4th - A return to La Palissade this morning given the promising variety of waders seen here last week. A brief stop near the Tour du Valat resulted in an adult White Stork being seen feeding amongst the scrub and a flock of 20+ Cattle Egrets gathered around a herd of cattle. As I approached the car park at La Palissade a Hoopoe disappeared into the trees and a Black Kite flew over. The walk to La Sableuse was productive as the almost dry lagoon to the south had 5 juvenile Black Storks feeding on the ever disappearing pool of water, along with a couple of Grey Herons and a Great Egret. The scrub produced 2 juvenile Yellow Wagtails and at least 4 Melodious Warblers flitting around in the trees. Overhead were 15+ Sand Martins, 10+ House Martins and 30 Swallows. From the hide I spotted 48 Avocets, 60 Black-winged Stilts, 40+ Little Ringed Plovers, 5 Kentish Plovers, 25 Grey Plovers (including only 2 summer plumaged adults), at least 300 Dunlin, 43 Curlew Sandpipers, 10 Little Stints, a single Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpipers, 12 Common Sandpipers, 15 Redshank, 3 Greenshank and, most surprisingly, a pair of Turnstones (both moulting from summer plumage). In addition to these waders the lagoon hosted 15 Slender-billed Gulls, 30 Yellow-legged Gulls, 10 Little Terns, a single Gull-billed Tern, 40 Common Terns and 4 Whiskered Terns. A Buzzard soared overhead and a female Marsh Harrier caused consternation as it lazily flew over the lagoon! The walk back to the car park produced a pair of Reed Buntings, 15 Goldfinches, a Linnet and a Western Bonelli's Warbler! On the return journey to Arles I spotted a single Roller and a flock of 24 Spoonbills on the Etang de TdV.