La Belle Equipe in Rutland, the Camargue and Beyond...

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25 July 2008

22nd - An evening visit to Pont de Rousty today. On the pathway I spotted Nightingale, Fan-tailed Warbler, 2 Linnets and a Corn Bunting. 4 Bee-eaters also flew over. In the reeds close to the hide a Reed Warbler and a Sardinian Warbler both called and showed themselves, if only briefly. The lagoon held a number of waders including 8 Wood Sandpipers, 10 Black-winged Stilts, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, a single Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper. Wildfowl consisted of just 15 Mallard and 8 Shoveler. Overhead I spotted 2 Night Herons, 3 Great Egrets, 23 Little Egrets and a Purple Heron. On the walk back 4 Crested Larks called from the dry fields and a Hoopoe flew alongside the canal.

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