Latest obs
Obs blog from the garden, local area and beyond
All photos taken at time of obs
Most obs Bernier/Lignac (36) are from the garden
26/8/25 - Red Kite 1, Marsh Harrier 2 juvs, Garganey 1, Purple Heron 1 juv, Night Heron 5, White Stork 1, LITTLE BITTERN 1 juv - Les Landes (23)
25/8/25 - Night Heron 3, Purple Heron 1 juv, Pied Flycatcher 10, Migrant Hawker 6, Southern Darter 6+ - Les Landes (23)
22/8/25 - Wood Sandpiper 2, Spot-shank 15, Ruff 42, Greenshank 3, LRP 3, Black Stork 1, Honey Buzzard 6 - Brenne (36); 10 wader species seen
18/8/25 - EUROPEAN WILDCAT 1 - Murat (87): Trouvé par Alain et Colette Boullah, de la Vienne (86) - merci Alain pour la permission d'utiliser vos excellentes photos sur ce site.; Purple Heron 1 ad, Greenshank 1 juv - Etang de la Mazère (87)
11/8/25 - Black-winged Kite 1 juv - Azat-le Riz (87); Small Red-eye 10+, Small Emerald 30+, S M Hawker 1m, Southern Darter 6+ - La Bazeuge (87); Wood Saandpiper 1 - Murat (87)
8/8/25 - Dunlin 1, Curlew 2, Wood Sandpiper 8, RINGED PLOVER 4, Greenshank 8, Spot-shank 3 - Brenne (36); 11 wader species seen
4/8/25 - Black-winged Kite 1 juv - Azat-le Riz (87); Black Stork 1 juv; Small Red-eye 30+, Small Emerald 50+, S M Hawker 1m, Southern Darter 2m imms; - La Bazeuge (87); Purple Heron 1ad - Etang de la Mazère (87); R-veined Darter 1m - Grand Etang (87)
30/7/25 - Black Stork 14 > SW; Lime Hawk-moth 1 - Bernier (36)
21/7/25 - Redshank 1 juv, White Stork 1 ad - Murat (87)
19/6/25 - Red-belted Clearwing 1 - Oulches (36); Southern Skimmer 1m - Lignac (36)
17/6/25 - Hobby 1 ad, Red-veined Darter 29, Lesser Emperor 2m - Grand Etang (87); Woodchat Shrike 3 - Azat-le Riz (87); Honey Buzzard 1, Lesser Emperor 1m, Red-veined Darter 3m - Moustiers (87); Common Tern 1 ad, Lesser Emperor 1m - Etang de la Mazère (87); Southern Skimmer 1f - Bernier (36)
7-9/6/25 - Southern Migrant Hawker 1m-imm, Lesser Purple Emperor 1 - Bernier (36)
2/6/25 - LILYPAD WHITEFACE 8+ - Belabre (36)
SPAIN; 22/5/25 - Whimbrel 1, Lesser Short-toed Lark 2, Rufous Bush-chat 3 - Cope (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20/5/25 - WOODCOCK ORCHID 8, BEE ORCHID 1 - Arroyo Blanco; LARGE RED DAMSELFLY 20+ - Bajil (Murcia)
SPAIN; 19/5/25 - SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER 30+, Balearic Shearwater 106, Whimbrel 1 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 18/5/25 - Black Percher 20+, BLACK PENNANT 2f - El Algar (Murcia)
SPAIN; 16/5/25 - Griffon 2, SUBALPINE WARBLER 1m - Espuna (Murcia)
SPAIN; 13/5/25 - WESTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER 7+, Waxbill c7, Penduline Tit 1m - La Contraparada (Murcia)
SPAIN; 9/5/25 - Red Kite 1, Griffon 7, Rock Sparrow 5; Panoptes Blue 1m, Natterjack Toad 1, Mirror Orchid 1 - La Risca (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/5/25 - RUFOUS BUSH-CHAT 2, Pallid Swift 21+ - Cope (Murcia)
SPAIN; 5/5/25 - Oystercatcher 2, 1 ad, 1 1st-summer - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 30/4/25 - Sage Skipper 2 - La Esperanza; TONGUE ORCHID 6+ (finished flowering), PYRAMIDAL ORCHID 3 - Las Cenizas (Murcia)
18/4/25 - Black-tailed Godwit 1, LITTLE STINT 2, Common Tern 8, Little Gull 1 ad - Foucault; White-tailed Eagle 2 ads - Le Blizon; Spoonbill 3 - Maison de la Nature (36)
17/4/25 - Little Gull 1 ad - Gabriere; Med. Gull 1 ad - Etang Couvent; Wigeon 1m, S-t Eagle 4 - Beauregard; Common Tern 1, White-tailed Eagle 1 ad - Le Blizon (36)
14/4/25 - Common Tern 1, Tufted Duck 2 - Grand Etang (87); Tufted Duck 1m, Z. Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
10/4/25 - Black-tailed Godwit 1, Spot-shank 12, LRP 2, Greenshank 1, Ruff 2, LITTLE STINT 2 - Foucault; Common Tern 1, Whiskered Tern 12 - Blizon; Hairy Hawker 1m - Brenne (36)
4/4/25 - Peregrine 2, Raven 4, Red Kite 1 - Eguzon (36); CRAG MARTIN 2, Peregrine 2, Raven 1 - Ceaulmont (36); Greenshank c10, Spot-shank c40, Ruff 6, Redshank c5 - Rosnay (36)
31/3/25 - Red-crested Pochard 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/3/25 - Black Stork 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Black-winged Kite 1st-year - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
27/3/25 - Pintail 5 - Beauregard; Osprey 1 ad. - Rosnay; Purple Heron 1, Short-toed Eagle 1 - St-Clotilde (36)
25-26/3/25 - Black-winged Kite 2 (in cop) - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
20/3/25 - Osprey 1, White-tailed Eagle 1 - Benismes/Blizon; Black-tailed Godwit 3 - Pechevreau (36)
19/3/25 - Black Kite 6+, Red Kite 1, Peregrine 1-2, Raven 2 - Eguzon (36); CRAG MARTIN 1, Peregrine 1 - Ceaulmont (36); MANDARIN DUCK 1m - Le Pin (36)
SPAIN; 3/3/25 - MIRROR ORCHID 2+, PINK BUTTERFLY ORCHID 1 - Las Cenizas (Murcia)
SPAIN; 28/2/25 - Sawfly Orchid 1, MIRROR ORCHID 1+ - Las Cenizas; Fan-lipped Orchid 3 - Atamaria (Murcia)
SPAIN; 27/2/25 - Wigeon 2, Lesser black-backed Gull 120 min, White Stork 5 ads, Sand Martin 2, Red-rumped Swallow 1 - EDAR Consum (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20-21/2/25 - SAWFLY ORCHID 2, FAN-LIPPED ORCHID 1 - Atamaria (Murcia)
SPAIN; 19/2/25 - GREAT SPOTTED EAGLE 1 ad, RICHARD'S PIPIT 1 - Vistabella Rd area (Alicante)
SPAIN; 17/2/25 - Med. Gull 23, Lesser black-backed Gull 14, White Stork 8 ads, Wigeon 2 - EDAR Consum; Great Spaotted Cuckoo 1 - Rambla Salada (Murcia)
SPAIN; 10/2/25 - Common Crane 36 (return migration), Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Redwing 4, FIELDFARE c12, Ring Ouzel c15, Wren 1, Blue Tit 1, Nuthatch 2, Cirl Bunting 4, Rock Bunting 1 - Puerto Alto (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/2/25 - Lesser black-backed Gull 4, Balearic Shearwater 4, Razorbill 1 ad - Sta Pola harbour (Alicante)
SPAIN; 5/2/25 - Golden Eagle 1 ad, Black-bellied Sandgrouse c20, Spectacled Warbler 5+ - Guadalentin (Murcia)
SPAIN; 31/1/25 - Balearic Shearwater 18, Shag 4 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 24/1/25 - Spoonbill 1, Osprey 1, Bonelli's Eagle 1, MOUSTACHED WARBLER 1, SOUTHERN WATER VOLE 1 - Vistabella Road area (Alicante)
SPAIN; 22/1/25 - Ring Ouzel 6+, Nuthatch 2, Siskin 2, Crossbill 4, Cirl Bunting 1 - Pueblo Alto; Redwing 2, Nuthatch 2, Hawfinch 5+ - Caravaca (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20/1/25 - HUME'S LEAF WARBLER 1, Crossbill 2 - Parque de los Exploradores, Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 16/1/25 - COMMON EIDER 1m(1w) - Sta. Pola lighthouse; Spoonbill 1 juv, Tree Sparrow 10+ - Visatabella Rd (Alicante); SURF SCOTER 1f - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 14/1/25 - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 1 juv/1w, R-b Merganser 9 - San Pedro (Murcia)
25/12/24 - Black Woodpecker 1m, Hawfinch 1, Fieldfare 1 - Bernier (36)
23/12/24 - Goldcrest 2, Curlew 5 - Mezieres; Brenne (36)
20/12/24 - Great Grey Shrike 1, Tufted Duck 77, Goldcrest 3+ - Mezieres; Golden Plover 100+, Dunlin 100+, Greenshank 14 - Rosnay; Brenne (36)
16/12/24 - Dunlin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
12/12/24 - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 1 imm, Dunlin 4 - Mer Rouge; Dunlin 20+, Ruff 1 - Rosnay; Dunlin 5, Ruff 2, Y-l Gull 15 - Vigneaux; Dunlin c120, Ruff 19 - Montiacre; Brenne (36)
10/12/24 - Redwing 5, Red Kite 4, Brambling 9+, Black-winged Kite 2 - Azat-le-Riz; Egyptian Goose 4 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
7/12/24 - New link - Local bird rarities/scarcities (gallery)
06/12/24 - Wigeon 3, Tufted Duck 17, Marsh Harrier 1, Dunlin 20+ - Foucault; Dunlin 30+, Spotted Redshank 30+, Greenshank 2+ - Montiacre; Brenne (36)
03/12/24 - Dunlin 10+, 60+, Spotted Redshank 20+, Greenshank 3, Zitting Cisticola 1 - Rosnay; Brenne (36)
29/11/24 - Greylag 80 - nr Ricot, 31 in flight, Wigeon 54, FERRUGINOUS DUCK 1f, Tufted 8 - Beauregard; Dunlin c70 - Foucault; Brenne (36)
22/11/24 - White Stork 1, SLAVONIAN GREBE 1 - Rosnay; Wigeon 7 - Beauregard; Crested Tit 1, Greylag Goose 42 - Ricot; Night Heron 29 - Piegu; Brenne (36)
15/11/24 (pm) - Migrant Hawker 1m, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 2 (1ad, 1imm), Greylag 2, Canada Goose 70+, Crested Tit 1 - Gorgeat; SPOONBILL 24, Pintail 70+, Wigeon 5+, Tufted Duck 4, Spotted Redshank c20, Curlew 1 - Les Essarts; Brenne (36)
14/11/24 - Little Egret 50+, Water Pipit 5+, Yellow-legged Gull 5 - Foucault; Pintail 1, RCP 6, Wigeon 5, Gadwall 50+, Tufted Duck c10, Greylag c10, Canada Goose c20 - Beauregard; Curlew 3 - Gabriere; Spotted Redshank 22 - Purais; Greylag 18 - Ricot; Night Heron 12 - Piegu; RCP 1, Wigeon 18, Golden Plover c10 - Renard; WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 4 imms - Masse; Brenne (36)
13/11/24 - Dunlin 1, B-s Kite 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
SPAIN; 16/10/24 - Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrid 1, Temminck's Stint 2 - Lo Monte, El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 14/10/24 - Peregrine 1, Black-bellied Sandgrouse 40+ - Guadalentin (Murcia)
SPAIN; 10/10/24 - NUTHATCH 1 - Calasparra (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/10/24 - Cory's Shearwater c5 (north + south) - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 2/10/24 - RED KNOT 1 juv - Petrola (Castilla-La Mancha)
SPAIN; 1/10/24 - Black Stork 3, Great Bustard 9 - Gallocanta (Aragon)
29/9/24 - Griffon Vulture 10+, Red Kite 50+, Raven 1 - Bedous (64)
9/9/24 - RAVEN 1, Osprey 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); BLACK TERN 3, Black Stork 1, Greenshank 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, Marsh Harrier 1 imm - Etang de Murat (87)
16/8/24 - SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAM. 1m - garden Bernier (36)
12/8/24 - SOUTHERN SKIMMER 1m - garden Bernier (36)
2/8/24 - SOUTHERN SKIMMER 3 (1m, 2f) - Lignac (36)
1/8/24 - SCARCE EMERALD 1m, SOUTHERN MIGRANT HAWKER 1m - garden Bernier (36)
31/7/24 - SCARCE EMERALD 1m, Southern Emerald 5+, SMALL EMERALD 2m, Willow Emerald 3, Blue-tailed Dam. 3, Dainty Dam. 5+, Small Red Dam. 3, White-legged Dam. 2f, SOUTHERN MIGRANT HAWKER 1m, Ruddy Darter 6+, Common Darter 1m, Scarlet Darter 2 - garden Bernier (36)
20/7/24 - SOUTHERN MIGRANT HAWKER 2m, Migrant Hawker 1m - garden Bernier (36)
19/7/24 - Banded Dem. 1m, Southern Emerald 4+, SMALL EMERALD 1m, Blue-tailed Dam. 1m, SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAM. 1f-imm, Dainty Dam. 20+, Small Red Dam. 2+, White-legged Dam. 2+, Migrant Hawker 2 (m,f), Ruddy Darter 2+, Common Darter 1m, Scarlet Darter 1m - garden Bernier (36)
3/7/24 - Broad-leaved Helleborine 7 plants - Brenne (36)
26/6/24 - ORANGE WHITE-LEGGED DAMSELFLY 4+ m - Lathus, Vienne (86)
24/6/24 - Southern Migrant Hawker 6+, MUELLER'S HELLEBORINE 6 plants - Brenne (36)
6-7/6/24 - LILYPAD WHITEFACE 10+; FRAGRANT ORCHID 10+, total 14 orchid species - Brenne (36)
23/5/24 - Goblet-marked Damselfly 1m, Brilliant Emerald 1m - Bernier; Hobby 1, Honey Buzzard 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Tufted Duck 3 - Grand Etang (87); Woodchat Shrike 1m - Azat-le-Riz (87)
SPAIN; 25/4/24 - Cory's Shearwater 1, STORM PETREL 2, WESTERN REEF HERON 1 (poss. hybrid), Razorbill 1; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN c10, SPERM WHALE 4 (inc. one albino adult) - Bay of Mazarron (Murcia)
SPAIN; 18/4/24 - R C Pochard 20+, Ferruginous Duck 4, White-headed Duck 8+, Little Bittern 2, Squacco 3+, Purple Heron 1, Glossy Ibis 10, Wood Sandpiper 1, Whiskered Tern 2, Bee-eater 5+; Scarlet Darter 4+, Black Percher 4+ - Lagunas de Camotejar (Murcia)
SPAIN; 17/4/24 - Common Blue Dam. 1, Lesser Emperor 1, R-v Darter 1, Violet Dropwing 10+ - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
10/4/24 - Burnt Orchid c10, Green-winged Orchid 5000+, Small Spider Orchid c6, Lady Orchid 1, Tongue Orchid 50+, Early Purple Orchid 200+; Beautiful Demoiselle 2, Hairy Dragonfly 1m; Basket Stinkhorn 1; Weaver's Fritillary 6+, Green Hairstreak 2 - Brenne (36)
8/4/24 - Egyptian Goose 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
4/4/24 - Egyptian Goose 2 - Le Dorat (87); Black-winged Stilt 2m - Etang de Moustiers (87)
3/4/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 2 - Grand Etang (87)
30/3/24 - Osprey 1, House Martin 3, Tufted Duck 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 1 - Grand Etang (87); Egyptian Goose 2, Willow Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
22/3/24 - Short-toed Eagle 1 - Bernier (36)
18/3/24 - Egyptian Goose 1, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 1, Sand Martin 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
11/3/24 - Red Kite 1, White Stork 1, Black Kite 1 (first) - Etang de Murat (87)
10/3/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5, Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 7 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
9/3/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5, Tufted Duck 9 - Grand Etang (87)
3/3/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 21, Tufted Duck 10, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 - Grand Etang (87); Egyptian Goose 3, Wigeon 6 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
SPAIN; 22/2/24 - Griffon Vulture 24, Golden Eagle 1 ad, RING OUZEL 12-15, Raven 2, Crossbill 2, CIRL BUNTING 1m, ROCK BUNTING 3 - Espuna (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20/2/24 - Marbled Duck c15, Ferruginous Duck 3, LITTLE GULL 1 ad-w, Red-rumped Swallow 2 - El Clot (Alicante)
SPAIN; 14/2/24 - Surf Scoter 1m (1w) still - Guardamar (Alicante); Yellow-collared Lovebird 4 (escaped, feral), AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE c30 - Torrevieja (Alicante)
SPAIN; 12/2/24 - Razorbill 25, Balearic Shearwater 66, Gannet c20, Shag 1 ad - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/2/24 - Razorbill 108 south, Balearic/Yelkouan Shearwater 13, Gannet c20, Shag 1, Black Wheatear 1m - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 6/2/24 - Balearic Shearwater c119 south, Balearic/Yelkouan c30 south/north, Razorbill 23 south, Gannet 53, Shag 5, BONXIE 1 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 5/2/24 - TRUMPETER FINCH 4+, Rock Bunting 2, Black Wheatear 4+, Blue Rock Thrush 1m, Bonelli's Eagle 1 ad - Pulpi (Almeria); Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 2/2/24 - Ferruginous Duck 6, Tufted Duck 1m - Alhama de Murcia; Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 31/1/24 - Balearic Shearwater 120+, SURF SCOTER 1m (1w), CASPIAN TERN 1 ad-w, Razorbill 1 - Guardamar; PALLID HARRIER 1 (1w), Merlin 1m - Santa Pola; Golden Plover 120+, CASPIAN TERN 1 (1w) - El Pinet (Alicante)
