18th - Weather again not good today with intermittent showers and strong south easterly winds. A brief trip to the northern Camargue did turn up a few notable sightings though. In one of the newly flooded rice fields a group of 10 Gull-billed Terns were my first of the year and they were joined briefly by an adult Caspian Tern. Marsh Harriers and Black Kites were not put off by the strong winds and were seen over most reedbeds. Stopping just after Gimeaux I heard my first Nightingale of the year and found a couple of Willow Warblers and a Chiffchaff in a small copse of trees. Also in the area were Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Stonechat and Fan-tailed Warbler. In the Albaron area more flooded fields held at least 10 Greenshanks and a Whiskered Tern in summer plumage. Mas d'Agon was virtually birdless, with a few Black-winged Stilts and a Purple Heron the only reward.