And to get fully up-to-date with France.... last week's sightings during my work trip (with, sadly, almost no time at all to get out and about birding, so all species were incidental sightings, expect for 30 minutes near Ferney Voltaire while waiting for my flight out of GVA airport):
Driving to the hotel in Evian, through a small town called Sciez:
29. Black kite
30. Barn swallow
During my stay in Evain-les-Bains:
31. Common swift
32. House martin - dozens each evening feeding over the hotel gardens
33. House sparrow
34. Great crested grebe
35. Blackcap
During a stop in Thonon-les-bains:
36. Feral pigeon
And, finally, when I was early for my flight at GVA, I popped across the border to Ferney Voltaire, where I know of a short path through farmland and woodland, where I had some nice surprises:
37. Pied flycatcher*
38. Serin - new for France
39. Nightingale* (belting out its song, but unseen) - new for France
40. Goldfinch
41. Short-toed treecreeper*
*3 species not on any previous list