SPAIN; 30/1/24 - Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 29/1/24 - G-S WOODPECKER 1f, REDWING 21, BLUE TIT 6+, HAWFINCH 2 - Caravaca; RING OUZEL 3, NUTHATCH 2, G-S WOODPECKER 2 - Puerto Alto; GRIFFON VULTURE 31, C. CROW 4, ROCK SPARROW 7 - nr Inazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 26/1/24 - Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 25/1/24 - PALLID HARRIER 1 (1w) confirmed, Stock Dove 1 - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 23/1/24 - BLACK-WINGED KITE 1 ad, PALLID HARRIER 1 (1w) probable - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 22/1/24 - Wren 1, Firecrest 3, BLUE TIT 3 - Calasparra (Murcia)
SPAIN; 11/1/24 - Booted Eagle 7+, BONELLI'S EAGLE 1, MERLIN 1f - Vistabella Rd area (Alicante)
SPAIN; 9/1/24 - Common Scoter 33, Razorbill 6, SURF SCOTER 1m (1w) - Guardamar (Alicante)
4/1/24 - Egyptian Goose 2, GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/1/2024 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 - Grand Etang (87); Wigeon 1f - Etang de Murat (87)
28/12/23 - GREYLAG GOOSE 8, Wigeon 1m - Etang de Murat (87)
27/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 - Grand Etang (87); Black-winged Kite 3 - Saulgé (86)
26/12/23 - Red Kite 1, Black-winged Kite 1 - Thollet (86); Black-winged Kite 2, Barn Owl 1, Golden Plover 6 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
25/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1f, Redwing 23 - Grand Etang (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87); Egyptian Goose 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
19/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 12+ - Grand Etang (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87)
12/12/23 - Egyptian Goose 5 - Etang de la Mazère (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87)
11/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 15 - Grand Etang (87)
5/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 13, Egyptian Goose 3 - Grand Etang (87); Black-winged Kite 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Egyptian Goose 5 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/12/23 - Egyptian Goose 5 - Etang de la Mazère (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87)
SPAIN; 14/11/23 - Bembix oculata 3+, Lophyra flexuosa (Tiger beetle sp.) 1 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 13/11/23 - Yellow-bellied Slider (Terrapin sp.) 1, African Grass Blue 1f - Mojacar (Almeria)
SPAIN; 11/11/23 - Spoonbill c35, GREY PHALAROPE 1 (1w) - San Pedro (Murcia)
SPAIN; 10/11/23 - Temminck's Stint 3, Wood Sandpiper 6, Spotted Redshank 4, Ruff 4, Migrant Hawker 5+, Vagrant Emperor 3+, Orange-winged Dropwing 2+, Lang's S-t Blue 5+, Moorish Gecko 1 - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 9/11/23 - Ferruginous Duck 6 (4m, 2f), Marsh Harrier 17 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 6/11/23 - Griffon Vulture 10+, Red Kite 3, Hen Harrier 2 (m,f), Green Sandpiper 1, Spotted Redshank 2, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw, Siskin 2 - Laguna del Cañizar, Aragon; Quail 1, Common Crane 100+, Dunlin c10, Ruff 30+, Meadow Pipit 1, Song Thrush 1, Spanish Sparrow 6+ - Laguna De Gallocanta, Aragon
3/11/23 - Greenshank 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 4, Peregrine 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
30/10/23 - Greenshank 1, Dunlin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
25/10/23 - SPOONBILL 1 - Etang de Murat (87); Osprey 1, Dunlin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
19/10/23 - SPOONBILL 1 - Etang de Murat (87)
22/9/23 - BLUETHROAT 1f/1w - Etang de la Mazère (87)
18/9/23 - RINGED PLOVER 5, GREY PLOVER 1 juv, CURLEW SANDPIPER 1 juv, Dunlin 1 juv - Etang de Murat (87); SPOTTED CRAKE 1, BLUETHROAT 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87); immediately after south-westerly storms
12/9/23 - CURLEW SANDPIPER 1 juv, Red Kite 1 - Etang de Murat (87)
11/9/23 - Long-tailed Blue 1m - Bernier (36)
25/8/23 - GLOSSY IBIS 1 ad, Hobby 1 juv, Fan-tailed Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
22/8/23 - Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1 - Bernier (36)
19/8/23 - SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY 2m - Bernier (36); Brilliant Emerald 1m - Eports (86)
9/8/23 - Green Sandpiper 1; Banded Dem. 1m, Damselflies; Southern Emerald 1f, Willow Emerald 2, Blue-tailed 7+, SCARCE BLUE-TAILED 1m, Common Blue 1m, Azure 2+m, Dainty 2+m, Small Red 1m, Ruddy Darter 2m, Common Darter 1m; Water Stick Insect emergence 6+ - Bernier (garden) (36)
6/8/23 - Woodchat Shrike 1m, 1f, Purple Heron 1 juv, Common Redstart 3+, Red-backed Shrike 1 juv - Bernier (36)
4/8/23 - LRP 1 juv, Zitting Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Purple Heron 2 juvs, Black Stork 2 ads, Redshank 6 - Etang de Murat (87); Short-toed Eagle 1, Honey Buzzard 1 - Etang d'Heru (87)
25/7/23 - Short-toed Eagle 1 - Ciron (36); Bee-eater 2 - Prissac (36)
21/7/23 - SLAVONIAN GREBE 1 adw/1w - Grande Etang (87); Wood Sandpiper 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
8/7/23 - Hobby 1, BOOTED EAGLE 1 dark phase - Bernier (36)
26/6/23 - Black-winged Kite 3, Zitting Cisticola 1; Southern Skimmer 2 (1m, 1 ten) - Lignac (36); Woodchat Shrike 4 (pr + 2juvs) - Thollet (86)
24/6/23 - Delta unguiculatum (Great Potter Wasp) 1, Isodontia mexicana (Grass-carrying Wasp) 3, Scolia hirta (Hairy Flower Wasp) 2; Honey Buzzard 1 - Bernier (36)
23/6/23 - Stone Curlew 1, Black-winged Kite 1 - Lignac (36); Black Stork 1, Little Owl 1 - Bernier (36)
12/6/23 - Black-winged Kite 2, WRYNECK 1, Garden Warbler 1, Woodchat Shrike 1 - Les Herolles (86); Hobby 1, Little Owl 1 - Bernier (36)
6/6/23 - Red-eyed Damselfly 20+, Small Red Damselfly 20+, Downy Emerald 2+, White-tailed Skimmer 2, DAINTY WHITE-FACED DARTER c10 - Belabre (36); Brilliant Emerald 1m, Scarce Chaser 1m - Lignac (36)
5/6/23 - Black-winged Kite 1; Common Clubtail 4 - Coulonges (86); Large Red Damselfly 1m - Bernier (36)
3/6/23 - Black Stork 1; Goldenring 1 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
2/6/23 - Woodchat Shrike 1; Black Hairstreak 3, Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth 1 - Bernier (36)
31/5/23 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pr), Woodchat Shrike 1, Common Clubtail 2m - Thollet (86)
30/5/23 - Goldenring 1m, Brilliant Emerald 1m, Mazarine Blue butterfly 2 - Bernier (36)
27/5/23 - Woodchat Shrike 2; Goldenring dragonfly 1, Sloe Hairstreak 1, Fritillaries; Heath, Spotted, Meadow, Granville, Knapweed - Bernier (36)
SPAIN; 24/5/23 - GREAT BUSTARD 16, Calandra Lark 8 - Laguna de Gallocanta (Aragon)
SPAIN; 21/5/23 - LESSER KESTREL 5, Little Bustard 1m - Guadalentin; RED-NECKED NIGHTJAR 1 - Alhamma EDAR (Murcia)
SPAIN; 12/5/23 - Collared Pratincole 30+ - EDAR; Gull-billed Tern 2 - El Carmoli (Murcia)
SPAIN; 8/5/23 - YELLOW CLUBTAIL 3m - Mula; YELLOW CLUBTAIL 1ten, BLUE TIT 3 - Calasparra (Murcia)
SPAIN; 5-6/5/23 - Collared Pratincole 26 - EDAR; Pied Flycatcher 1m - Loa Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 4/5/23 - COMMON YELLOW SCORPION 1 - La Mata (Alicante)
SPAIN; 2/5/23 - ELEGANT TERN 1 - El Pinet (Alicante)
SPAIN; 1/5/23 - Oystercatcher 1 - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 26-27/4/23 - Hobby 2, Wood Sandpiper 2, Whinchat 1, Gt Reed Warbler 2+, Willow Warbler 1+; Goblet-marked Damselfly 2, Lesser Emperor 1m, Vagrant Emperor 4, 4-spot Chaser 1 - Laguna del Cañizar, Aragon
SPAIN; 25/4/23 - PINTAIL 5+, Gt Flamingo 200+, BLACK VULTURE 1, Short-toed Eagle 1, Montagu's Harrier c5, Avocet 50+, Curlew Sandpiper 2+, Gull-billed Tern 2, Short-toed Lark 1, Wheatear 10+, Whinchat 1m, Melodious Warbler 1, Spotless Starling, Golden Oriole 3, SPANISH SPARROW 1m, Tree Sparrow 50+, White Stork 4 - Laguna De Gallocanta, Aragon
SPAIN; 24/4/23 - SUBALPINE WARBLER 1m, Bonelli's Warbler 2, Woodchat Shrike 1m; SPANISH FESTOON 1, Iberian Scarce Swallowtail 2+, Provence Orange-tip 1, Cleopatra 3+, Queen of Spain Fritillary 1, others to id; Broad-bodied Chaser 2 tenerals - Calamocha, Aragon
22/4/23 - Curlew 1 - Grand Etang (87); Whinchat 2, Wheatear 2m, Quail 2, Black-winged Kite 2 (pr) - Azat-le Riz (87); Black-winged Kite 2 (pr), Woodchat Shrike 1m - Thollet (86); Red Kite 1 - Les Herolles (86)
21/4/23 - Black-winged Stilt 1f, Redshank 2 - Murat (87)
19/4/23 - Black Stork 1 - Bernier (36)
12/4/23 - Green-winged Orchid 2 - Third orchid sp. in garden, Bernier (36)
4/4/23 - BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1m - Beauregard (36)
16/3/23 - Black Kite 1-2, Buzzard c6, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1m, PEREGRINE 2 (pr), RAVEN 6 (3 prs) - R. Creuse (36)
6/3/23 - Egyptian Goose 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Garganey 2f - Etang de Murat (87)
2/3/23 - Garganey 1f - Etang de Murat (87)
28/2/23 - Hawfinch 1, White Stork 1, Marsh Tit 1 - Bernier (36)
27/2/23 - Red Kite 1 - Bernier (36)
SPAIN; 16/2/23 - STOCK DOVE 6 + 3 Corvera (Murcia)
SPAIN; 9/2/23 - COMMON GULL 1 (1w) - Portman (Murcia)
SPAIN; 8/2/23 - OYSTERCATCHER 1ad-S, RICHARD'S PIPIT 1 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN (ALMERIA); 7/2/23 - RED-KNOBBED COOT 1, CITRINE WAGTAIL 1 (1w)
SPAIN; 3/2/23 - Little Bittern 1m, Bluethroat 1f/1w - Lo Monte (Alicante)
SPAIN; 31/1/23 - RICHARD'S PIPIT 2-3 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 30/1/23 - COMMON GULL 1 (1w), Razorbill 1 (1w) - Portman (Murcia)
SPAIN; 28/1/23 - Pintail 1m, Pochard/Ferruginous hybrid 1m - Mar Menor area (Murcia)
SPAIN; 26/1/23 - Little Bittern 1, LRP 4, TEMMINCK'S STINT 1, Red-rumped Swallow c6, Vagrant Emperor 1m - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 25/1/23 - Ferruginous Duck 2, Squacco 1, Spoonbill c15, Wood Sandpiper 3 - Mar Menor area (Murcia)
SPAIN; 23/1/2023 - LITTLE BUSTARD 7, BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE 23, Lesser Short-tailed Lark 7, Bluethroat 1 - Guadalentin (Murcia)
SPAIN; 16/1/2023 - LESSER CRESTED TERN 1 ad-w, Razorbill c5 - Torrevieja (Alicante)
SPAIN; 13/1/2023 - GREAT BUSTARD 24, Black-bellied Sandgrouse 4, PIN-TAILED SANDGROUSE 27 - Yecla ZEPA (Murcia)
3/1/2023 - Dunlin 12, LITTLE STINT 1, Curlew 19, Golden Plover 200+ - Mezieres, Brenne (36)
2/12/22 - KITTIWAKE 1 ad, Black-winged Kite 2 (2 sites), Hen Harrier 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
30/11/22 - Black-winged Kite 4, Red Kite 1, Hen Harrier 2, Fieldfare 3 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
28/11/22 - ARCTIC SKUA 1 juv, KITTIWAKE 10, LITTLE GULL 6, MED. GULL 1 (five gull species), Osprey 1, Night Heron 38 - Brenne (36); Black-winged Kite 1 - Lignac (36)
26/11/22 - KITTIWAKE 2 ads - Azat-le-Ris (87)
25/11/22 - KITTIWAKE 18 (three sites), LITTLE GULL 3 - Brenne (36). Part of the huge influx of Kittiwakes into France due to the severe Atlantic depressions
SPAIN; 5/11/22 - Griffon Vulture 100+, BLACK VULTURE 1 probable (distant), Red Kite 100+, Raven 100+ - Teruel (Teruel, Aragon)
SPAIN; 2/11/22 - COMMON GULL 1 2w (six gull species) - Rio Antas lagoon (Almeria)
SPAIN; 25/10/22 - CORY'S SHEARWATER 86 west, Balearic Shearwater 6 west - Cabo de Palos 15h - 16h (Murcia)
SPAIN; 24/10/22 - CARRION CROW 4, SOUTHERN EMERALD DAMSELFLY 2+, SMALL EMERALD DAMSELFLY 20+, Winter Damsel 4, SOUTHERN DARTER 6+, Desert Darter 2, Conehead Mantis 2 - Yecla ZEPA (Murcia)
SPAIN; 19/10/22 - Ring Ouzel 15-20, Cirl Bunting 1m, Rock Bunting 4 - Espuna (Murcia)
SPAIN; 17/10/22 - Desert Darter (common), CONEHEAD MANTIS 1 nymph, Acrida ungarica mediterranea 3 - Mula (Murcia)
SPAIN; 13/10/22 - MARSH SANDPIPER 3 - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 12/10/22 - Marbled Duck 2 - El Algar (Murcia)
SPAIN; 11/10/22 - Ferruginous Duck 8, Short-toed Eagle 2, Booted Eagle 1, Little Owl 1 - Los Camachos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 9/10/22 - Curlew Sandpiper 2, TEMMINCK'S STINT 1, B-t Godwit 6+, Ruff 2 - San Pedro; GARGANEY 1 - Lo Monte; Bonelli's Eagle 1 juv, Red-rumped Swallow 3+, B-h Wagtail 1 - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/10/22 - IBERIAN BLUETAIL 1+, SCARCE BLUETAIL 1m, Dusk Hawker 1, DESERT DARTER 6+, Orange-winged Dropwing 5+ - Mula (Murcia)
27/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Saulge (86); Black-winged Kite 4 (roost), Purple Heron 1juv, Peregrine 1, Ringed Plover 3 - Beaufour (86); Black-winged Kite 1+1 - Montmorillon (86)
23/9/22 - Pintail 2, Black-winged Kite 1, S-t Eagle 1, Ringed Plover 1 juv - Beaufour (86); Ruff 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 2 (pr) - Thollet (86)
22/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
15/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); S-t Eagle 1, Black-winged Kite 1, CURLEW 3 - Beaufour (86); Dartford Warbler 1 - Saulge (86); Black-winged Kite 1+1, Wheatear 5, Whinchat 7 - Bourg-Archambault (86)
13/9/22 - Dunlin 1, Ringed Plover 1 juv, Purple Heron 1, Willow Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Wood Sandpiper 2 - Etang de Murat (87)
7/9/22 - Spotted Redshank 1, Osprey 2, Little Egret 6, Purple Heron 1, SPOTTED CRAKE 2, Pied Fly 1, Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Wood Sandpiper 3, Garganey 1, Willow Warbler 1, Pied Fly 2 - Etang de Murat (87); Geranium Bronze 1 - garden
6/9/22 - GERANIUM BRONZE 1 - garden
5/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1+1, Hen Harrier 2, MONTAGU'S HARRIER 1m, Willow Warbler 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Black-winged Kite 2 (pr) - Thollet (86)
4/9/22 - SPOTTED CRAKE 1, Cisticola 1, Purple Heron 3, Osprey 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 1 juv, LITTLE STINT 1, Purple Heron 3, SPOONBILL 1 imm - Etang de Murat (87)
1/9/22 - Whinchat 5, Pied Flycatcher 4 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86); Pied Fly 2, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Common Redstart 2 - garden
29/8/22 - Reed Warbler 1, Pied Flycatcher 5+, Little Egret 6, Puple Heron 1 juv, Gadwall 4 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Purple Heron 2 juv, Black Stork 2, SPOONBILL 1 imm - Etang de Murat (87)
28/8/22 - Cisticola 1 (since 23/722), Pied Flycatcher 2, Whinchat 1, Black Stork 1 juv - Bernier; Pied Flycatcher 3 - garden
27/8/22 - Black-winged Kite 2 pairs - Thollet (86); Golden Oriole 5, Small Red Damselfly 1m, Autumn Lady's-tresses 1 plant - garden
26/8/22 - Greenshank 1, Little Egret 3, Zitting Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); SPOONBILL 1 imm, Little Egret 2, Purple Heron 1, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 1 juv - Etang de Murat (87)
24/8/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); White Stork c180 SW over garden
18/8/22 - Glossy Ibis 7, Garganey 1, SPOTTED CRAKE 1, Whinchat 1 - Les Landes (23)
14/8/22 - Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1, Woodchat Shrike 3 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
13/8/22 - Ruff 1 juv, Wood Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1, Garganey 2, Willow Warbler 1, Cuckoo 1 - Ciron (36); RINGED PLOVER 2, Wood Sandpiper 17, Greenshank 2, Black Stork 1 juv, Garganey 1 - Mezieres (36); Black-winged Stilt 3 - Brenne (36)
