BIRDS:
241) Rosy starling, Pastor roseus
242) Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
243) Melodious warbler, Hippolais polyglotta
244) Blyth’s reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum
245) European turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur
246) Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio
247) Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus
248) White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
249) Cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus
250) Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris
251) Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
252) Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
+15 heard only (267 total):
000) Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor
000) Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus
000) Eurasian penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus
000) Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris
000) Iberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus ibericus
000) Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
000) Common grasshopper warbler, Locustella naevia
000) Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides
000) Eurasian golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus
000) Icterine warbler, Hippolais icterina
000) European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus
000) Baillon's crake, Zapornia pusilla
000) River warbler, Locustella fluviatilis
000) Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
000) Grey-headed woodpecker, Picus canus
So, yeah, that was awesome! Short summary of my recent France trip, with the biggest highlights bolded:
- July 19-21: Jura, with good views of a flyby male Capercaillie and a very nicely singing and calling male Hazel grouse (birds #253-254);
- July 21-24: Termignon in the French Alps, without lifers but with good views of most other high Alpine birds, and stunning mountains. Unfortunately no sign of a Black-headed bunting that had been present for weeks until the morning before we arrived. Did get a nice Snow hare crossing the road! (birds #255-265, mammals #15-17);
- July 24-25: the Baronnies, including a vulture feeding station - loads of Griffons, an Egyptian and a Cinereous, and a few other nice raptors. (birds #266-271);
- July 25: a place close to Etang de l'Or that had been home to a pair of vagrant Lesser flamingo and held many other Mediterranean water birds like some very nice Slender-billed gulls. (birds #272-279);
- July 25-26: multiple places around Arles and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, including Camargue with more wetland birds including long-awaited Spectacled warbler, and the Crau with its desert birds. (birds #280-294, mammal #18);
- July 27: a pelagic from Sanary-sur-Mer with both Mediterranean shearwaters, Long-finned pilot whales (only the second time they've had these this year!), Fin whales and Striped dolphins, with Pallid swifts and introduced Indian silverbills in the town. (birds #295-298, mammals #19-21);
- July 28-30: more time around Arles and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, including Moustached warbler and Great spotted cuckoo in the Camargue, another visit to the Crau for another shot at Little bustards (negative again), and the Alpilles and surroundings with some dry hill birds like a pair of Bonelli's eagle and some Rock sparrows in the neighbouring province. (birds #299-308).
- July 31: unsuccesfully trying for a pair of Northern bald ibis in the Jura.
BIRDS:
253) Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris
254) Western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus
255) Eurasian crag martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris
256) Alpine swift, Tachymarptis melba
257) Italian sparrow, Passer italiae
258) Citril finch, Carduelis citrinella
259) Rock bunting, Emberiza cia
260) Spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes
261) Rock partridge, Alectoris graeca
262) Common rock thrush, Monticola saxatilis
263) White-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis
264) Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
265) Yellow-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus
266) Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
267) Short-toed snake-eagle, Circaetus gallicus
268) Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus
269) Western Bonelli's warbler, Phylloscopus bonelli
270) Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris
271) Dartford warbler, Curruca undata
272) Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
273) Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
274) Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
275) Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
276) Lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor
277) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
278) Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops
279) Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor
280) European roller, Coracias garrulus
281) Corn bunting, Emberiza calandra
282) Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
283) Calandra lark, Melanocorypha calandra
284) Pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata
285) Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus
286) Greater short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla
287) Iberian grey shrike, Lanius meridionalis
288) Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
289) Spectacled warbler, Curruca conspicillata
290) Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
291) Sardinian warbler, Curruca melanocephala
292) Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola
293) Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides
294) Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio
295) Pallid swift, Apus pallidus
296) Scopoli's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
297) Yelkouan shearwater, Puffinus yelkouan
298) European shag, Gulosus aristotelis
299) Western black-eared wheatear, Oenanthe hispanica
300) Blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius
301) Western subalpine warbler, Curruca iberiae
302) Bonelli's eagle, Aquila fasciata
303) Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus
304) Moustached warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon
305) Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator
306) Rock sparrow, Petronia petronia
307) Great spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius
308) Eurasian golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus
+15 heard only (323 total):
000) Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus
000) Eurasian penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus
000) Iberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus ibericus
000) Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
000) Common grasshopper warbler, Locustella naevia
000) Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides
000) Icterine warbler, Hippolais icterina
000) European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus
000) Baillon's crake, Zapornia pusilla
000) River warbler, Locustella fluviatilis
000) Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
000) Grey-headed woodpecker, Picus canus
000) Hazel grouse, Tetrastes bonasia
000) Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
000) Indian Silverbill, Euodice malabarica
MAMMALS:
15) Alpine marmot, Marmota marmota
16) Alpine chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra
17) Mountain hare, Lepus timidus
18) Coypu, Myocastor coypus
19) Fin whale, Balaeboptera physalus
20) Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
21) Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
HERPS:
5) Common frog, Rana temporaria
6) Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica
7) Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis
FISH:
1) Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
INVERTS:
49) Dingy footman, Eilema griseola
50) Riband wave, Idaea aversata
51) Mottled beauty, Alcis repandata
52) Common footman, Eilema lurideola
53) Clouded buff, Diacrisia sannio
54) Cinnabar, Tyria jacobaeae
55) Marbled white spot, Deltote pygarga
56) Silver Y, Autographa gamma
57) Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus
58) Volucella pellucens
59) Speckled peter, Agrypnia varia
60) Dwarf cream wave, Idaea fuscovenosa
61) Shaded broad-bar, Scotopteryx chenopodiata
62) Barred straw, Gandaritis pyraliata
63) Perizoma didymata, Mesotype didymata
64) Small seraphim, Pterapherapteryx sexalata
65) Sharp-angled peacock, Macaria alternata
66) Latticed heath, Chiasmia clathrata
67) Muslin footman, Nudaria mundana
68) White-line dart, Euxoa tritici
69) The shark, Cucullia umbratica
70) Notocelia roborana
71) Eudonia truncicolella
72) Platytes alpinella
73) Wart-biter, Decticus verrucivorus
74) Amphimallon solstitiale
...
(Still working on a bunch of these)
. It was in fact a Booted eagle, and as such I replaced it. Today I saw an actual Black kite, so I added it to the list.
and good numbers of Pelophylax sp. but too difficult to ID.
