13th - This morning we visited the Marais du Vigueirat followed by brief stops at the Etang des Aulnes and Peau de Meau. The weather was nice and calm and partly overcast. The reedbeds were alive with warblers, not surprisingly, and we managed to see Reed Warblers, Great Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler and a single Moustached Warbler. At least one Cuckoo was heard and then seen flying overhead. A pair of White Storks were on their nesting platform as usual but no sign of any chicks yet, unfortunately. I then spotted a singing Icterine Warbler in a tree adjacent to the boardwalk which everyone managed views of, then a Whitethroat in the scrub. The open field supported 2 Whinchats, a Stonechat, several Sardinian Warblers and a couple of Black-winged Stilts. We then saw a fly-over Glossy Ibis, which was a nice surprise, and a pair of Black Kites and single Red Kite. The lagoons held Great and Little Egrets, Grey and Purple Herons plus a pair of nesting Teal (!!), several Mallard and a pair of Red-crested Pochard, the first I have seen here. A flock of at least 6 Bee-eaters began calling and flying over the far end of the reserve giving everyone an additional splash of colour. In the woods by the canal we spotted numerous Melodious Warblers, Great and Blue Tits, Robin, Wood Warbler, Cetti's Warbler and a Squacco Heron in the flooded area. As we approached the exit a Green Woodpecker flew across the marsh and a pair of White Storks glided high above the trees to the south. As we left the reserve a probable Barred Warbler flew from the fence on our left right across in front of the car and disappeared into the trees, not to be seen again. This is a rare bird for the Camargue and, interestingly, is the same species that I got a brief glimpse of last autumn at the same venue !! Our stop at the Etang des Aulnes was not very productive with just a single Stonechat and a Great-crested Grebe although we did manage a good view of a flying, male Golden Oriole, my first this year! We then drove a little further, onto the very north of the Crau and spotted a pair of Jays in the trees. On the Crau itself we had a single Southern Grey Shrike plus several Lesser and Common Kestrels, 4 Crested Larks and a pair of Tawny Pipits.