1st - Avoiding the area around Vaccares due to the recent influx of tourists I headed along the route de Gimeaux in the north of the Camargue. The weather was sunny and hot with no wind for a change. Unfortunately, the flooded fields that had held a number of terns just 2 weeks ago now held only a dozen Mediterranean Gulls, a few Black-winged Stilts and a single Common Tern. Further along the road however, I noticed a number of falcons circling overhead. These turned out to be 4 Red-footed Falcons (3 males and 1 female) which gave wonderful views. Just part of a huge influx of this species across the whole of southern France in the past week. Another stop just past Mas des Barnacles gave me my second Little Bittern in 3 days - a splendid male this time, along with Cetti's Warbler, Nightingale and Stonechat. Turning onto the Albaron-St.Gilles road I spotted a male Cuckoo in a nearby tree plus several Wood Sandpipers in adjacent fields. My final stop of the afternoon was at Mas Lauricet where the fields held 7 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Greenshank, plus many Little and Cattle Egrets. Both Purple and Squacco Herons flew past and a number of raptors were seen soaring over the canal including 2 Short-toed Eagles, Buzzard, Kestrel and a single Honey Buzzard, my first of the year !