8 July 2008
7th - A cooler but still sunny day today for a visit to Mas d'Agon and La Capelliere. A single Roller on wires close to Mas St Cecile was a good start to the day. At Mas d'Agon a few Collared Pratincoles were overflying the road but no sign of the reported Black-winged Pratincole seen over the weekend! At least 20 Whiskered Terns were feeding on the lagoons along with a couple of Common and a single Gull-billed Tern. Both Purple and Squacco Herons also flew across the road. After a few minutes I noticed an adult Caspian Tern also feeding on the lagoon to the west of the road. A fairly scarce bird at this site! La Capelliere had a decent selection of waders present as the first returning migrants have recently arrived. From the main hide around 40 Black-winged Stilts, 17 Green Sandpipers, a single Wood Sandpiper, 13 Spotted Redshank (most in summer plumage) and the star birds, 3 Marsh Sandpipers. Unfortunately the rest of the reserve was fairly quiet with a relatively showy Great Reed Warbler plus a brief glimpse of a Moustached Warbler in the reeds the best I could find. I tried one further stop along Fumemorte and managed at least 3 Stonechats, an adult Short-toed Eagle, several Crested Larks and a single Calandra Lark but overall the area was very quiet.
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