21st - A brief trip around the north of the Camargue today produced 3 Short-toed Eagles, including one involved in a fracas with a pair of crows ! The recent flooding of the rice fields has led to an increase in the number of terns visible from major roads. At one field I noted around 30 Whiskered Terns, plus a dozen Black Terns and a single Common Tern. Another field close to Mejanes held at least 25 Mediterranean Gulls and a single Greenshank. Mas d'Agon had only 6 Black-winged Stilts present but a couple of Collared Pratincoles flew over after some time and the field opposite La Chassagne held another Stone-Curlew, a pair of Kentish Plovers and several Lapwings. Finally a single female Hen Harrier was seen in flight north of Saint Cecile.