Birding south of Paris (Fontainebleau) 6th of may06 (1 Viewer)

Didier Godreau said:

Birding is very nice at the moment around Paris, and especially in the South, in Fontainebleau forest. (35mn by train from Paris Gare de Lyon station)

In the morning of 6th of may, I had great moments!

* a pair of wrynecks (always a stunning species!)

* a male of black woodpecker very close, on the floor, searching for some ants. (2 other birds in the forest)

* the 4 species of Phylloscopus warblers, singing in the same area (more wood warblers than last year!)

* many singing males of pied flycatchers

* a male of red-backed shrike, newly come from Africa!

* ... and the flight of bee-eaters above the forest!! (my favorite birds here!)


complete casting of this day:

* Common Kestrel / Falco tinnunculus: one male
* Common Pheasant / Phasianus colchicus
* Stock Pigeon / Columba oenas
* Wood Pigeon / Columba palumbus
* Eurasian Collared Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
* Turtle Dove / Streptopelia turtur
* Common Cuckoo / Cuculus canorus
* Common Swift / Apus apus
* European Bee-eater / Merops apiaster
* Wryneck / Jynx torquilla: one pair
* Black Woodpecker / Dryocopus martius: 3 male birds
* Great Spotted Woodpecker / Dendrocopos major
* Wood Lark / Lullula arborea
* Sky Lark / Alauda arvensis
* House Martin / Delichon urbica
* Tree Pipit / Anthus trivialis
* Wren / Troglodytes troglodytes
* European Robin / Erithacus rubecula
* Rufous Nightingale / Luscinia megarhynchos
* Black Redstart / Phoenicurus ochruros
* Common Redstart / Phoenicurus phoenicurus
* Whinchat / Saxicola rubetra: two birds (nex for the place)
* Common Stonechat / Saxicola torquata
* Blackbird / Turdus merula
* Song Thrush / Turdus philomelos
* Common Whitethroated / Sylvia communis
* Garden Warbler / Sylvia borin
* Blackcap / Sylvia atricapilla
* Bonelli's Warbler / Phylloscopus bonelli
* Wood Warbler / Phylloscopus sibilatrix
* Common Chiffchaff / Phylloscopus collybita
* Willow Warbler / Phylloscopus trochilus
* Melodious Warbler / Hippolais polyglotta
* Goldcrest / Regulus regulus
* Spotted Flycatcher / Muscicapa striata: one pair
* Pied Flycatcher / Ficedula hypoleuca: a great speciality of Fontainebleau forest, with a good density population.
* Long-tailed tit / Aegithalos caudatus
* Crested tit / Parus cristatus: many!
* Blue tit / Parus caeruleus
* Great tit / Parus major
* Wood Nuthatch / Sitta europaea
* Short-toed Treecreeper / Certhia brachydactyla: a common bird.
* Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio: one male bird
* Eurasian Jay / Garrulus glandarius
* Black-billed Magpie / Pica pica
* Carrion Crow / Corvus corone
* Common Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
* Common Sparrow / Passer domesticus
* Chaffinch / Fringilla coelebs
* European Serin / Serinus serinus
* Linnet / Carduelis cannabina

have nice birding in France
;-)
Didier

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