12/8/22 - Bee-eater 6 - La Trimouille (86); Southern Skimmer 1m - Thollet (86); Bee-eater 2, SOUTHERN SKIMMER 1m (34th garden odonata species) - garden
9/8/22 - WRYNECK 1, Tree Pipit 1 - garden
8/8/22 - Purple Heron 2, Marsh Harrier 2, B-w Stilt 8, Wood Sandpiper 2, Ruff 1, Spotted Redshank 1, Whiskered Tern 30+, Sand Martin c10 - Ciron (36)
7/8/22 - Woodchat Shrike 4, Queen of Spain Fritillary 2, Weaver's Fritillary 1 - Thollet (86)
5/8/22 - Redshank 1 - Etang de Murat (87)
4/8/22 - Night Heron 2 juvs, Stock Dove 1, Bee-eaters (h), Woodchat Shrike 1f - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
1/8/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
27/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 6 - Thollet (86)
25/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 1m - Etang de la Mazère (87); Woodchat Shrike 5 (2 ads, 3 juvs) - garden
23-24/7/22 - Lesser-spotted Woodpecker 2, Zitting Cisticola 1, Meadow, Knapweed, Spotted Fritillaries - garden/Bernier
22/7/22 - Night Heron 3, Purple Heron 2, GLOSSY IBIS 2, Garganey 6, RCP 1, Marsh Harrier 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Zitting Cisticola 1, GREAT REED WARBLER 1, Migrant Hawker 1m - Les Landes (23); Zitting Cisticola 1 - garden
18 - 21/7/22 - Puy-de-Dôme (63)
18/7/22 - GLOSSY IBIS 5, Purple Heron 2, Marsh Harrier 3 - Les Landes (23)
17/7/22 - Brilliant Emerald 1m - Lussac-les-Eglises (87)
15/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 4 (2 juvs) - Thollet (86); LARGE COPPER butterfly 1f - Bernier (36)
4/7/22 - Sedge Warbler 1, Quail 1, Sand Martin 2, Purple Heron 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Woodchat Shrike 2, Wood Sandpiper 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Woodchat Shrike 2 - Bourg Archambault (86)
3/7/22 - Quail 1, Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1, Woodchat Shrike 2, Blue-eyed Hooktail 1m - Thollet (86)
2/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 1 - Lignac (36); Honey Buzzard 1 - garden
1/7/22 - Brilliant Emerald 1f - Lussac-les-Eglises (87); Woodchat Shrike 1 Brigueil-le-Chantre (86); Southern Emerald Dam. 1, Dusk Hawker 1 - garden
27/6/22 - Zitting Cisticola 1, LRP 1 young - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 1, Woodchat Shrike 2 (pr), Black-winged Stilt 5 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
18/6/22 - Quail 1 - garden
16/6/22 - Brilliant Emerald 1m - Thollet (86)
13/6/22 - Red-backed Shrike 1m, Cirl Bunting 1m, Common Redstart 1m (br) - garden
9/6/22 - Common Redstart 1m (br); Goldenring 1m - garden
6/6/22 - SPAIN; White Stork 28, Spoonbill 1, Black-winged Stilt 2 (pr), Great Reed Warbler 1; TWIN-SPOT FRITILLARY 1m, Spanish Gatekeeper; Pyramidal Orchid 100's, Lizard Orchid 20+ - Zolina (Pamplona, Navarre). Spain; Southern Costa Blanca in summer (April 1st > September 30th) updated
1/6/22 - SPAIN; As yesterday, numbers higher. Willow Emerald 3, Yellow Clubtail 2, MERCURY BLUET 2m; Cirl Bunting 1 (h) - Mula (Murcia)
31/5/22 - SPAIN; Copper Demoiselle 8+, WILLOW EMERALD 1 ten, MEDITERRANEAN BLUET 20+, GOBLET-MARKED DAMSELFLY 2-3m, White Featherleg 5+, YELLOW CLUBTAIL 1f, BLUE-EYED HOOKTAIL 3+m, four skimmer sp, Orange-winged Dropwing 4+m; Griffon Vulture 3, Chough, Golden Oriole; QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY 1, KNAPWEED FRITILLARY 2, Greyling sp. 1 - Mula (Murcia)
27/5/22 - SPAIN; WESTERN DEMOISELLE 20+, WHITE FEATHERLEG 3+, DUSK HAWKER 1; Grey Wagtail 2, Wren 1, Robin 1, N. Wheatear 1, Bonelli's Warbler 10+, Rock Sparrow 4+ - Calasparra (Murcia)
26/5/22 - SPAIN; Griffon 3, Peregrine 2, Black-eared Wheatear 3, Black Wheatear 4, Chough 2, ROCK SPARROW 2; COPPER DEMOISELLE 6+ - Montenegre (Alicante)
25/5/22 - SPAIN; KEELED SKIMMER 1, Epaulet Skimmer 10+, Long Skimmer c3, Common Darter 3+ - local (Los Alcazares area, Murcia)
24/5/22 - SPAIN; Ferruginous Duck 2m - Alhama EDAR (Murcia); QUAIL 1, Roller 2+, S-t Lark 5+, Chough 3 - Guadalentin (Murcia)
19/5/22 - SPAIN; GRIFFON 5, Golden Eagle 1, Woodlark c5, BONELLI'S WARBLER 5+, Chough 10+, Cirl Bunting 1, Rock Bunting 4+; SOUTHERN SKIMMER 1 near tank - Espuna (Murcia)
18/5/22 - SPAIN; SHORT-TOED LARK c5, Woodchat Shrike 4+, Roller 2, Blue-spot Hairstreak 1 - La Murta/Corvera (Murcia)
17/5/22 - SPAIN; SPANISH SWALLOWTAIL 1 - R. Segura (Alicante); Monarch 1; Small Red-eye 20+, Emperor 2, Lesser Emperor 4+, Vagrant Emperor 6+, Common Darter 6+ (emergence); Spoonbill 5 - El Hondo (Alicante)
16/5/22 - SPAIN; Lulworth Skipper 10+, BLUE-SPOT HAIRSTREAK 2, DUSKY HEATH 1; Rock Bunting 2 - Escalona (Murcia)
13/5/22 - SPAIN; Night Heron 1, Tree Sparrow 3 (br); Common Blue Damselfly 1m, Lesser Emperor 3+, Black-tailed Skimmer 2, Violet Dropwing 5+, Black Percher 15+ - El Algar (Murcia)
11/5/22 - SPAIN; PROVENCE ORANGE-TIP 8+, COMMON WINTER DAMSEL 1; GRIFFON VULTURE 8, Skylark 1, Woodlark 1, (Bonelli's Warbler 3 heard), Chough 20+, Raven 2, CIRL BUNTING 2 (pr), ROCK BUNTING 3; OPHRYS LUTEA 8+, LIMODORUM ABORTIVUM 4 - Espuna (Murcia)
10/5/22 - SPAIN; Black-eyed Blue 2, SPANISH GATEKEEPER 6+ - Escalona (Murcia)
8/5/22 - SPAIN; Golden Eagle 1, Roller 3, Woodlark 1, N. Wheatear 1, BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR 3, Woodchat Shrike 2 - Corvera NE (Murcia)
6/5/22 - SPAIN; N. Wheatear 1+, Redstart 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1, PIED FLYCATCHER 1 - Calblanque (Murcia)
3/5/22 - SPAIN; Collared Pratincole 3, Ruff 6, Little Tern 2, Gull-billed Tern 2 - EDAR Los Alcazares (Murcia); Spoonbill 2, Bonelli's Eagle 1, Curlew Sandpiper 20+, Common Tern 1 - La Manga salinas (Murcia); Common Tern 3, Pallid Swift 2 (br.), Willow Warbler 4 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
29/4/22 - SPAIN; Spoonbill 2, Avocet 80+, Collared Pratincole 3, Curlew Sandpiper c30, Wood Sandpiper 2, Black-tailed Godwit c20, Common Tern 1, Whiskered Tern c40, Cuckoo 1, Great Reed Warbler 6, Golden Oriole 1, Vagrant Emperor 10+ - El Hondo (Alicante); Common Tern c50, Great-spotted Cuckoo 2 - El Pinet (Alicante)
26/4/22 - SPAIN; Squacco 1, LRP 15+, Curlew Sandpiper 1, TEMMINCK'S STINT 2, Wood Sandpiper 1, Redshank 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Ruff 2, Black Tern 1, Red-rumped Swallow 1, Nightingale 1, Violet Dropwing 4+ - EDAR Los Alcazares (Murcia) ; Woodchat Shrike 1, Skylark 1 - Los Camachos (Murcia)
24/4/22 - SPAIN; Black Kite 6+, Red Kite 1, Griffon Vulture 1, Redshank 5, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2, ROCK SPARROW 5, Lady Orchid 10+, Early Spider Orchid 20+ - Zolina (Pamplona, Navarre)
21/4/22 - Peregrine 1 ad (poss. brookei) - Bernier (36); Redshank 7, Greenshank 28, Shelduck 2 - Ciron (36); Hairy Hawker 1, Weaver's Fritillary 5+, Fly and Burnt Orchids - Oulches (36)
19/4/22 - Common Crane 2, Little Egret 1, Purple Heron 1, Wood Sandpiper 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 1, 'Flavissima' Yellow Wagtail 1m - Azat-le-Ris (87)
18/4/22 - Large Red Damselfly 1m, Blu-tail 1m - garden (first odonata species 2022)
15/4/22 - Shelduck 2, Garganey 3, Short-toed Eagle 1, Marsh Harrier 2, Black-winged Stilt 1, LRP 2, Ruff 8, Greenshank 19, Wood Sandpiper 6 - Brenne (36)
14/4/22 - BITTERN 1 (h), Shelduck 2, Garganey 5, R-c Pochard 50+, Osprey 5, Black-winged Stilt 1, Ruff 2, Greenshank 16, Wood Sandpiper 2, Y-l Gull 3, COMMON TERN 5 - Brenne (36)
11/4/22 - Purple Heron 1, White Stork 2, Garganey 4+, R-c Pochard 2, Marsh Harrier 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Black Tern 11, 'Flavissima' Yellow Wagtail 1m, Brambling 2 - Les Landes (23)
6/4/22 - Black-winged Kite 2 ads (probable pair) - Coulonges (86); White Stork 1 - La Trimouille (86)
4/4/22 - Osprey 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, LRP 2, Red-crested Pochard 30, Hawfinch 1, Black-necked Grebe 7, Short-toed Eagle 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 1, Wigeon 1, Garganey 2, LITTLE GULL 2 (ad-s, 2w) - Brenne (36)
Willow Warbler 1, Fieldfare 3 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/4/22 - FRANCE; Brambling 3 - garden. Spain; Southern Costa Blanca in winter - species list update
15/3/22 - SPAIN; Ferruginous Duck 2f, Common Swift 1 - Los Camachos (Murcia)
14/3/22 - SPAIN; LESSER CRESTED TERN 1 ad-winter - Torrevieja harbour (Alicante)
8/3/22 - SPAIN; Ferruginous Duck 1m, Tufted Duck 1m, SEDGE WARBLER 1 (h), MOUSTACHED WARBLER 2, Vagrant Hawker 1m - Lo Monte (Alicante)
7/3/22 - SPAIN; ALPINE SWIFT 1, Red-rumped Swallow 2 - El Carmoli (Murcia)
2/3/22 - SPAIN; VAGRANT HAWKER 2m - El Hondo (Alicante)
28/2/2022 - SPAIN; Glossy Ibis 2, Ferruginous Duck 1f, RING-NECKED DUCK 1f, Siskin 2 - EDAR Alhama; Black-bellied Sandgrouse 11, Spectacled Warbler 1, Chough 2, Raven 2 - Guadalentin (Murcia)
24/2/2022 - SPAIN; BLACK-EYED BLUE butterfy 2 - Calblanque (Murcia)
17/2/2022 - SPAIN; White Stork 2, LESSER FLAMINGO 1, (MOUSTACHED WARBLER 2 heard), BEARDED TIT 1m - El Hondo (Alicante)
16/2/2022 - SPAIN; RICHARD'S PIPIT 2 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
14/2/2022 - SPAIN; Spoonbill 1, LRP 1, Swallow 3, Tree Sparrow c20 - El Hondo (Alicante)
11/2/2022 - SPAIN; Golden Eagle 1 ad, Siskin 2, HAWFINCH 1, Crossbill 17 - Espuna (Murcia)
4/2/2022 - SPAIN; RED-BREASTED MERGANANSER 3 - Mar Menor (Murcia)
2/2/2022 - SPAIN; Golden Eagle 1 (1w), Black-bellied Sandgrouse 7, GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO 1 ad, Lesser Short-toed Lark 6+, Calandra Lark 4, Spectacled Warbler 1+, Chough 2 - Saladares del Guadalentin (Murcia)
23/1/2022 - SPAIN; ROCK SPARROW 20+ - Zolina (Pamplona, Navarre)
22/1/2022 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); 1 Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
21/1/2022 - Brambling 1, Hawfinch 2 - garden
20/1/2022 - GOOSANDER 1f, Shelduck 9, Ruff 2, VELVET SCOTER 5 - Brenne (36)
17/1/2022 - GOLDENEYE 3 - Etang Murat (87); Hawfinch 2 - garden
16/1/2022 - Hawfinch 2 - garden
14/1/2022 - GOOSANDER 1f; Common Crane 200+ - Brenne (36)
13/1/2022 - Black-winged Kite 2 (1+1) - Azat-le-Ris (87)
10/1/2022 - GOLDENEYE 3 - Etang Murat (87)
3/1/2022 - GOLDENEYE 1 - Etang Murat (87)
30/12/21 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
28/12/21 - GOLDENEYE 3, Red-crested Pochard 2 - Etang Murat (87)
14/11/21 - 16/12/21 - Spain, southern Costa Blanca. Below, Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) - Cartagena, Murcia. Spain; Southern Costa Blanca in winter - species list update
8-12/11/21 - Black-winged Kites 3 (1 ad + 2 juvs) - Coulonges (86), the other ad (prob. male) around original nest site near Thollet
6/11/21 - Black-winged Kites 4 (pair + 2 juvs) - Coulonges (86), Redwing c30, Red Kite 1 - garden
2/11/21 - Black-winged Kites 4 (pair + 2 juvs) - Coulonges (86)
27/10/21 - White Stork 2 ads, SPOONBILL 3, Wigeon 2+, Pintail 2+, Dunlin 6, MED. GULL 1 (1w), Migrant Hawker 1m, Southern Hawker 1f - Les Landes (23)
26/10/21 - Black-winged Kites; 3 (pair + juv) - Coulonges (86); 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87); 1 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
22/9, 25/9/21 - Black-winged Kite 3 (pair + juv) - Coulonges (86)
19/10/21 - Black-winged Kites; 2 (pair) - Coulonges (86); 4 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86), 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87), 1 ad - Beaufour (86)
18/10/21 - Water Pipit 2, Common Crane 22 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 5 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86); Black-winged Kite 8, Peregrine 1 juv. - Azat-le-Ris (87)
15/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 5 (1+ ad, 1+ imm, +3) - Azat-le-Ris (87)
13/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 4 (1 ad, 1 imm, +2), Hen Harrier 3 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
8/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 5 (together, in flight) - Azat-le-Ris (87)
4-5/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 1-2 ads - Azat-le-Ris (87); Black Stork 1 - Bernier (36)
25/9/21 - Three-week trip to Spain, 1 - 22/9/21. Spain; The Southern Costa Blanca September 2020/1
30/8/21 - Purple Heron 1 juv, Little Egret 1, Sand Martin 2+, Pied Flycatcher 2+ - Etang de la Mazère (87); Common Redstart 1, Whinchat 4, Pied Flycatcher 1 - Lussac-les-Eglise (87)
27-28/8/21 - Purple Heron 1 juv, Common Redstart 2+ (all summer), Pied Flycatcher 1 - garden; Whinchat 1 - Bernier (36)
26/8/21 - Purple Heron 1, Black Stork 1, Black Kite 2, S-t Eagle 1, Whiskered Tern 6+, Z. Cisticola 1, Pied Flycatcher 6+, Woodchat Shrike 1f; Southern Emerald c10, Small Emerald 1m, Willow Emerald 1m, Winter Dam 3, Common Blue Dam 1m, Red-eyed Dam 2m, Migrant Hawker 10+, Southern Darter 10+ - Brenne (36)
25/8/21 - Black Stork 3, Wheatear 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
24/8/21 - Purple Heron 1 juv - garden (pond!); White Stork 50+, Common Shelduck 1, RINGED PLOVER 2, Dunlin 2, Wood Sandpiper 1, Z. Cisticola 1, Migrant Hawker c6 - Les Landes (23)
23/8/21 - Sedge Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Sand Martin 10+, Great Egret 3, Cattle Egret 50+ (5 - 10% juvs), Common Sandpiper 12; Migrant Hawker 8+, Weaver's Fritillary 3, Knapweed Fritillary 3 - Oulches (36)
22/8/21 - Kingfisher 1, Black Stork 2 SW - garden; SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAM. 3m - Coury (87)
12/8/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1 juv, Weaver's Fritillary 1 - Thollet (86)
10/8/21 - WOODCOCK 2, Woodchat Shrike 1 juv, Hobby 2 - Bernier/Lignac; Bee-eater 14 SW, Queen of Spain Frit 1, Southern White Admiral 1, Small Tortoiseshell 2+ - garden
Banded Dem 1m, Southern Emerald 6 (c), SMALL EMERALD 2 (c), Willow Emerald 2, B-tailed Dam 10+ (c), Dainty Dam 15+ (c), Small Red-eyed Dam 1m, White-legged Dam 1m, Southern Migrant Hawker 1m, BRILLIANT EMERALD 1m, Ruddy Darter 2 (c), Common Darter 3 (c), Southern Darter 1m, Scarlet Darter 3 (c) - garden
Total 14 odonata species; first sunny, warm dry day after weeks of cool, mostly wet weather. (c) = in copula
9/8/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1m, 1 juv, Hobby 1 ad, 2 juvs, R-b Shrike 3 juvs, Spotted Flycatcher 1 - Bernier/Lignac; Small Red-eyed Dam 1m, Dainty Dam 10+ - garden
3/8/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1m, Hobby 1 - Bernier; Honey Buzzard 1, R-b Shrike 4 (m, f, 2 juvs), Golden Oriole 1 juv - garden
2/8/21 - Purple Heron 1, Cattle Egret 53, Pied Flycatcher 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Honey Buzzard 1 - garden
29/7/21 - Short-toed Eagle 1, Common Quail 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Southern Emerald Dam. 1, Small Red-eyed Dam 2, Green-eyed Hooktail 10+ - Thollet (86); Bee-eater 1+, Small Red-eyed Dam 2 - garden
22 - 25/7/21 - PNR de Millevaches en Limousin
