouin - 2 males, 1 female.

Great Crested Grebe/grèbe huppé - 3

Little Grebe/grèbe castagneux - 5

Coot/foulque macroule - Around 30

Grey Heron/héron cendré - 2

Cormorant/grand cormoran - 1 flyover.

Kestrel/faucon crécerelle - 1

Buzzard/buse variable - 2

Black-headed Gull/mouette rieuse - 3 adult winter

Little Stint/bécasseau minute - 1

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker/pic épeichette - 1 heard

Woodpigeon/ramier - 1

Swallow/hirondelle rustique - 6

White Wagtail/bergeronnette grise - 2

Chiffchaff/pouillot véloce - a few present, including 'cheeping' young birds.

Redstart/rougequeue à front blanc - 1

Red-backed Shrike/pie-grièche écorcheur - 1 juvenile

Linnet/linotte mélodieuse - 6

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