2nd - An early start again at the Piemanson beach but no sign of any Audouin's Gulls today, or any of the mysterious, disappearing skuas! Conditions were calm and apart from half a dozen Little Terns, a Common Tern, 2 Gull-billed Terns and 4 Oystercatchers there was nothing of note. The dunes produced only the usual Tawny Pipits, Whinchats and Yellow Wagtails of ssp thunbergi and cinereocapilla. The Baisse du 500 francs had a decent-sized flock of waders comprising Dunlins, Little Stints, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover and 4 Curlew Sandpipers but in addition I noted 4 Avocets, 2 Redshank and 2 Curlews. As I left the area I heard a woodpecker drumming by the road opposite the saltpans and saw an adult Great-spotted drumming high on the trunk of an oak. Next stop was by flooded fields at Pont des Cocardes where a flight of 4 Green Sandpipers came in to land, a Cuckoo flew over and around 20 Mediterranean and Slender-billed Gulls were feeding. A pair of Sparrowhawks flew over as I travelled along to Amphise and here I investigated the fields by the road and found a pair of Northern Wheatears, 3 Stonechats, 4 Whinchats, a Cetti's Warbler and a Fan-tailed Warbler. By the pumping station further along the road a Purple Heron was perched in a bush and I saw a singing Common Redstart plus Black Kites, Marsh Harriers and 5 Bee-Eaters overhead. Next stop was at Fielouse where the influx of flycatchers and warblers was obvious. In 30 minutes I spotted 6+ Pied Flycatchers, a pair of Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Melodious Warblers, 3 Icterine Warblers, a Wood Warbler and a Nightingale! Just for good measure a pair of Short-toed Eagles glided low above my head and gave exquisite views. I also heard at least one Orphean Warbler singing from the undergrowth. Final stop was at some of the flooded fields by Gageron in the hope of a White-winged Tern but unfortunately the terns have abandoned their former feeding stations and all I had were Black-winged Stilts and Mediterranean Gulls.