20/7/21 - Night Heron 4+, Cattle Egret 100+, Little Egret 25+, Purple Heron 4+, White Stork 5, Honey Buzzard 1, Zitting Cisticola 2, Reed Warbler 2+, Spotted Flycatcher 2, SQUACCO 1 (Etang Les Bordes), Woodchat Shrike 3; Small Emerald 1, Red-eyed Dam 3+, Small Red-eyed Dam 1, Southern Migrant Hawker 1 m, LESSER EMPEROR 2 m - Les Landes (23)
18/7/21 - Stone Curlew 1 - Lussac-les-Eglise (87); Banded Dem 1, Dainty Dam 10+, Small Red-eyed Dam 6 (in cop), Emperor 2 (in cop), Ruddy Darter 1, Scarlet Darter 5 (in cop) - garden
16/7/21 - Hobby 2 (1 juv)n, Bee-eater 5 - Lignac (36)
14/7/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1 f, Stone Curlew 4 - Thollet (86); Common Redstart 1 m, Winter Dam 1 m, White-legged Dam 1 m, Black-tailed Skimmer 1, Scarlet Darter 3 - garden
12/7/21 - Midwife Toad calling - Bernier
11/7/21 - Blue-tailed Dam 3, Azure Dam 1, Dainty Dam 30+, Small Red-eyed Dam 4 m, Goblet-marked Dam 1 m, White-legged Dam 1, Southern Migrant Hawker 2 m, Ruddy Darter 4, Scarlet Darter 2 m - garden
9/7/21 - RED-VEINED DARTER 1 m - Ambazac (87); CRAG MARTIN 2 - Langleret (87)
8/7/21 - POND/GARDEN ODONATA LIST added
2/7/21 - BLUE-EYED HOOKTAIL 3 m, Green-eyed Hooktail 4+, Tipula maxima 1 - Vienne (86)
1/7/21 - Golden-ringed Dragonfly 1, Southern Hawker 1 m, White-legged Dam 1, Beautiful Dem 10+ - Crevant (36); Southern Emerald 3, Small Emerald 4+, Winter Dam 2, Green-eyed Hooktail 1 m, Brilliant Emerald 1 m, B-t Skimmer 1, Ruddy Darter 2+, Southern Darter 1 - Le Poinconnet (36)
30/6/21 - Southern Migrant Hawker 1, Brilliant Emerald 1 - Lussac-les-Églises (87); Woodchat Shrike 2 - Thollet (86); Small Red-eyed Dam 1 - garden
28/6/21 - Cattle Egret 1, Dunlin 1, Sedge Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Volucella bombylans 1 - garden
26/6/21 - Honey Buzzard 1, Bee-eater 8, Dainty Dam 50+, Beautiful Dem 1, Southern Migrant Hawker 1 m - garden
25/6/21 - SQUACCO 1, Common Tern 1, Zitting Cisticola 2+, Large Chequered Skipper, LESSER PURPLE EMPEROR 1, Marbled, Weaver's, Heath Fritillaries, WOODLAND GRAYLING, Great Banded Grayling, Pearly Heath, Passenger moth, Southern, Small, Willow Emerald Damselflies, Winter Dam, Dainty Dam, Small Red-eyed Dam 1, LESSER EMPEROR 3, Green-eyed Hooktail 4+, Ruddy Darter, LIBELLOIDES LONGICORNIS 15+ - Brenne (36)
24/6/21 - Cattle Egret 27, Little Egret 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Hobby 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Small Red-eyed Dam 1 - garden
22/6/21 - Purple Heron 1 - Grand Etang (87); R-b Shrike 3 pairs - Azat-le Ris(87); Common Redstart 1, Beautiful Dem 1, Dainty Dam 25+, Goblet-marked Dam 1, Golden-ringed Dragonfly 1, Ruddy Darter 1, Scarlet Darter 1, Sloe Hairstreak 1 - garden
16/6/21 - Brilliant Emerald 1 - Bernier
15/6/21 - Cattle Egret 1, Little Egret 1, Black-winged Stilt 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Cistude 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
14/6/21 - Common Clubtail 2 - Thollet (86); Great Peacock moth 1 - garden
12/6/21 - Golden-ringed Dragonfly 1, Brilliant Emerald 1 - Thollet (86)
11/6/21 - Winter Dam 3, Dainty Dam 2, Red-eyed Dam 1, GREEN-EYED HAWKER c4, LESSER EMPEROR 2 males, Downy Emerald c3, Ruddy Darter c6, Scarlet Darter 1 - Les Landes (23)
6-11/6/21 - Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne
1/6/21 - Red-eyed Dam 20+, Large Red Dam 3, Small Red Dam 1, Downy Emerald 2+, 4-spot Chaser 10+, LILYPAD WHITEFACE 30+, Scarlet Darter 1 - Brenne; Dainty Dam. 10+ - garden
25-28/5/21 - Dordogne
20/5/21 - Little Owl, Green Hairstreak 2, Dainty Dam 1 - garden
19/5/21 - Banded Demoiselle 3+, Blue-tailed Dam 2, Common Blue Dam 1, Azure Dam 3, Red-eyed Dam 30+, Downy Emerald 1, 4-spot Chaser 3+, LILYPAD WHITEFACE 2, Scarlet Darter 1. MARSH FRITILLARY 10+ - Brenne (36); emergence Broad-bodied Chaser 1 - garden
18/5/21 - Night Heron 4+, SQUACCO 2, Little Egret 4+, White Stork 4, Red-crested Pochard 6, Hobby 2, Whiskered Tern 2, Garden Warbler 1 - Les Landes (23)
12/5/21 - 3 egret sp, Tufted Duck 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Black Tern 1, Sand Martin 15+ - Etang de la Mazère (87); Honey Buzzard 1, Bee-eater 6 over Lignac (36); Hairy Hawker 1 - Bernier
10/5/21 - Little Egret 2, Redshank 2, Sand Martin 2+ - Etang de la Mazère (87)
9/5/21 - Woodchat Shrike 2 (pair), Common Clubtail 1 - Thollet (86)
7/5/21 - Little Egret 1, Tufted Duck 4, Dunlin 1, Redshank 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Red-backed Shrike 2 (pair) Azat-le-Riz (87); Bee-eater 10 over garden
6/5/21 - 3 egret sp, White Stork 1, Tufted Duck 4, LRP 1, SANDERLING 1, Dunlin 1, Redshank 1, Whiskered Tern 1, 3 hirundine sp, Wheatear 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); more Emperors emerging yesterday, garden
3/5/21 (lockdown ended) - Usual array of spring migrants, etc, Brenne (36) - B-n Grebes, Night Herons, Purple Herons, Garganey 4, R-crested Pochards, HONEY BUZZARD 3 > north, S-t Eagle 1, Marsh Harrier 1, Hobby 1, Y-l Gull 6, Common Tern 3, Whiskered Terns, Zitting Cisticola 6+, Sedge Warblers, Willow Warbler 1
Odonata - Azure, Blue-tailed and Winter Damselflies, Beautiful Demoiselle 4+, Downy Emeralds, 4-spot and Broad-bodied Chasers, Hairy Hawker 2, BASKETTAIL 1
2/5/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, Tufted Duck 2, Little Egret 1, LRP 1, Dunlin 1, Whiskered Tern 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/5/21 (lockdown) - First exuviae (2) Emperor Dragonfly - pond, garden
30/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Tufted Duck 1, Cattle Egret 2, Little Egret 1, LRP 2, Greenshank 1, Sand Martins, G. Oriole 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, Tufted Duck 1, Little Egret 1, LRP 1, Sand Martin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
26/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, White Stork 1, Little Egret 1, Sand Martin 5+ - Etang de la Mazère (87)
25/4/21 (lockdown) - Marbled Newt 1, Palmate Newt 1, L. Red Damselfly 1 male, B-tailed Damselfly 2 - garden
23/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Tufted Duck 1 female, Purple Heron 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
21/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Purple Heron 2, Egyptian Goose 2, Montagu's Harrier 1 female, LRP 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
20/4/21 (lockdown) - Oxlips - Chabanne (36); Woodchat Shrike 2 (pair) - Thollet (86); Redstart 1, Sedge Warbler 1 - garden
19/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 5, LRP 2, Greenshank 1, Peregrine 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Peregrine 1 ad/M - St-Martin quarry (87)
16/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Osprey 1, Sand Martin 20 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
14/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, first House Martins (4) and Yellow Wagtail (1) - Etang de la Mazère (87)
12/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, Redshank 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
8/4/21 (lockdown) - Several first migrant sightings, Lignac. RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Purple Heron 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
4/4/21 (Start of 1 month lockdown, >10km radius, no time limit) - First Nightingale Bernier
3/4/21 - Black-winged Kite 1 adult on nest - Thollet (86); Sand Martin 12+, S-t Eagle 2 (pair) - Le Léché, Sand Martin 20+, R-c Pochard 3 - Beaufour (86); RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Whiskered Tern 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
2/4/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Whiskered Tern 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Garganey 2, B-w Stilt 15, Zitting Cisticola 2, Sedge Warbler - Brenne (36)
1/4/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Night Heron 3, Ferruginous Duck 2, Garganey 3, Med. Gull 1 ad - Les Landes (23)
31/3/21 - Osprey 1, Black Stork 2, Common Tern 2, Wigeon 11 - Mezieres-en-Brenne (36), Raven 2 (pair), Peregrine 2 - Indre (36). Linnet 3 garden
30/3/21 - First Hoopoe, Brambling 1 male, Serin 1 male - garden. Purple Heron 1, Little Gull 1 adult, Cuckoo 1 - Ciron (36), Osprey 1 adult, Red Deer 1 male, Winter Damselflies - Loups (36)
29/3/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/3/21 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults using same nest as last year - Thollet (86)
26/3/21 - Mandarin 1 male, Yellow Wagtail 1, Wheatear 1 - Etang Régnier (86); Short-toed Eagle 1 - Brenne (36)
25/3/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, LRP 2, Redshank 1, Swallow 1, Water Pipit 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
24/3/21 - Raven 2 (pair), Peregrine 2 (pair) - Indre (36)
20/3/21 - Black-winged Kite 1 adult, Black Kite 1, Redwing 2 - Thollet (86)
18/3/21 - Ruff 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
17/3/21 - Short-toed Eagle 1 - Etang Régnier (86)
15/3/21 - Ruff 1, Water Pipit 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
12/3/21 - Dunlin 1, Water Pipit 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Black-necked Grebe 1, Little Egret 1 - Etang Murat (87)
9/3/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Black-necked Grebe 10+, Wigeon c20, Common Goldeneye 1 male - Les Landes (23)
8/3/21 - Wigeon 4 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
5/3/21 - Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
3/3/21 - Winter Damselfly 2 - Ciron (36). Wigeon 12+, Black Kite 1 - Fourdines (36). Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Thollet (86)
24/2/21 - First Black Kite over garden
22/2/21 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86). Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 3 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
21/2/21 - Andrena (Mining bee) sp, Marbled Newt 1 f, Palmate Newt 2, Squash bug sp, Lesser Diving Beetle - garden
19/2/21 - Dunlin 28, Ruff 2, Water Pipit 20+ - Mézières (36)
15/2/21 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Wigeon 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
8/2/21 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Wigeon 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Saulgé (86)
5/2/21 - COMMON GOLDENEYE 2 males, Wigeon 60+, Pintail 2, White Stork 2 - Les Landes (23)
4/2/21 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87)
2/2/21 - Egyptian Goose 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87)
26/1/2021 - Egyptian Goose 1, GOOSANDER 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87), RING-NECKED DUCK (Aythya collaris) 1 adult female - Etang de Murat (87), Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87)
25/1/2021 - RING-NECKED DUCK (Aythya collaris) 1 adult female, Egyptian Goose 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87)
8/1/2021 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87). Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
2/1/2021 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87)
28/12/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
22/12/20 - Wigeon c25, Golden Plover 2, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 1 ad. - Les Landes (23)
17/12/20 - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 26 - Etang du Léché, Wigeon 5 - Belle Plein, Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Saulgé, Pintail 2 - Etang de Maupertuis, all Vienne (86)
15/12/20 (End of lockdown today) - Wigeon 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87). Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
11/12/20 (2 week lockdown) - Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
5/12/20 (2 week lockdown) - Wigeon 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87). Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
30/11/20 (2 week lockdown) - Egyptian Goose 3 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/11/20 (Start of 2 week lockdown, >20kms, >3 hours) - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
26/10/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
23/10/20 - Siskin 31, Lesser-spotted Woodpecker 1 female - garden
19/10/20 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Thollet (86)
18/10/20 - Red Kite 2 over SW, Goshawk 2 (m,f), partial display, Willow Emerald 3 (2m,f), Grass Snake 1, Long-tailed Blue 1 f, Wall Brown 2, Large Tortoiseshell 1, Large White 1, Small White 1, Small Copper 9 - garden
7/10/20 - Black-winged Kite 1 juv Thollet (86); the others appear to have departed. Common Redstart 1 - garden
29/9/20 - Black-winged Kite 5 (2 adults, 3 flying juvs) - Thollet (86). 2 GREY PLOVERS (juvs), 2 Greenshank, 6 Cattle Egrets - Etang de la Mazère (87)
22/9/20 - Black-winged Kite 5 (2 adults, 3 flying juvs) - Thollet (86)
30/8/2020 to 21/9/2020 - French Pyrenees, Southern Costa Blanca, Spain
29/8/20 - 18 Bee-eaters over, 2 Common Redstarts, 2 Pied Flys, 1 Long-tailed Blue Butterfly, 1 Great Potter Wasp, female - garden
27/8/20 - Cattle Egret 45, Purple Heron 3, Little Egret 1, Marsh Harrier 1, KNOT 1 juv. - Etang de la Mazère (87). Bee-eater passage and Green Sandpiper over - garden
26/8/20 - Bee-eater passage over, Common Redstart 3, Pied Fly, Willow Warbler, Shrill Carder Bee, Winter Damselfly 2 - garden
24/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike 1 juv, Weaver's Fritillary 2 Thollet (86). Bee-eater passage over, Common Redstart 1, Pied Flycatcher 2, Queen of Spain Fritillary 1 - garden
23/8/20 - Golden Oriole 1 imm, warbler passage as yesterday, continued Bee-eater passage over, Shrill Carder Bee - garden
22/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), still copulating! Honey Buzzard 1, Tree Pipit 1 - Thollet (86). Honey Buzzard 1 'wing-clapping', C. Redstart 1, Garden Warbler 2, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1 - passage - garden
21/8/20 - Ferruginous Duck 1 male, 5 White Storks, 16 odonata species - Les Landes (23). First autumn passage Pied Flycatcher - garden
20/8/20 - Willow Warbler 1, Hoopoe, Chiffchaffs, Common Redstart, continued Bee-eater passage, Shrill Carder Bee, Red-banded Sand Wasp - garden
19/8/20 - Black Stork 1, Honey Buzzard 1 over garden
18/8/20 - 7 Bee-eaters, 1 Honey Buzzard 'wing-clapping', over garden
17/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 1 (prob. male) - Thollet (86); Five heron sp. inc. 20 Cattle, 2 Little Egrets, 5 Purple Herons - Etang de la Mazère (87). Eumenes (wasp) sp. 2, Common Furrow Bee 1, Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee 3, Sharp-tailed bee sp. 2, Shrill Carder Bee 5 - garden
15/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86)
12/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86). Five heron sp. inc. 8 Cattle, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Purple Herons, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Geese - Etang de la Mazère, 1 Curlew - Etang Murat, 2 Purple Herons - Grand Etang (87)
