8 August 2008
7th - This morning I visited Mas d'Agon, Vaccares and Fielouse before the rains came around lunchtime! The fields north of Mas d'Agon held a pair of Glossy Ibis feeding amongst the grass plus 8 Little Egrets, a Great Egret and 3 Cattle Egrets. An adult and juvenile Night Heron flew over giving their ugly, frog-like "quark" call. Just as I was leaving a flock of 8 Collared Pratincoles flew low over the road and landed out of sight somewhere in the nearby rice field. At Mas d'Agon there were around 25 Little Egrets, 3 Great Egrets, 2 Purple Herons and 10+ Grey Herons all fishing on the main lagoon. I spotted at least 3 Little Grebes and a pair of Great crested Grebes, too. The resident Whiskered Terns, numbering around 35, were still fishing over this lagoon and they were joined by 8 Common Terns and single, adult Gull-billed and juvenile Black Terns. 15 Flamingoes passed overhead in formation and a single Snipe then flew low over the reedbed, the first I've seen for 3 months! A pair of Squacco Herons also flew over giving great views. The ploughed field south of the lagoon held 100 or so Black-headed Gulls and 8 Wood Sandpipers. I spotted a Kingfisher flying along the canal as I drove away. On the drive to Vaccares I saw a Roller take off from a wire fence and a Green Woodpecker fly across the road just missing the car! At Vaccares I noticed 5 Common Sandpipers and a juvenile Curlew feeding alongside the Etang. Many Sand Martins and Swallows were migrating through over the water and several Common Terns were fishing here. At Fielouse, an adult Short-toed Eagle hovered silently overhead in the strengthening wind and I spotted 2 juvenile Melodious Warblers and a Sardinian Warbler in the trees. A Blackcap sang energetically from the same trees. Further along towards TdV a pair of juvenile Whinchats and an adult male Stonechat perched on top of the garrigue giving excellent views. 4 Corn Buntings flew off from the adjacent corn field and a Green Sandpiper flew along a drainage channel, calling loudly.
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