5th - Beauduc was the early morning destination today in the hope of catching up with more migrating waders, some rare hopefully! As I drove along L'Amphise a female Sparrowhawk almost collided with the car, only taking avoiding action at the last moment! Along the track just before reaching the water pump at Enfores de Vignolles I spotted around 12 Little Stints and 6 Curlew Sandpipers, most of which were moulting from summer plumage. The lagoon also held around 60 Flamingoes. Having parked the car I walked between the Etangs Fangassier and Galabert spotting at least 5 Common and 3 Green Sandpipers on the way. On the exposed mud of Fangassier was an amazing sight - in the region of 400 Sand Martins resting on the ground! They flew off as I approached but this was easily the greatest number of this species I had seen in one colony! At the southern end of Galabert I noted 12 Little Ringed Plovers, 5 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Dunlin, 2 Kentish Plovers and 8 Little Stints. Rounding the corner on the way to the pump behind the beach there were a good number of waders on the Etang du Grand Rascaillon and it was here that I spotted my first Temminck's Stint since last autumn! It was associating with a flock of 20 Curlew Sandpipers, 13 Little Stints and 8 Little Ringed Plovers. A flock of 8 Bee-Eaters swooped and called overhead and a Cormorant flew over. In the copse of trees behind the pump I found a female Pied Flycatcher and 5 Melodious Warblers which were surprisingly active and obliging. The lagoon behind the beach road produced 6 Slender-billed Gulls, 4 Sandwich, 3 Common and 8 Little Terns and a pair of Oystercatchers but no waders. The return journey produced a pair of Crested Larks, a White Stork in flight, a female Marsh Harrier and more of the same.