11/8/20 - Flock of 19 Bee-eaters SW over garden
10/8/20 - Flock of 80-90 White Storks SW over garden then Les Herolles (86); 1 Q. of Spain, 2 Weaver's and c25 Silver-washed Fritillaries - Oulches (36)
8/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86)
6/8/20 - Five heron sp. inc. 36 Cattle, 6 Little Egrets, 4 Purple Herons, first Migrant Hawker - Etang de la Mazère (87). 2 Southern Skimmers - Lignac (36)
5/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86); Willow Warbler, Common Redstart - garden
4/8/20 - Red-crested Pochard 3, Cattle Egret 91+, Little Egret 1 - Etang de Beaufour (86)
2/8/20 - First newly fledged Melodious Warblers, Golden Orioles on vine, Shrill Carder Bee - garden
1/8/20 - First returning Stone Curlew, 5 Woodchat Shrikes Bourg-Archambault (86). Five heron sp. inc. 56 Cattle, 5 Little Egrets, 5 Purple Herons - Etang de la Mazère (87). 3 Brilliant Emeralds - Eports (86)
31/7/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike (adult) - Thollet (86)
30/7/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike juv - Thollet (86)
28/7/2020 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike juv, first Jersey Tiger moth - Thollet (86)
All photos taken at time of obs
Most obs Bernier/Lignac (36) are from the garden
26/8/25 - Red Kite 1, Marsh Harrier 2 juvs, Garganey 1, Purple Heron 1 juv, Night Heron 5, White Stork 1, LITTLE BITTERN 1 juv - Les Landes (23)
25/8/25 - Night Heron 3, Purple Heron 1 juv, Pied Flycatcher 10, Migrant Hawker 6, Southern Darter 6+ - Les Landes (23)
22/8/25 - Wood Sandpiper 2, Spot-shank 15, Ruff 42, Greenshank 3, LRP 3, Black Stork 1, Honey Buzzard 6 - Brenne (36); 10 wader species seen
18/8/25 - EUROPEAN WILDCAT 1 - Murat (87): Trouvé par Alain et Colette Boullah, de la Vienne (86) - merci Alain pour la permission d'utiliser vos excellentes photos sur ce site.; Purple Heron 1 ad, Greenshank 1 juv - Etang de la Mazère (87)
11/8/25 - Black-winged Kite 1 juv - Azat-le Riz (87); Small Red-eye 10+, Small Emerald 30+, S M Hawker 1m, Southern Darter 6+ - La Bazeuge (87); Wood Saandpiper 1 - Murat (87)
8/8/25 - Dunlin 1, Curlew 2, Wood Sandpiper 8, RINGED PLOVER 4, Greenshank 8, Spot-shank 3 - Brenne (36); 11 wader species seen
4/8/25 - Black-winged Kite 1 juv - Azat-le Riz (87); Black Stork 1 juv; Small Red-eye 30+, Small Emerald 50+, S M Hawker 1m, Southern Darter 2m imms; - La Bazeuge (87); Purple Heron 1ad - Etang de la Mazère (87); R-veined Darter 1m - Grand Etang (87)
30/7/25 - Black Stork 14 > SW; Lime Hawk-moth 1 - Bernier (36)
21/7/25 - Redshank 1 juv, White Stork 1 ad - Murat (87)
19/6/25 - Red-belted Clearwing 1 - Oulches (36); Southern Skimmer 1m - Lignac (36)
17/6/25 - Hobby 1 ad, Red-veined Darter 29, Lesser Emperor 2m - Grand Etang (87); Woodchat Shrike 3 - Azat-le Riz (87); Honey Buzzard 1, Lesser Emperor 1m, Red-veined Darter 3m - Moustiers (87); Common Tern 1 ad, Lesser Emperor 1m - Etang de la Mazère (87); Southern Skimmer 1f - Bernier (36)
7-9/6/25 - Southern Migrant Hawker 1m-imm, Lesser Purple Emperor 1 - Bernier (36)
2/6/25 - LILYPAD WHITEFACE 8+ - Belabre (36)
SPAIN; 22/5/25 - Whimbrel 1, Lesser Short-toed Lark 2, Rufous Bush-chat 3 - Cope (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20/5/25 - WOODCOCK ORCHID 8, BEE ORCHID 1 - Arroyo Blanco; LARGE RED DAMSELFLY 20+ - Bajil (Murcia)
SPAIN; 19/5/25 - SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER 30+, Balearic Shearwater 106, Whimbrel 1 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 18/5/25 - Black Percher 20+, BLACK PENNANT 2f - El Algar (Murcia)
SPAIN; 16/5/25 - Griffon 2, SUBALPINE WARBLER 1m - Espuna (Murcia)
SPAIN; 13/5/25 - WESTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER 7+, Waxbill c7, Penduline Tit 1m - La Contraparada (Murcia)
SPAIN; 9/5/25 - Red Kite 1, Griffon 7, Rock Sparrow 5; Panoptes Blue 1m, Natterjack Toad 1, Mirror Orchid 1 - La Risca (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/5/25 - RUFOUS BUSH-CHAT 2, Pallid Swift 21+ - Cope (Murcia)
SPAIN; 5/5/25 - Oystercatcher 2, 1 ad, 1 1st-summer - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 30/4/25 - Sage Skipper 2 - La Esperanza; TONGUE ORCHID 6+ (finished flowering), PYRAMIDAL ORCHID 3 - Las Cenizas (Murcia)
18/4/25 - Black-tailed Godwit 1, LITTLE STINT 2, Common Tern 8, Little Gull 1 ad - Foucault; White-tailed Eagle 2 ads - Le Blizon; Spoonbill 3 - Maison de la Nature (36)
17/4/25 - Little Gull 1 ad - Gabriere; Med. Gull 1 ad - Etang Couvent; Wigeon 1m, S-t Eagle 4 - Beauregard; Common Tern 1, White-tailed Eagle 1 ad - Le Blizon (36)
14/4/25 - Common Tern 1, Tufted Duck 2 - Grand Etang (87); Tufted Duck 1m, Z. Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
10/4/25 - Black-tailed Godwit 1, Spot-shank 12, LRP 2, Greenshank 1, Ruff 2, LITTLE STINT 2 - Foucault; Common Tern 1, Whiskered Tern 12 - Blizon; Hairy Hawker 1m - Brenne (36)
4/4/25 - Peregrine 2, Raven 4, Red Kite 1 - Eguzon (36); CRAG MARTIN 2, Peregrine 2, Raven 1 - Ceaulmont (36); Greenshank c10, Spot-shank c40, Ruff 6, Redshank c5 - Rosnay (36)
31/3/25 - Red-crested Pochard 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/3/25 - Black Stork 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Black-winged Kite 1st-year - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
27/3/25 - Pintail 5 - Beauregard; Osprey 1 ad. - Rosnay; Purple Heron 1, Short-toed Eagle 1 - St-Clotilde (36)
25-26/3/25 - Black-winged Kite 2 (in cop) - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
20/3/25 - Osprey 1, White-tailed Eagle 1 - Benismes/Blizon; Black-tailed Godwit 3 - Pechevreau (36)
19/3/25 - Black Kite 6+, Red Kite 1, Peregrine 1-2, Raven 2 - Eguzon (36); CRAG MARTIN 1, Peregrine 1 - Ceaulmont (36); MANDARIN DUCK 1m - Le Pin (36)
SPAIN; 3/3/25 - MIRROR ORCHID 2+, PINK BUTTERFLY ORCHID 1 - Las Cenizas (Murcia)
SPAIN; 28/2/25 - Sawfly Orchid 1, MIRROR ORCHID 1+ - Las Cenizas; Fan-lipped Orchid 3 - Atamaria (Murcia)
SPAIN; 27/2/25 - Wigeon 2, Lesser black-backed Gull 120 min, White Stork 5 ads, Sand Martin 2, Red-rumped Swallow 1 - EDAR Consum (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20-21/2/25 - SAWFLY ORCHID 2, FAN-LIPPED ORCHID 1 - Atamaria (Murcia)
SPAIN; 19/2/25 - GREAT SPOTTED EAGLE 1 ad, RICHARD'S PIPIT 1 - Vistabella Rd area (Alicante)
SPAIN; 17/2/25 - Med. Gull 23, Lesser black-backed Gull 14, White Stork 8 ads, Wigeon 2 - EDAR Consum; Great Spaotted Cuckoo 1 - Rambla Salada (Murcia)
SPAIN; 10/2/25 - Common Crane 36 (return migration), Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Redwing 4, FIELDFARE c12, Ring Ouzel c15, Wren 1, Blue Tit 1, Nuthatch 2, Cirl Bunting 4, Rock Bunting 1 - Puerto Alto (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/2/25 - Lesser black-backed Gull 4, Balearic Shearwater 4, Razorbill 1 ad - Sta Pola harbour (Alicante)
SPAIN; 5/2/25 - Golden Eagle 1 ad, Black-bellied Sandgrouse c20, Spectacled Warbler 5+ - Guadalentin (Murcia)
SPAIN; 31/1/25 - Balearic Shearwater 18, Shag 4 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 24/1/25 - Spoonbill 1, Osprey 1, Bonelli's Eagle 1, MOUSTACHED WARBLER 1, SOUTHERN WATER VOLE 1 - Vistabella Road area (Alicante)
SPAIN; 22/1/25 - Ring Ouzel 6+, Nuthatch 2, Siskin 2, Crossbill 4, Cirl Bunting 1 - Pueblo Alto; Redwing 2, Nuthatch 2, Hawfinch 5+ - Caravaca (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20/1/25 - HUME'S LEAF WARBLER 1, Crossbill 2 - Parque de los Exploradores, Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 16/1/25 - COMMON EIDER 1m(1w) - Sta. Pola lighthouse; Spoonbill 1 juv, Tree Sparrow 10+ - Visatabella Rd (Alicante); SURF SCOTER 1f - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 14/1/25 - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 1 juv/1w, R-b Merganser 9 - San Pedro (Murcia)
25/12/24 - Black Woodpecker 1m, Hawfinch 1, Fieldfare 1 - Bernier (36)
23/12/24 - Goldcrest 2, Curlew 5 - Mezieres; Brenne (36)
20/12/24 - Great Grey Shrike 1, Tufted Duck 77, Goldcrest 3+ - Mezieres; Golden Plover 100+, Dunlin 100+, Greenshank 14 - Rosnay; Brenne (36)
16/12/24 - Dunlin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
12/12/24 - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 1 imm, Dunlin 4 - Mer Rouge; Dunlin 20+, Ruff 1 - Rosnay; Dunlin 5, Ruff 2, Y-l Gull 15 - Vigneaux; Dunlin c120, Ruff 19 - Montiacre; Brenne (36)
10/12/24 - Redwing 5, Red Kite 4, Brambling 9+, Black-winged Kite 2 - Azat-le-Riz; Egyptian Goose 4 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
7/12/24 - New link - Local bird rarities/scarcities (gallery)
06/12/24 - Wigeon 3, Tufted Duck 17, Marsh Harrier 1, Dunlin 20+ - Foucault; Dunlin 30+, Spotted Redshank 30+, Greenshank 2+ - Montiacre; Brenne (36)
03/12/24 - Dunlin 10+, 60+, Spotted Redshank 20+, Greenshank 3, Zitting Cisticola 1 - Rosnay; Brenne (36)
29/11/24 - Greylag 80 - nr Ricot, 31 in flight, Wigeon 54, FERRUGINOUS DUCK 1f, Tufted 8 - Beauregard; Dunlin c70 - Foucault; Brenne (36)
22/11/24 - White Stork 1, SLAVONIAN GREBE 1 - Rosnay; Wigeon 7 - Beauregard; Crested Tit 1, Greylag Goose 42 - Ricot; Night Heron 29 - Piegu; Brenne (36)
15/11/24 (pm) - Migrant Hawker 1m, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 2 (1ad, 1imm), Greylag 2, Canada Goose 70+, Crested Tit 1 - Gorgeat; SPOONBILL 24, Pintail 70+, Wigeon 5+, Tufted Duck 4, Spotted Redshank c20, Curlew 1 - Les Essarts; Brenne (36)
14/11/24 - Little Egret 50+, Water Pipit 5+, Yellow-legged Gull 5 - Foucault; Pintail 1, RCP 6, Wigeon 5, Gadwall 50+, Tufted Duck c10, Greylag c10, Canada Goose c20 - Beauregard; Curlew 3 - Gabriere; Spotted Redshank 22 - Purais; Greylag 18 - Ricot; Night Heron 12 - Piegu; RCP 1, Wigeon 18, Golden Plover c10 - Renard; WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 4 imms - Masse; Brenne (36)
13/11/24 - Dunlin 1, B-s Kite 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
SPAIN; 16/10/24 - Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrid 1, Temminck's Stint 2 - Lo Monte, El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 14/10/24 - Peregrine 1, Black-bellied Sandgrouse 40+ - Guadalentin (Murcia)
SPAIN; 10/10/24 - NUTHATCH 1 - Calasparra (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/10/24 - Cory's Shearwater c5 (north + south) - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 2/10/24 - RED KNOT 1 juv - Petrola (Castilla-La Mancha)
SPAIN; 1/10/24 - Black Stork 3, Great Bustard 9 - Gallocanta (Aragon)
29/9/24 - Griffon Vulture 10+, Red Kite 50+, Raven 1 - Bedous (64)
9/9/24 - RAVEN 1, Osprey 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); BLACK TERN 3, Black Stork 1, Greenshank 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, Marsh Harrier 1 imm - Etang de Murat (87)
16/8/24 - SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAM. 1m - garden Bernier (36)
12/8/24 - SOUTHERN SKIMMER 1m - garden Bernier (36)
2/8/24 - SOUTHERN SKIMMER 3 (1m, 2f) - Lignac (36)
1/8/24 - SCARCE EMERALD 1m, SOUTHERN MIGRANT HAWKER 1m - garden Bernier (36)
31/7/24 - SCARCE EMERALD 1m, Southern Emerald 5+, SMALL EMERALD 2m, Willow Emerald 3, Blue-tailed Dam. 3, Dainty Dam. 5+, Small Red Dam. 3, White-legged Dam. 2f, SOUTHERN MIGRANT HAWKER 1m, Ruddy Darter 6+, Common Darter 1m, Scarlet Darter 2 - garden Bernier (36)
20/7/24 - SOUTHERN MIGRANT HAWKER 2m, Migrant Hawker 1m - garden Bernier (36)
19/7/24 - Banded Dem. 1m, Southern Emerald 4+, SMALL EMERALD 1m, Blue-tailed Dam. 1m, SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAM. 1f-imm, Dainty Dam. 20+, Small Red Dam. 2+, White-legged Dam. 2+, Migrant Hawker 2 (m,f), Ruddy Darter 2+, Common Darter 1m, Scarlet Darter 1m - garden Bernier (36)
3/7/24 - Broad-leaved Helleborine 7 plants - Brenne (36)
26/6/24 - ORANGE WHITE-LEGGED DAMSELFLY 4+ m - Lathus, Vienne (86)
24/6/24 - Southern Migrant Hawker 6+, MUELLER'S HELLEBORINE 6 plants - Brenne (36)
6-7/6/24 - LILYPAD WHITEFACE 10+; FRAGRANT ORCHID 10+, total 14 orchid species - Brenne (36)
23/5/24 - Goblet-marked Damselfly 1m, Brilliant Emerald 1m - Bernier; Hobby 1, Honey Buzzard 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Tufted Duck 3 - Grand Etang (87); Woodchat Shrike 1m - Azat-le-Riz (87)
SPAIN; 25/4/24 - Cory's Shearwater 1, STORM PETREL 2, WESTERN REEF HERON 1 (poss. hybrid), Razorbill 1; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN c10, SPERM WHALE 4 (inc. one albino adult) - Bay of Mazarron (Murcia)
SPAIN; 18/4/24 - R C Pochard 20+, Ferruginous Duck 4, White-headed Duck 8+, Little Bittern 2, Squacco 3+, Purple Heron 1, Glossy Ibis 10, Wood Sandpiper 1, Whiskered Tern 2, Bee-eater 5+; Scarlet Darter 4+, Black Percher 4+ - Lagunas de Camotejar (Murcia)
SPAIN; 17/4/24 - Common Blue Dam. 1, Lesser Emperor 1, R-v Darter 1, Violet Dropwing 10+ - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
10/4/24 - Burnt Orchid c10, Green-winged Orchid 5000+, Small Spider Orchid c6, Lady Orchid 1, Tongue Orchid 50+, Early Purple Orchid 200+; Beautiful Demoiselle 2, Hairy Dragonfly 1m; Basket Stinkhorn 1; Weaver's Fritillary 6+, Green Hairstreak 2 - Brenne (36)
8/4/24 - Egyptian Goose 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
4/4/24 - Egyptian Goose 2 - Le Dorat (87); Black-winged Stilt 2m - Etang de Moustiers (87)
3/4/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 2 - Grand Etang (87)
30/3/24 - Osprey 1, House Martin 3, Tufted Duck 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 1 - Grand Etang (87); Egyptian Goose 2, Willow Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
22/3/24 - Short-toed Eagle 1 - Bernier (36)
18/3/24 - Egyptian Goose 1, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 1, Sand Martin 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
11/3/24 - Red Kite 1, White Stork 1, Black Kite 1 (first) - Etang de Murat (87)
10/3/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5, Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 7 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
9/3/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5, Tufted Duck 9 - Grand Etang (87)
3/3/24 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 21, Tufted Duck 10, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 - Grand Etang (87); Egyptian Goose 3, Wigeon 6 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
SPAIN; 22/2/24 - Griffon Vulture 24, Golden Eagle 1 ad, RING OUZEL 12-15, Raven 2, Crossbill 2, CIRL BUNTING 1m, ROCK BUNTING 3 - Espuna (Murcia)
SPAIN; 20/2/24 - Marbled Duck c15, Ferruginous Duck 3, LITTLE GULL 1 ad-w, Red-rumped Swallow 2 - El Clot (Alicante)
SPAIN; 14/2/24 - Surf Scoter 1m (1w) still - Guardamar (Alicante); Yellow-collared Lovebird 4 (escaped, feral), AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE c30 - Torrevieja (Alicante)
