29th - Beginning the day at Piemanson I scoped the sea only to find an adult Audouin's Gull loafing about 100 metres away ! It flew off after 5 minutes and wasn't seen again. In addition, I had a pair of Black Terns that flew directly over my head in off the sea and a group of 6 Slender-billed Gulls flying along the beach. I then explored the marshy area behind the beach and discovered a Wryneck, 3 Tawny Pipits, a Willow Warbler, a Whitethroat, 5 Yellow Wagtails of the ssp cinereocapilla and a couple of Whinchats. En route to the Digue I stopped to watch an obliging Hobby perched next to the road and several Northern Wheatears. The Digue was relatively quiet with a single Whinchat next to the path plus the usual Ringed and Kentish Plovers, Redshank, Dunlin, Little Stint, plus the addition of 4 Curlew Sandpipers resplendent in summer plumage! As I left the Digue, just opposite the pumping station, I noted at least 4 Bee-Eaters and a male Pied Flycatcher, both firsts for this spring. Further along the road I stopped opposite the Salin de Badon and disturbed a wonderful female Little Bittern that perched in a tree for several minutes before disappearing. Nightingales were singing everywhere amongst the vegetation and a Reed Warbler sang from a nearby tree. A final stop at Mas d'Agon turned up a single Whiskered Tern and a Purple Heron.