3rd - The Mistral continues to blow much to the annoyance of the birds attempting to travel North and the birders waiting for them ! Today I visited the Marais du Vigueirat which has a couple of good, wooded areas offering some respite from the wind. The first area was almost birdless, however, apart from a few Chiffchaffs. In the reedbed I got a decent view of a male Moustached Warbler in good voice and heard another close by. A small flock of passerines were seen in the next wooded area including male and female Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Great Tits and Long tailed Tits. Then as I emerged into the flooded fields a Spotted Crake half ran, half swam out from under the wooden walkway and disappeared into the undergrowth! The fields were empty apart from a flock of around 20 Water Pipits but over the far woods I noticed the dark form Booted Eagle that I've seen here before, in the company of a pair of Black Kites. The larger wooded area which runs alongside the main canal was the most productive of the day with several Willow Warblers (my first of the year), Chiffchaff, Great and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Hoopoe, Blackcap, Sparrowhawk, several Cetti's Warblers and a number of tits. The lagoons held Shoveler, Teal, Mallard and 4 Shelduck plus 35 Black winged Stilt and a single Wood Sandpiper. A pair of White Stork were on their nesting platform attending to the growing nest!