SPAIN; 12/2/24 - Razorbill 25, Balearic Shearwater 66, Gannet c20, Shag 1 ad - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/2/24 - Razorbill 108 south, Balearic/Yelkouan Shearwater 13, Gannet c20, Shag 1, Black Wheatear 1m - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 6/2/24 - Balearic Shearwater c119 south, Balearic/Yelkouan c30 south/north, Razorbill 23 south, Gannet 53, Shag 5, BONXIE 1 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 5/2/24 - TRUMPETER FINCH 4+, Rock Bunting 2, Black Wheatear 4+, Blue Rock Thrush 1m, Bonelli's Eagle 1 ad - Pulpi (Almeria); Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 2/2/24 - Ferruginous Duck 6, Tufted Duck 1m - Alhama de Murcia; Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 31/1/24 - Balearic Shearwater 120+, SURF SCOTER 1m (1w), CASPIAN TERN 1 ad-w, Razorbill 1 - Guardamar; PALLID HARRIER 1 (1w), Merlin 1m - Santa Pola; Golden Plover 120+, CASPIAN TERN 1 (1w) - El Pinet (Alicante)
SPAIN; 30/1/24 - Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 29/1/24 - G-S WOODPECKER 1f, REDWING 21, BLUE TIT 6+, HAWFINCH 2 - Caravaca; RING OUZEL 3, NUTHATCH 2, G-S WOODPECKER 2 - Puerto Alto; GRIFFON VULTURE 31, C. CROW 4, ROCK SPARROW 7 - nr Inazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 26/1/24 - Temminck's Stint 1 - Cartagena (Murcia)
SPAIN; 25/1/24 - PALLID HARRIER 1 (1w) confirmed, Stock Dove 1 - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 23/1/24 - BLACK-WINGED KITE 1 ad, PALLID HARRIER 1 (1w) probable - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 22/1/24 - Wren 1, Firecrest 3, BLUE TIT 3 - Calasparra (Murcia)
SPAIN; 11/1/24 - Booted Eagle 7+, BONELLI'S EAGLE 1, MERLIN 1f - Vistabella Rd area (Alicante)
SPAIN; 9/1/24 - Common Scoter 33, Razorbill 6, SURF SCOTER 1m (1w) - Guardamar (Alicante)
4/1/24 - Egyptian Goose 2, GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/1/2024 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 - Grand Etang (87); Wigeon 1f - Etang de Murat (87)
28/12/23 - GREYLAG GOOSE 8, Wigeon 1m - Etang de Murat (87)
27/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 - Grand Etang (87); Black-winged Kite 3 - Saulgé (86)
26/12/23 - Red Kite 1, Black-winged Kite 1 - Thollet (86); Black-winged Kite 2, Barn Owl 1, Golden Plover 6 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
25/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1f, Redwing 23 - Grand Etang (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87); Egyptian Goose 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
19/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 12+ - Grand Etang (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87)
12/12/23 - Egyptian Goose 5 - Etang de la Mazère (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87)
11/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 15 - Grand Etang (87)
5/12/23 - RED-CRESTED POCHARD 13, Egyptian Goose 3 - Grand Etang (87); Black-winged Kite 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Egyptian Goose 5 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/12/23 - Egyptian Goose 5 - Etang de la Mazère (87); GREYLAG GOOSE 8 - Etang de Murat (87)
SPAIN; 14/11/23 - Bembix oculata 3+, Lophyra flexuosa (Tiger beetle sp.) 1 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 13/11/23 - Yellow-bellied Slider (Terrapin sp.) 1, African Grass Blue 1f - Mojacar (Almeria)
SPAIN; 11/11/23 - Spoonbill c35, GREY PHALAROPE 1 (1w) - San Pedro (Murcia)
SPAIN; 10/11/23 - Temminck's Stint 3, Wood Sandpiper 6, Spotted Redshank 4, Ruff 4, Migrant Hawker 5+, Vagrant Emperor 3+, Orange-winged Dropwing 2+, Lang's S-t Blue 5+, Moorish Gecko 1 - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 9/11/23 - Ferruginous Duck 6 (4m, 2f), Marsh Harrier 17 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 6/11/23 - Griffon Vulture 10+, Red Kite 3, Hen Harrier 2 (m,f), Green Sandpiper 1, Spotted Redshank 2, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw, Siskin 2 - Laguna del Cañizar, Aragon; Quail 1, Common Crane 100+, Dunlin c10, Ruff 30+, Meadow Pipit 1, Song Thrush 1, Spanish Sparrow 6+ - Laguna De Gallocanta, Aragon
3/11/23 - Greenshank 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 4, Peregrine 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
30/10/23 - Greenshank 1, Dunlin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
25/10/23 - SPOONBILL 1 - Etang de Murat (87); Osprey 1, Dunlin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
19/10/23 - SPOONBILL 1 - Etang de Murat (87)
22/9/23 - BLUETHROAT 1f/1w - Etang de la Mazère (87)
18/9/23 - RINGED PLOVER 5, GREY PLOVER 1 juv, CURLEW SANDPIPER 1 juv, Dunlin 1 juv - Etang de Murat (87); SPOTTED CRAKE 1, BLUETHROAT 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87); immediately after south-westerly storms
12/9/23 - CURLEW SANDPIPER 1 juv, Red Kite 1 - Etang de Murat (87)
11/9/23 - Long-tailed Blue 1m - Bernier (36)
25/8/23 - GLOSSY IBIS 1 ad, Hobby 1 juv, Fan-tailed Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
22/8/23 - Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1 - Bernier (36)
19/8/23 - SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY 2m - Bernier (36); Brilliant Emerald 1m - Eports (86)
9/8/23 - Green Sandpiper 1; Banded Dem. 1m, Damselflies; Southern Emerald 1f, Willow Emerald 2, Blue-tailed 7+, SCARCE BLUE-TAILED 1m, Common Blue 1m, Azure 2+m, Dainty 2+m, Small Red 1m, Ruddy Darter 2m, Common Darter 1m; Water Stick Insect emergence 6+ - Bernier (garden) (36)
6/8/23 - Woodchat Shrike 1m, 1f, Purple Heron 1 juv, Common Redstart 3+, Red-backed Shrike 1 juv - Bernier (36)
4/8/23 - LRP 1 juv, Zitting Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Purple Heron 2 juvs, Black Stork 2 ads, Redshank 6 - Etang de Murat (87); Short-toed Eagle 1, Honey Buzzard 1 - Etang d'Heru (87)
25/7/23 - Short-toed Eagle 1 - Ciron (36); Bee-eater 2 - Prissac (36)
21/7/23 - SLAVONIAN GREBE 1 adw/1w - Grande Etang (87); Wood Sandpiper 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
8/7/23 - Hobby 1, BOOTED EAGLE 1 dark phase - Bernier (36)
26/6/23 - Black-winged Kite 3, Zitting Cisticola 1; Southern Skimmer 2 (1m, 1 ten) - Lignac (36); Woodchat Shrike 4 (pr + 2juvs) - Thollet (86)
24/6/23 - Delta unguiculatum (Great Potter Wasp) 1, Isodontia mexicana (Grass-carrying Wasp) 3, Scolia hirta (Hairy Flower Wasp) 2; Honey Buzzard 1 - Bernier (36)
23/6/23 - Stone Curlew 1, Black-winged Kite 1 - Lignac (36); Black Stork 1, Little Owl 1 - Bernier (36)
12/6/23 - Black-winged Kite 2, WRYNECK 1, Garden Warbler 1, Woodchat Shrike 1 - Les Herolles (86); Hobby 1, Little Owl 1 - Bernier (36)
6/6/23 - Red-eyed Damselfly 20+, Small Red Damselfly 20+, Downy Emerald 2+, White-tailed Skimmer 2, DAINTY WHITE-FACED DARTER c10 - Belabre (36); Brilliant Emerald 1m, Scarce Chaser 1m - Lignac (36)
5/6/23 - Black-winged Kite 1; Common Clubtail 4 - Coulonges (86); Large Red Damselfly 1m - Bernier (36)
3/6/23 - Black Stork 1; Goldenring 1 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
2/6/23 - Woodchat Shrike 1; Black Hairstreak 3, Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth 1 - Bernier (36)
31/5/23 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pr), Woodchat Shrike 1, Common Clubtail 2m - Thollet (86)
30/5/23 - Goldenring 1m, Brilliant Emerald 1m, Mazarine Blue butterfly 2 - Bernier (36)
27/5/23 - Woodchat Shrike 2; Goldenring dragonfly 1, Sloe Hairstreak 1, Fritillaries; Heath, Spotted, Meadow, Granville, Knapweed - Bernier (36)
SPAIN; 24/5/23 - GREAT BUSTARD 16, Calandra Lark 8 - Laguna de Gallocanta (Aragon)
SPAIN; 21/5/23 - LESSER KESTREL 5, Little Bustard 1m - Guadalentin; RED-NECKED NIGHTJAR 1 - Alhamma EDAR (Murcia)
SPAIN; 12/5/23 - Collared Pratincole 30+ - EDAR; Gull-billed Tern 2 - El Carmoli (Murcia)
SPAIN; 8/5/23 - YELLOW CLUBTAIL 3m - Mula; YELLOW CLUBTAIL 1ten, BLUE TIT 3 - Calasparra (Murcia)
SPAIN; 5-6/5/23 - Collared Pratincole 26 - EDAR; Pied Flycatcher 1m - Loa Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 4/5/23 - COMMON YELLOW SCORPION 1 - La Mata (Alicante)
SPAIN; 2/5/23 - ELEGANT TERN 1 - El Pinet (Alicante)
SPAIN; 1/5/23 - Oystercatcher 1 - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 26-27/4/23 - Hobby 2, Wood Sandpiper 2, Whinchat 1, Gt Reed Warbler 2+, Willow Warbler 1+; Goblet-marked Damselfly 2, Lesser Emperor 1m, Vagrant Emperor 4, 4-spot Chaser 1 - Laguna del Cañizar, Aragon
SPAIN; 25/4/23 - PINTAIL 5+, Gt Flamingo 200+, BLACK VULTURE 1, Short-toed Eagle 1, Montagu's Harrier c5, Avocet 50+, Curlew Sandpiper 2+, Gull-billed Tern 2, Short-toed Lark 1, Wheatear 10+, Whinchat 1m, Melodious Warbler 1, Spotless Starling, Golden Oriole 3, SPANISH SPARROW 1m, Tree Sparrow 50+, White Stork 4 - Laguna De Gallocanta, Aragon
SPAIN; 24/4/23 - SUBALPINE WARBLER 1m, Bonelli's Warbler 2, Woodchat Shrike 1m; SPANISH FESTOON 1, Iberian Scarce Swallowtail 2+, Provence Orange-tip 1, Cleopatra 3+, Queen of Spain Fritillary 1, others to id; Broad-bodied Chaser 2 tenerals - Calamocha, Aragon
22/4/23 - Curlew 1 - Grand Etang (87); Whinchat 2, Wheatear 2m, Quail 2, Black-winged Kite 2 (pr) - Azat-le Riz (87); Black-winged Kite 2 (pr), Woodchat Shrike 1m - Thollet (86); Red Kite 1 - Les Herolles (86)
21/4/23 - Black-winged Stilt 1f, Redshank 2 - Murat (87)
19/4/23 - Black Stork 1 - Bernier (36)
12/4/23 - Green-winged Orchid 2 - Third orchid sp. in garden, Bernier (36)
4/4/23 - BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1m - Beauregard (36)
16/3/23 - Black Kite 1-2, Buzzard c6, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1m, PEREGRINE 2 (pr), RAVEN 6 (3 prs) - R. Creuse (36)
6/3/23 - Egyptian Goose 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Garganey 2f - Etang de Murat (87)
2/3/23 - Garganey 1f - Etang de Murat (87)
28/2/23 - Hawfinch 1, White Stork 1, Marsh Tit 1 - Bernier (36)
27/2/23 - Red Kite 1 - Bernier (36)
SPAIN; 16/2/23 - STOCK DOVE 6 + 3 Corvera (Murcia)
SPAIN; 9/2/23 - COMMON GULL 1 (1w) - Portman (Murcia)
SPAIN; 8/2/23 - OYSTERCATCHER 1ad-S, RICHARD'S PIPIT 1 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN (ALMERIA); 7/2/23 - RED-KNOBBED COOT 1, CITRINE WAGTAIL 1 (1w)
SPAIN; 3/2/23 - Little Bittern 1m, Bluethroat 1f/1w - Lo Monte (Alicante)
SPAIN; 31/1/23 - RICHARD'S PIPIT 2-3 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 30/1/23 - COMMON GULL 1 (1w), Razorbill 1 (1w) - Portman (Murcia)
SPAIN; 28/1/23 - Pintail 1m, Pochard/Ferruginous hybrid 1m - Mar Menor area (Murcia)
SPAIN; 26/1/23 - Little Bittern 1, LRP 4, TEMMINCK'S STINT 1, Red-rumped Swallow c6, Vagrant Emperor 1m - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 25/1/23 - Ferruginous Duck 2, Squacco 1, Spoonbill c15, Wood Sandpiper 3 - Mar Menor area (Murcia)
SPAIN; 23/1/2023 - LITTLE BUSTARD 7, BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE 23, Lesser Short-tailed Lark 7, Bluethroat 1 - Guadalentin (Murcia)
SPAIN; 16/1/2023 - LESSER CRESTED TERN 1 ad-w, Razorbill c5 - Torrevieja (Alicante)
SPAIN; 13/1/2023 - GREAT BUSTARD 24, Black-bellied Sandgrouse 4, PIN-TAILED SANDGROUSE 27 - Yecla ZEPA (Murcia)
3/1/2023 - Dunlin 12, LITTLE STINT 1, Curlew 19, Golden Plover 200+ - Mezieres, Brenne (36)
2/12/22 - KITTIWAKE 1 ad, Black-winged Kite 2 (2 sites), Hen Harrier 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
30/11/22 - Black-winged Kite 4, Red Kite 1, Hen Harrier 2, Fieldfare 3 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
28/11/22 - ARCTIC SKUA 1 juv, KITTIWAKE 10, LITTLE GULL 6, MED. GULL 1 (five gull species), Osprey 1, Night Heron 38 - Brenne (36); Black-winged Kite 1 - Lignac (36)
26/11/22 - KITTIWAKE 2 ads - Azat-le-Ris (87)
25/11/22 - KITTIWAKE 18 (three sites), LITTLE GULL 3 - Brenne (36). Part of the huge influx of Kittiwakes into France due to the severe Atlantic depressions
SPAIN; 5/11/22 - Griffon Vulture 100+, BLACK VULTURE 1 probable (distant), Red Kite 100+, Raven 100+ - Teruel (Teruel, Aragon)
SPAIN; 2/11/22 - COMMON GULL 1 2w (six gull species) - Rio Antas lagoon (Almeria)
SPAIN; 25/10/22 - CORY'S SHEARWATER 86 west, Balearic Shearwater 6 west - Cabo de Palos 15h - 16h (Murcia)
SPAIN; 24/10/22 - CARRION CROW 4, SOUTHERN EMERALD DAMSELFLY 2+, SMALL EMERALD DAMSELFLY 20+, Winter Damsel 4, SOUTHERN DARTER 6+, Desert Darter 2, Conehead Mantis 2 - Yecla ZEPA (Murcia)
SPAIN; 19/10/22 - Ring Ouzel 15-20, Cirl Bunting 1m, Rock Bunting 4 - Espuna (Murcia)
SPAIN; 17/10/22 - Desert Darter (common), CONEHEAD MANTIS 1 nymph, Acrida ungarica mediterranea 3 - Mula (Murcia)
SPAIN; 13/10/22 - MARSH SANDPIPER 3 - El Hondo (Alicante)
SPAIN; 12/10/22 - Marbled Duck 2 - El Algar (Murcia)
SPAIN; 11/10/22 - Ferruginous Duck 8, Short-toed Eagle 2, Booted Eagle 1, Little Owl 1 - Los Camachos (Murcia)
SPAIN; 9/10/22 - Curlew Sandpiper 2, TEMMINCK'S STINT 1, B-t Godwit 6+, Ruff 2 - San Pedro; GARGANEY 1 - Lo Monte; Bonelli's Eagle 1 juv, Red-rumped Swallow 3+, B-h Wagtail 1 - Los Alcazares (Murcia)
SPAIN; 7/10/22 - IBERIAN BLUETAIL 1+, SCARCE BLUETAIL 1m, Dusk Hawker 1, DESERT DARTER 6+, Orange-winged Dropwing 5+ - Mula (Murcia)
27/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Saulge (86); Black-winged Kite 4 (roost), Purple Heron 1juv, Peregrine 1, Ringed Plover 3 - Beaufour (86); Black-winged Kite 1+1 - Montmorillon (86)
23/9/22 - Pintail 2, Black-winged Kite 1, S-t Eagle 1, Ringed Plover 1 juv - Beaufour (86); Ruff 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 2 (pr) - Thollet (86)
22/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
15/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); S-t Eagle 1, Black-winged Kite 1, CURLEW 3 - Beaufour (86); Dartford Warbler 1 - Saulge (86); Black-winged Kite 1+1, Wheatear 5, Whinchat 7 - Bourg-Archambault (86)
13/9/22 - Dunlin 1, Ringed Plover 1 juv, Purple Heron 1, Willow Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Wood Sandpiper 2 - Etang de Murat (87)
7/9/22 - Spotted Redshank 1, Osprey 2, Little Egret 6, Purple Heron 1, SPOTTED CRAKE 2, Pied Fly 1, Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Wood Sandpiper 3, Garganey 1, Willow Warbler 1, Pied Fly 2 - Etang de Murat (87); Geranium Bronze 1 - garden
6/9/22 - GERANIUM BRONZE 1 - garden
5/9/22 - Black-winged Kite 1+1, Hen Harrier 2, MONTAGU'S HARRIER 1m, Willow Warbler 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Black-winged Kite 2 (pr) - Thollet (86)
4/9/22 - SPOTTED CRAKE 1, Cisticola 1, Purple Heron 3, Osprey 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 1 juv, LITTLE STINT 1, Purple Heron 3, SPOONBILL 1 imm - Etang de Murat (87)
1/9/22 - Whinchat 5, Pied Flycatcher 4 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86); Pied Fly 2, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Common Redstart 2 - garden
29/8/22 - Reed Warbler 1, Pied Flycatcher 5+, Little Egret 6, Puple Heron 1 juv, Gadwall 4 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Purple Heron 2 juv, Black Stork 2, SPOONBILL 1 imm - Etang de Murat (87)
28/8/22 - Cisticola 1 (since 23/722), Pied Flycatcher 2, Whinchat 1, Black Stork 1 juv - Bernier; Pied Flycatcher 3 - garden
