11th - A visit to Mas d'Agon and Vaccares today. At Mas d'Agon the usual Cattle, Little and Great Egrets were feeding on the lagoons. A pair of Squacco Herons flew over in courtship flight and a Purple Heron was spotted feeding in the distance. A number of Whiskered Terns were feeding over the marshes and around 20 Common Terns soon joined them. A Water Rail was heard calling from the reedbed and both male and female Marsh Harriers hunted over the marsh to the west. The flooded field by the road held around 100 Black-headed Gulls and 12 Wood Sandpipers that were busy feeding. Both Mallard and Gadwall flew over after a while and a Reed Warbler was seen disappearing into the reeds. A brief stop at Vaccares and a few Black-winged Stilts were still feeding on the lagoon next to La Capeliere. Along the shore I spotted at least 4 Common Sandpipers, a juvenile Curlew and a Redshank. Sitting on the jetty were 15 Common Terns and a single Arctic Tern, and I then spotted 6 Sandwich Terns and a pair of Little Terns flying over the water. At Fielouse I noticed 6 Bee-eaters calling and swooping around the canal and a pair of Yellow Wagtails were chasing each other through the garrigue. Finally, as I drove back 3 Greenshank flew over the car.