24 November 2008
17th - Today we visited Les Alpilles, specifically Les Baux and the Vallon de la Leque. We arrived at the south face of Les Baux around 9am and immediately spotted 2 or 3 Crag Martins wheeling around the rock face. A flock of Jackdaws were also present. After 30 minutes we spotted our first target, a splendid male Blue Rock Thrush flew from the bushes at the base of the rock face and hopped around for a few minutes before disappearing. A number of Sardinian, Dartford and Cetti's Warblers were seen in the bushes along the narrow pathway. We drove to another site close by and walked along a path though the trees. Here we managed to spot Firecrest, Goldcrest, Blue and Great Tits, Chaffinch, Goldfinch and finally a pair of Crested Tits that gave brief views deep in the forest. We drove to the Vallon de la Leque and walked up the gravel track where we spotted Sardinian Warbler, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Serin and had excellent prolonged views of at least 3 Crested Tits. We also managed close views of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff here. As we descended we saw a single adult Raven fly over the gorge and land on top of the rock face.
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