27/8/22 - Black-winged Kite 2 pairs - Thollet (86); Golden Oriole 5, Small Red Damselfly 1m, Autumn Lady's-tresses 1 plant - garden
26/8/22 - Greenshank 1, Little Egret 3, Zitting Cisticola 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); SPOONBILL 1 imm, Little Egret 2, Purple Heron 1, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 1 juv - Etang de Murat (87)
24/8/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); White Stork c180 SW over garden
18/8/22 - Glossy Ibis 7, Garganey 1, SPOTTED CRAKE 1, Whinchat 1 - Les Landes (23)
14/8/22 - Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1, Woodchat Shrike 3 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
13/8/22 - Ruff 1 juv, Wood Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1, Garganey 2, Willow Warbler 1, Cuckoo 1 - Ciron (36); RINGED PLOVER 2, Wood Sandpiper 17, Greenshank 2, Black Stork 1 juv, Garganey 1 - Mezieres (36); Black-winged Stilt 3 - Brenne (36)
12/8/22 - Bee-eater 6 - La Trimouille (86); Southern Skimmer 1m - Thollet (86); Bee-eater 2, SOUTHERN SKIMMER 1m (34th garden odonata species) - garden
9/8/22 - WRYNECK 1, Tree Pipit 1 - garden
8/8/22 - Purple Heron 2, Marsh Harrier 2, B-w Stilt 8, Wood Sandpiper 2, Ruff 1, Spotted Redshank 1, Whiskered Tern 30+, Sand Martin c10 - Ciron (36)
7/8/22 - Woodchat Shrike 4, Queen of Spain Fritillary 2, Weaver's Fritillary 1 - Thollet (86)
5/8/22 - Redshank 1 - Etang de Murat (87)
4/8/22 - Night Heron 2 juvs, Stock Dove 1, Bee-eaters (h), Woodchat Shrike 1f - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
1/8/22 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
27/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 6 - Thollet (86)
25/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 1m - Etang de la Mazère (87); Woodchat Shrike 5 (2 ads, 3 juvs) - garden
23-24/7/22 - Lesser-spotted Woodpecker 2, Zitting Cisticola 1, Meadow, Knapweed, Spotted Fritillaries - garden/Bernier
22/7/22 - Night Heron 3, Purple Heron 2, GLOSSY IBIS 2, Garganey 6, RCP 1, Marsh Harrier 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Zitting Cisticola 1, GREAT REED WARBLER 1, Migrant Hawker 1m - Les Landes (23); Zitting Cisticola 1 - garden
18 - 21/7/22 - Puy-de-Dôme (63)
18/7/22 - GLOSSY IBIS 5, Purple Heron 2, Marsh Harrier 3 - Les Landes (23)
17/7/22 - Brilliant Emerald 1m - Lussac-les-Eglises (87)
15/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 4 (2 juvs) - Thollet (86); LARGE COPPER butterfly 1f - Bernier (36)
4/7/22 - Sedge Warbler 1, Quail 1, Sand Martin 2, Purple Heron 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Woodchat Shrike 2, Wood Sandpiper 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Woodchat Shrike 2 - Bourg Archambault (86)
3/7/22 - Quail 1, Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1, Woodchat Shrike 2, Blue-eyed Hooktail 1m - Thollet (86)
2/7/22 - Woodchat Shrike 1 - Lignac (36); Honey Buzzard 1 - garden
1/7/22 - Brilliant Emerald 1f - Lussac-les-Eglises (87); Woodchat Shrike 1 Brigueil-le-Chantre (86); Southern Emerald Dam. 1, Dusk Hawker 1 - garden
27/6/22 - Zitting Cisticola 1, LRP 1 young - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 1, Woodchat Shrike 2 (pr), Black-winged Stilt 5 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
18/6/22 - Quail 1 - garden
16/6/22 - Brilliant Emerald 1m - Thollet (86)
13/6/22 - Red-backed Shrike 1m, Cirl Bunting 1m, Common Redstart 1m (br) - garden
9/6/22 - Common Redstart 1m (br); Goldenring 1m - garden
6/6/22 - SPAIN; White Stork 28, Spoonbill 1, Black-winged Stilt 2 (pr), Great Reed Warbler 1; TWIN-SPOT FRITILLARY 1m, Spanish Gatekeeper; Pyramidal Orchid 100's, Lizard Orchid 20+ - Zolina (Pamplona, Navarre). Spain; Southern Costa Blanca in summer (April 1st > September 30th) updated
1/6/22 - SPAIN; As yesterday, numbers higher. Willow Emerald 3, Yellow Clubtail 2, MERCURY BLUET 2m; Cirl Bunting 1 (h) - Mula (Murcia)
31/5/22 - SPAIN; Copper Demoiselle 8+, WILLOW EMERALD 1 ten, MEDITERRANEAN BLUET 20+, GOBLET-MARKED DAMSELFLY 2-3m, White Featherleg 5+, YELLOW CLUBTAIL 1f, BLUE-EYED HOOKTAIL 3+m, four skimmer sp, Orange-winged Dropwing 4+m; Griffon Vulture 3, Chough, Golden Oriole; QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY 1, KNAPWEED FRITILLARY 2, Greyling sp. 1 - Mula (Murcia)
27/5/22 - SPAIN; WESTERN DEMOISELLE 20+, WHITE FEATHERLEG 3+, DUSK HAWKER 1; Grey Wagtail 2, Wren 1, Robin 1, N. Wheatear 1, Bonelli's Warbler 10+, Rock Sparrow 4+ - Calasparra (Murcia)
26/5/22 - SPAIN; Griffon 3, Peregrine 2, Black-eared Wheatear 3, Black Wheatear 4, Chough 2, ROCK SPARROW 2; COPPER DEMOISELLE 6+ - Montenegre (Alicante)
25/5/22 - SPAIN; KEELED SKIMMER 1, Epaulet Skimmer 10+, Long Skimmer c3, Common Darter 3+ - local (Los Alcazares area, Murcia)
24/5/22 - SPAIN; Ferruginous Duck 2m - Alhama EDAR (Murcia); QUAIL 1, Roller 2+, S-t Lark 5+, Chough 3 - Guadalentin (Murcia)
19/5/22 - SPAIN; GRIFFON 5, Golden Eagle 1, Woodlark c5, BONELLI'S WARBLER 5+, Chough 10+, Cirl Bunting 1, Rock Bunting 4+; SOUTHERN SKIMMER 1 near tank - Espuna (Murcia)
18/5/22 - SPAIN; SHORT-TOED LARK c5, Woodchat Shrike 4+, Roller 2, Blue-spot Hairstreak 1 - La Murta/Corvera (Murcia)
17/5/22 - SPAIN; SPANISH SWALLOWTAIL 1 - R. Segura (Alicante); Monarch 1; Small Red-eye 20+, Emperor 2, Lesser Emperor 4+, Vagrant Emperor 6+, Common Darter 6+ (emergence); Spoonbill 5 - El Hondo (Alicante)
16/5/22 - SPAIN; Lulworth Skipper 10+, BLUE-SPOT HAIRSTREAK 2, DUSKY HEATH 1; Rock Bunting 2 - Escalona (Murcia)
13/5/22 - SPAIN; Night Heron 1, Tree Sparrow 3 (br); Common Blue Damselfly 1m, Lesser Emperor 3+, Black-tailed Skimmer 2, Violet Dropwing 5+, Black Percher 15+ - El Algar (Murcia)
11/5/22 - SPAIN; PROVENCE ORANGE-TIP 8+, COMMON WINTER DAMSEL 1; GRIFFON VULTURE 8, Skylark 1, Woodlark 1, (Bonelli's Warbler 3 heard), Chough 20+, Raven 2, CIRL BUNTING 2 (pr), ROCK BUNTING 3; OPHRYS LUTEA 8+, LIMODORUM ABORTIVUM 4 - Espuna (Murcia)
10/5/22 - SPAIN; Black-eyed Blue 2, SPANISH GATEKEEPER 6+ - Escalona (Murcia)
8/5/22 - SPAIN; Golden Eagle 1, Roller 3, Woodlark 1, N. Wheatear 1, BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR 3, Woodchat Shrike 2 - Corvera NE (Murcia)
6/5/22 - SPAIN; N. Wheatear 1+, Redstart 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1, PIED FLYCATCHER 1 - Calblanque (Murcia)
3/5/22 - SPAIN; Collared Pratincole 3, Ruff 6, Little Tern 2, Gull-billed Tern 2 - EDAR Los Alcazares (Murcia); Spoonbill 2, Bonelli's Eagle 1, Curlew Sandpiper 20+, Common Tern 1 - La Manga salinas (Murcia); Common Tern 3, Pallid Swift 2 (br.), Willow Warbler 4 - Cabo de Palos (Murcia)
29/4/22 - SPAIN; Spoonbill 2, Avocet 80+, Collared Pratincole 3, Curlew Sandpiper c30, Wood Sandpiper 2, Black-tailed Godwit c20, Common Tern 1, Whiskered Tern c40, Cuckoo 1, Great Reed Warbler 6, Golden Oriole 1, Vagrant Emperor 10+ - El Hondo (Alicante); Common Tern c50, Great-spotted Cuckoo 2 - El Pinet (Alicante)
26/4/22 - SPAIN; Squacco 1, LRP 15+, Curlew Sandpiper 1, TEMMINCK'S STINT 2, Wood Sandpiper 1, Redshank 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Ruff 2, Black Tern 1, Red-rumped Swallow 1, Nightingale 1, Violet Dropwing 4+ - EDAR Los Alcazares (Murcia) ; Woodchat Shrike 1, Skylark 1 - Los Camachos (Murcia)
24/4/22 - SPAIN; Black Kite 6+, Red Kite 1, Griffon Vulture 1, Redshank 5, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2, ROCK SPARROW 5, Lady Orchid 10+, Early Spider Orchid 20+ - Zolina (Pamplona, Navarre)
21/4/22 - Peregrine 1 ad (poss. brookei) - Bernier (36); Redshank 7, Greenshank 28, Shelduck 2 - Ciron (36); Hairy Hawker 1, Weaver's Fritillary 5+, Fly and Burnt Orchids - Oulches (36)
19/4/22 - Common Crane 2, Little Egret 1, Purple Heron 1, Wood Sandpiper 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 1, 'Flavissima' Yellow Wagtail 1m - Azat-le-Ris (87)
18/4/22 - Large Red Damselfly 1m, Blu-tail 1m - garden (first odonata species 2022)
15/4/22 - Shelduck 2, Garganey 3, Short-toed Eagle 1, Marsh Harrier 2, Black-winged Stilt 1, LRP 2, Ruff 8, Greenshank 19, Wood Sandpiper 6 - Brenne (36)
14/4/22 - BITTERN 1 (h), Shelduck 2, Garganey 5, R-c Pochard 50+, Osprey 5, Black-winged Stilt 1, Ruff 2, Greenshank 16, Wood Sandpiper 2, Y-l Gull 3, COMMON TERN 5 - Brenne (36)
11/4/22 - Purple Heron 1, White Stork 2, Garganey 4+, R-c Pochard 2, Marsh Harrier 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Black Tern 11, 'Flavissima' Yellow Wagtail 1m, Brambling 2 - Les Landes (23)
6/4/22 - Black-winged Kite 2 ads (probable pair) - Coulonges (86); White Stork 1 - La Trimouille (86)
4/4/22 - Osprey 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, LRP 2, Red-crested Pochard 30, Hawfinch 1, Black-necked Grebe 7, Short-toed Eagle 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 1, Wigeon 1, Garganey 2, LITTLE GULL 2 (ad-s, 2w) - Brenne (36)
Willow Warbler 1, Fieldfare 3 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/4/22 - FRANCE; Brambling 3 - garden. Spain; Southern Costa Blanca in winter - species list update
15/3/22 - SPAIN; Ferruginous Duck 2f, Common Swift 1 - Los Camachos (Murcia)
14/3/22 - SPAIN; LESSER CRESTED TERN 1 ad-winter - Torrevieja harbour (Alicante)
8/3/22 - SPAIN; Ferruginous Duck 1m, Tufted Duck 1m, SEDGE WARBLER 1 (h), MOUSTACHED WARBLER 2, Vagrant Hawker 1m - Lo Monte (Alicante)
7/3/22 - SPAIN; ALPINE SWIFT 1, Red-rumped Swallow 2 - El Carmoli (Murcia)
2/3/22 - SPAIN; VAGRANT HAWKER 2m - El Hondo (Alicante)
28/2/2022 - SPAIN; Glossy Ibis 2, Ferruginous Duck 1f, RING-NECKED DUCK 1f, Siskin 2 - EDAR Alhama; Black-bellied Sandgrouse 11, Spectacled Warbler 1, Chough 2, Raven 2 - Guadalentin (Murcia)
24/2/2022 - SPAIN; BLACK-EYED BLUE butterfy 2 - Calblanque (Murcia)
17/2/2022 - SPAIN; White Stork 2, LESSER FLAMINGO 1, (MOUSTACHED WARBLER 2 heard), BEARDED TIT 1m - El Hondo (Alicante)
16/2/2022 - SPAIN; RICHARD'S PIPIT 2 - Los Nietos (Murcia)
14/2/2022 - SPAIN; Spoonbill 1, LRP 1, Swallow 3, Tree Sparrow c20 - El Hondo (Alicante)
11/2/2022 - SPAIN; Golden Eagle 1 ad, Siskin 2, HAWFINCH 1, Crossbill 17 - Espuna (Murcia)
4/2/2022 - SPAIN; RED-BREASTED MERGANANSER 3 - Mar Menor (Murcia)
2/2/2022 - SPAIN; Golden Eagle 1 (1w), Black-bellied Sandgrouse 7, GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO 1 ad, Lesser Short-toed Lark 6+, Calandra Lark 4, Spectacled Warbler 1+, Chough 2 - Saladares del Guadalentin (Murcia)
23/1/2022 - SPAIN; ROCK SPARROW 20+ - Zolina (Pamplona, Navarre)
22/1/2022 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); 1 Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
21/1/2022 - Brambling 1, Hawfinch 2 - garden
20/1/2022 - GOOSANDER 1f, Shelduck 9, Ruff 2, VELVET SCOTER 5 - Brenne (36)
17/1/2022 - GOLDENEYE 3 - Etang Murat (87); Hawfinch 2 - garden
16/1/2022 - Hawfinch 2 - garden
14/1/2022 - GOOSANDER 1f; Common Crane 200+ - Brenne (36)
13/1/2022 - Black-winged Kite 2 (1+1) - Azat-le-Ris (87)
10/1/2022 - GOLDENEYE 3 - Etang Murat (87)
3/1/2022 - GOLDENEYE 1 - Etang Murat (87)
30/12/21 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
28/12/21 - GOLDENEYE 3, Red-crested Pochard 2 - Etang Murat (87)
14/11/21 - 16/12/21 - Spain, southern Costa Blanca. Below, Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) - Cartagena, Murcia. Spain; Southern Costa Blanca in winter - species list update
8-12/11/21 - Black-winged Kites 3 (1 ad + 2 juvs) - Coulonges (86), the other ad (prob. male) around original nest site near Thollet
6/11/21 - Black-winged Kites 4 (pair + 2 juvs) - Coulonges (86), Redwing c30, Red Kite 1 - garden
2/11/21 - Black-winged Kites 4 (pair + 2 juvs) - Coulonges (86)
27/10/21 - White Stork 2 ads, SPOONBILL 3, Wigeon 2+, Pintail 2+, Dunlin 6, MED. GULL 1 (1w), Migrant Hawker 1m, Southern Hawker 1f - Les Landes (23)
26/10/21 - Black-winged Kites; 3 (pair + juv) - Coulonges (86); 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87); 1 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86)
22/9, 25/9/21 - Black-winged Kite 3 (pair + juv) - Coulonges (86)
19/10/21 - Black-winged Kites; 2 (pair) - Coulonges (86); 4 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86), 2 - Azat-le-Ris (87), 1 ad - Beaufour (86)
18/10/21 - Water Pipit 2, Common Crane 22 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Black-winged Kite 5 - Brigueil-le-Chantre (86); Black-winged Kite 8, Peregrine 1 juv. - Azat-le-Ris (87)
15/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 5 (1+ ad, 1+ imm, +3) - Azat-le-Ris (87)
13/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 4 (1 ad, 1 imm, +2), Hen Harrier 3 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
8/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 5 (together, in flight) - Azat-le-Ris (87)
4-5/10/21 - Black-winged Kite 1-2 ads - Azat-le-Ris (87); Black Stork 1 - Bernier (36)
25/9/21 - Three-week trip to Spain, 1 - 22/9/21. Spain; The Southern Costa Blanca September 2020/1
30/8/21 - Purple Heron 1 juv, Little Egret 1, Sand Martin 2+, Pied Flycatcher 2+ - Etang de la Mazère (87); Common Redstart 1, Whinchat 4, Pied Flycatcher 1 - Lussac-les-Eglise (87)
27-28/8/21 - Purple Heron 1 juv, Common Redstart 2+ (all summer), Pied Flycatcher 1 - garden; Whinchat 1 - Bernier (36)
26/8/21 - Purple Heron 1, Black Stork 1, Black Kite 2, S-t Eagle 1, Whiskered Tern 6+, Z. Cisticola 1, Pied Flycatcher 6+, Woodchat Shrike 1f; Southern Emerald c10, Small Emerald 1m, Willow Emerald 1m, Winter Dam 3, Common Blue Dam 1m, Red-eyed Dam 2m, Migrant Hawker 10+, Southern Darter 10+ - Brenne (36)
25/8/21 - Black Stork 3, Wheatear 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87)
24/8/21 - Purple Heron 1 juv - garden (pond!); White Stork 50+, Common Shelduck 1, RINGED PLOVER 2, Dunlin 2, Wood Sandpiper 1, Z. Cisticola 1, Migrant Hawker c6 - Les Landes (23)
23/8/21 - Sedge Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Sand Martin 10+, Great Egret 3, Cattle Egret 50+ (5 - 10% juvs), Common Sandpiper 12; Migrant Hawker 8+, Weaver's Fritillary 3, Knapweed Fritillary 3 - Oulches (36)
22/8/21 - Kingfisher 1, Black Stork 2 SW - garden; SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAM. 3m - Coury (87)
12/8/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1 juv, Weaver's Fritillary 1 - Thollet (86)
10/8/21 - WOODCOCK 2, Woodchat Shrike 1 juv, Hobby 2 - Bernier/Lignac; Bee-eater 14 SW, Queen of Spain Frit 1, Southern White Admiral 1, Small Tortoiseshell 2+ - garden
Banded Dem 1m, Southern Emerald 6 (c), SMALL EMERALD 2 (c), Willow Emerald 2, B-tailed Dam 10+ (c), Dainty Dam 15+ (c), Small Red-eyed Dam 1m, White-legged Dam 1m, Southern Migrant Hawker 1m, BRILLIANT EMERALD 1m, Ruddy Darter 2 (c), Common Darter 3 (c), Southern Darter 1m, Scarlet Darter 3 (c) - garden
Total 14 odonata species; first sunny, warm dry day after weeks of cool, mostly wet weather. (c) = in copula
