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If Carlsberg did french roads.... (1 Viewer)

rosbifs

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Ukraine
Out for an after lunch drive today in the Narbonne area up to Vendres plage.
Lesser Kestrel in one of the towns (Fleury), then onto the beach for a picnic. First Bee-Eater of trip, Slender Billed Gulls, Little Terns and Sandwich Tern. I guess not bad for appetizers.

I fumbled my way through the vineyards and clocked a Roller - I spent a couple of minutes faffing with the car (narrow road) then getting the camera and trying to get a good picture - would have been easier if I had looked in the tree above my head for the mate - too late - did get (I think) a distant Ortolan - will need to review that when I'm back at base.

Anyway, found the road (in the title) I had tried, in a thunder storm, a couple of days ago. Within a couple of hundred metres the story begins with the target bird a Lesser Grey Shrike (a bird I haven't seen for a long time) which turned into a pair! I was parked next to the bush with Ortolans on previous visit, over the back a pair of Purple Herons drifted by, on the wire was a Tawny Pipit, the tree to the right and vines in front some Rock Sparrow, a Melodious Warbler to the left and a Stonechat behind and Fan Tailed overhead. Turtle Dove and a then a Bee-eater as I set off again then another Roller, Cirl Bunting and Woodchat Shrike. So I guess within 200metres had some pretty good species. Amongst commoner stuff of-course!

I guess there are better roads but this was 'self' found and full of pretty special birds - can't imagine what you could find with some time in this area!

I headed back and threw up a Hoopoe in the next town then White Stork (not many breed in this area) and a Great White Egret (again not many round Gruissan this time of year).

Great couple of hours with an ice-cream at the end of it!
 
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