30th - The hot weather continues and the lack of wind today made it unpleasant to be out in the sun for any length of time. A brief trip to Mas d'Agon and Vaccares turned up few surprises. Driving south past La Chassagne I noticed 2 Collared Pratincoles as they flew west. At d'Agon a couple of Great White Egrets were an interesting observation given their absence here for the past 6 weeks or so. Terns were present in reasonable numbers with 5 Whiskered, 3 Common and a single Gull-billed all seen in flight over the lagoons. A single, adult Night Heron was also seen in flight having apparently lost any sense of the time of day ! Black Kites were numerous and a male Marsh Harrier quartered the reedbed looking for food. Two Purple Herons flew over although heading in opposite directions. At Vaccares the Black-winged Stilts continued to nest opposite the La Capelliere reserve entrance and I had the privilege of watching the male of one pair swopping incubation duties with the female. She didn't need much persuading to go looking for food! On the Etang itself I spotted a juvenile Herring Gull attempting to beg food from a pair of Yellow-legged Gulls! They were less than enthusiastic to put it mildly. A couple of Oystercatchers headed south and a Bee-eater appeared next to the road and gave excellent views perched on a telephone wire. Then, finally, an unusual sighting for this area when a Calandra Lark flew along between the road and the Etang only to disappear into a reedbed!