9/8/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1m, 1 juv, Hobby 1 ad, 2 juvs, R-b Shrike 3 juvs, Spotted Flycatcher 1 - Bernier/Lignac; Small Red-eyed Dam 1m, Dainty Dam 10+ - garden
3/8/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1m, Hobby 1 - Bernier; Honey Buzzard 1, R-b Shrike 4 (m, f, 2 juvs), Golden Oriole 1 juv - garden
2/8/21 - Purple Heron 1, Cattle Egret 53, Pied Flycatcher 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Honey Buzzard 1 - garden
29/7/21 - Short-toed Eagle 1, Common Quail 1 - Azat-le-Ris (87); Southern Emerald Dam. 1, Small Red-eyed Dam 2, Green-eyed Hooktail 10+ - Thollet (86); Bee-eater 1+, Small Red-eyed Dam 2 - garden
22 - 25/7/21 - PNR de Millevaches en Limousin
20/7/21 - Night Heron 4+, Cattle Egret 100+, Little Egret 25+, Purple Heron 4+, White Stork 5, Honey Buzzard 1, Zitting Cisticola 2, Reed Warbler 2+, Spotted Flycatcher 2, SQUACCO 1 (Etang Les Bordes), Woodchat Shrike 3; Small Emerald 1, Red-eyed Dam 3+, Small Red-eyed Dam 1, Southern Migrant Hawker 1 m, LESSER EMPEROR 2 m - Les Landes (23)
18/7/21 - Stone Curlew 1 - Lussac-les-Eglise (87); Banded Dem 1, Dainty Dam 10+, Small Red-eyed Dam 6 (in cop), Emperor 2 (in cop), Ruddy Darter 1, Scarlet Darter 5 (in cop) - garden
16/7/21 - Hobby 2 (1 juv)n, Bee-eater 5 - Lignac (36)
14/7/21 - Woodchat Shrike 1 f, Stone Curlew 4 - Thollet (86); Common Redstart 1 m, Winter Dam 1 m, White-legged Dam 1 m, Black-tailed Skimmer 1, Scarlet Darter 3 - garden
12/7/21 - Midwife Toad calling - Bernier
11/7/21 - Blue-tailed Dam 3, Azure Dam 1, Dainty Dam 30+, Small Red-eyed Dam 4 m, Goblet-marked Dam 1 m, White-legged Dam 1, Southern Migrant Hawker 2 m, Ruddy Darter 4, Scarlet Darter 2 m - garden
9/7/21 - RED-VEINED DARTER 1 m - Ambazac (87); CRAG MARTIN 2 - Langleret (87)
8/7/21 - POND/GARDEN ODONATA LIST added
2/7/21 - BLUE-EYED HOOKTAIL 3 m, Green-eyed Hooktail 4+, Tipula maxima 1 - Vienne (86)
1/7/21 - Golden-ringed Dragonfly 1, Southern Hawker 1 m, White-legged Dam 1, Beautiful Dem 10+ - Crevant (36); Southern Emerald 3, Small Emerald 4+, Winter Dam 2, Green-eyed Hooktail 1 m, Brilliant Emerald 1 m, B-t Skimmer 1, Ruddy Darter 2+, Southern Darter 1 - Le Poinconnet (36)
30/6/21 - Southern Migrant Hawker 1, Brilliant Emerald 1 - Lussac-les-Églises (87); Woodchat Shrike 2 - Thollet (86); Small Red-eyed Dam 1 - garden
28/6/21 - Cattle Egret 1, Dunlin 1, Sedge Warbler 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Volucella bombylans 1 - garden
26/6/21 - Honey Buzzard 1, Bee-eater 8, Dainty Dam 50+, Beautiful Dem 1, Southern Migrant Hawker 1 m - garden
25/6/21 - SQUACCO 1, Common Tern 1, Zitting Cisticola 2+, Large Chequered Skipper, LESSER PURPLE EMPEROR 1, Marbled, Weaver's, Heath Fritillaries, WOODLAND GRAYLING, Great Banded Grayling, Pearly Heath, Passenger moth, Southern, Small, Willow Emerald Damselflies, Winter Dam, Dainty Dam, Small Red-eyed Dam 1, LESSER EMPEROR 3, Green-eyed Hooktail 4+, Ruddy Darter, LIBELLOIDES LONGICORNIS 15+ - Brenne (36)
24/6/21 - Cattle Egret 27, Little Egret 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Hobby 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Small Red-eyed Dam 1 - garden
22/6/21 - Purple Heron 1 - Grand Etang (87); R-b Shrike 3 pairs - Azat-le Ris(87); Common Redstart 1, Beautiful Dem 1, Dainty Dam 25+, Goblet-marked Dam 1, Golden-ringed Dragonfly 1, Ruddy Darter 1, Scarlet Darter 1, Sloe Hairstreak 1 - garden
16/6/21 - Brilliant Emerald 1 - Bernier
15/6/21 - Cattle Egret 1, Little Egret 1, Black-winged Stilt 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Cistude 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
14/6/21 - Common Clubtail 2 - Thollet (86); Great Peacock moth 1 - garden
12/6/21 - Golden-ringed Dragonfly 1, Brilliant Emerald 1 - Thollet (86)
11/6/21 - Winter Dam 3, Dainty Dam 2, Red-eyed Dam 1, GREEN-EYED HAWKER c4, LESSER EMPEROR 2 males, Downy Emerald c3, Ruddy Darter c6, Scarlet Darter 1 - Les Landes (23)
6-11/6/21 - Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne
1/6/21 - Red-eyed Dam 20+, Large Red Dam 3, Small Red Dam 1, Downy Emerald 2+, 4-spot Chaser 10+, LILYPAD WHITEFACE 30+, Scarlet Darter 1 - Brenne; Dainty Dam. 10+ - garden
25-28/5/21 - Dordogne
20/5/21 - Little Owl, Green Hairstreak 2, Dainty Dam 1 - garden
19/5/21 - Banded Demoiselle 3+, Blue-tailed Dam 2, Common Blue Dam 1, Azure Dam 3, Red-eyed Dam 30+, Downy Emerald 1, 4-spot Chaser 3+, LILYPAD WHITEFACE 2, Scarlet Darter 1. MARSH FRITILLARY 10+ - Brenne (36); emergence Broad-bodied Chaser 1 - garden
18/5/21 - Night Heron 4+, SQUACCO 2, Little Egret 4+, White Stork 4, Red-crested Pochard 6, Hobby 2, Whiskered Tern 2, Garden Warbler 1 - Les Landes (23)
12/5/21 - 3 egret sp, Tufted Duck 1, Whiskered Tern 1, Black Tern 1, Sand Martin 15+ - Etang de la Mazère (87); Honey Buzzard 1, Bee-eater 6 over Lignac (36); Hairy Hawker 1 - Bernier
10/5/21 - Little Egret 2, Redshank 2, Sand Martin 2+ - Etang de la Mazère (87)
9/5/21 - Woodchat Shrike 2 (pair), Common Clubtail 1 - Thollet (86)
7/5/21 - Little Egret 1, Tufted Duck 4, Dunlin 1, Redshank 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Red-backed Shrike 2 (pair) Azat-le-Riz (87); Bee-eater 10 over garden
6/5/21 - 3 egret sp, White Stork 1, Tufted Duck 4, LRP 1, SANDERLING 1, Dunlin 1, Redshank 1, Whiskered Tern 1, 3 hirundine sp, Wheatear 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); more Emperors emerging yesterday, garden
3/5/21 (lockdown ended) - Usual array of spring migrants, etc, Brenne (36) - B-n Grebes, Night Herons, Purple Herons, Garganey 4, R-crested Pochards, HONEY BUZZARD 3 > north, S-t Eagle 1, Marsh Harrier 1, Hobby 1, Y-l Gull 6, Common Tern 3, Whiskered Terns, Zitting Cisticola 6+, Sedge Warblers, Willow Warbler 1
Odonata - Azure, Blue-tailed and Winter Damselflies, Beautiful Demoiselle 4+, Downy Emeralds, 4-spot and Broad-bodied Chasers, Hairy Hawker 2, BASKETTAIL 1
2/5/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, Tufted Duck 2, Little Egret 1, LRP 1, Dunlin 1, Whiskered Tern 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
1/5/21 (lockdown) - First exuviae (2) Emperor Dragonfly - pond, garden
30/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Tufted Duck 1, Cattle Egret 2, Little Egret 1, LRP 2, Greenshank 1, Sand Martins, G. Oriole 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, Tufted Duck 1, Little Egret 1, LRP 1, Sand Martin 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
26/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, White Stork 1, Little Egret 1, Sand Martin 5+ - Etang de la Mazère (87)
25/4/21 (lockdown) - Marbled Newt 1, Palmate Newt 1, L. Red Damselfly 1 male, B-tailed Damselfly 2 - garden
23/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Tufted Duck 1 female, Purple Heron 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
21/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Purple Heron 2, Egyptian Goose 2, Montagu's Harrier 1 female, LRP 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
20/4/21 (lockdown) - Oxlips - Chabanne (36); Woodchat Shrike 2 (pair) - Thollet (86); Redstart 1, Sedge Warbler 1 - garden
19/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 5, LRP 2, Greenshank 1, Peregrine 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Peregrine 1 ad/M - St-Martin quarry (87)
16/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Osprey 1, Sand Martin 20 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
14/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, first House Martins (4) and Yellow Wagtail (1) - Etang de la Mazère (87)
12/4/21 (lockdown) - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Egyptian Goose 2, Redshank 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
8/4/21 (lockdown) - Several first migrant sightings, Lignac. RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Purple Heron 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
4/4/21 (Start of 1 month lockdown, >10km radius, no time limit) - First Nightingale Bernier
3/4/21 - Black-winged Kite 1 adult on nest - Thollet (86); Sand Martin 12+, S-t Eagle 2 (pair) - Le Léché, Sand Martin 20+, R-c Pochard 3 - Beaufour (86); RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Whiskered Tern 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
2/4/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Whiskered Tern 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87); Garganey 2, B-w Stilt 15, Zitting Cisticola 2, Sedge Warbler - Brenne (36)
1/4/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Night Heron 3, Ferruginous Duck 2, Garganey 3, Med. Gull 1 ad - Les Landes (23)
31/3/21 - Osprey 1, Black Stork 2, Common Tern 2, Wigeon 11 - Mezieres-en-Brenne (36), Raven 2 (pair), Peregrine 2 - Indre (36). Linnet 3 garden
30/3/21 - First Hoopoe, Brambling 1 male, Serin 1 male - garden. Purple Heron 1, Little Gull 1 adult, Cuckoo 1 - Ciron (36), Osprey 1 adult, Red Deer 1 male, Winter Damselflies - Loups (36)
29/3/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/3/21 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults using same nest as last year - Thollet (86)
26/3/21 - Mandarin 1 male, Yellow Wagtail 1, Wheatear 1 - Etang Régnier (86); Short-toed Eagle 1 - Brenne (36)
25/3/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, LRP 2, Redshank 1, Swallow 1, Water Pipit 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
24/3/21 - Raven 2 (pair), Peregrine 2 (pair) - Indre (36)
20/3/21 - Black-winged Kite 1 adult, Black Kite 1, Redwing 2 - Thollet (86)
18/3/21 - Ruff 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
17/3/21 - Short-toed Eagle 1 - Etang Régnier (86)
15/3/21 - Ruff 1, Water Pipit 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
12/3/21 - Dunlin 1, Water Pipit 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Black-necked Grebe 1, Little Egret 1 - Etang Murat (87)
9/3/21 - RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Black-necked Grebe 10+, Wigeon c20, Common Goldeneye 1 male - Les Landes (23)
8/3/21 - Wigeon 4 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
5/3/21 - Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
3/3/21 - Winter Damselfly 2 - Ciron (36). Wigeon 12+, Black Kite 1 - Fourdines (36). Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Thollet (86)
24/2/21 - First Black Kite over garden
22/2/21 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86). Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 3 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
21/2/21 - Andrena (Mining bee) sp, Marbled Newt 1 f, Palmate Newt 2, Squash bug sp, Lesser Diving Beetle - garden
19/2/21 - Dunlin 28, Ruff 2, Water Pipit 20+ - Mézières (36)
15/2/21 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Wigeon 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
8/2/21 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Wigeon 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Saulgé (86)
5/2/21 - COMMON GOLDENEYE 2 males, Wigeon 60+, Pintail 2, White Stork 2 - Les Landes (23)
4/2/21 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87)
2/2/21 - Egyptian Goose 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87)
26/1/2021 - Egyptian Goose 1, GOOSANDER 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87), RING-NECKED DUCK (Aythya collaris) 1 adult female - Etang de Murat (87), Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87)
25/1/2021 - RING-NECKED DUCK (Aythya collaris) 1 adult female, Egyptian Goose 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87), Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Azat-le-riz (87)
8/1/2021 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87). Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
2/1/2021 - Mandarin Duck 1 male - Lussac-les-Eglise (87)
28/12/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
22/12/20 - Wigeon c25, Golden Plover 2, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 1 ad. - Les Landes (23)
17/12/20 - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 26 - Etang du Léché, Wigeon 5 - Belle Plein, Black-winged Kite 1 adult - Saulgé, Pintail 2 - Etang de Maupertuis, all Vienne (86)
15/12/20 (End of lockdown today) - Wigeon 1 - Etang de la Mazère (87). Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
11/12/20 (2 week lockdown) - Egyptian Goose 2, Wigeon 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
5/12/20 (2 week lockdown) - Wigeon 2 - Etang de la Mazère (87). Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
30/11/20 (2 week lockdown) - Egyptian Goose 3 - Etang de la Mazère (87)
28/11/20 (Start of 2 week lockdown, >20kms, >3 hours) - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
26/10/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 adults - Thollet (86)
23/10/20 - Siskin 31, Lesser-spotted Woodpecker 1 female - garden
19/10/20 - Black-winged Kite 1 - Thollet (86)
18/10/20 - Red Kite 2 over SW, Goshawk 2 (m,f), partial display, Willow Emerald 3 (2m,f), Grass Snake 1, Long-tailed Blue 1 f, Wall Brown 2, Large Tortoiseshell 1, Large White 1, Small White 1, Small Copper 9 - garden
7/10/20 - Black-winged Kite 1 juv Thollet (86); the others appear to have departed. Common Redstart 1 - garden
29/9/20 - Black-winged Kite 5 (2 adults, 3 flying juvs) - Thollet (86). 2 GREY PLOVERS (juvs), 2 Greenshank, 6 Cattle Egrets - Etang de la Mazère (87)
22/9/20 - Black-winged Kite 5 (2 adults, 3 flying juvs) - Thollet (86)
30/8/2020 to 21/9/2020 - French Pyrenees, Southern Costa Blanca, Spain
29/8/20 - 18 Bee-eaters over, 2 Common Redstarts, 2 Pied Flys, 1 Long-tailed Blue Butterfly, 1 Great Potter Wasp, female - garden
27/8/20 - Cattle Egret 45, Purple Heron 3, Little Egret 1, Marsh Harrier 1, KNOT 1 juv. - Etang de la Mazère (87). Bee-eater passage and Green Sandpiper over - garden
26/8/20 - Bee-eater passage over, Common Redstart 3, Pied Fly, Willow Warbler, Shrill Carder Bee, Winter Damselfly 2 - garden
24/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike 1 juv, Weaver's Fritillary 2 Thollet (86). Bee-eater passage over, Common Redstart 1, Pied Flycatcher 2, Queen of Spain Fritillary 1 - garden
23/8/20 - Golden Oriole 1 imm, warbler passage as yesterday, continued Bee-eater passage over, Shrill Carder Bee - garden
22/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), still copulating! Honey Buzzard 1, Tree Pipit 1 - Thollet (86). Honey Buzzard 1 'wing-clapping', C. Redstart 1, Garden Warbler 2, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1 - passage - garden
21/8/20 - Ferruginous Duck 1 male, 5 White Storks, 16 odonata species - Les Landes (23). First autumn passage Pied Flycatcher - garden
20/8/20 - Willow Warbler 1, Hoopoe, Chiffchaffs, Common Redstart, continued Bee-eater passage, Shrill Carder Bee, Red-banded Sand Wasp - garden
19/8/20 - Black Stork 1, Honey Buzzard 1 over garden
18/8/20 - 7 Bee-eaters, 1 Honey Buzzard 'wing-clapping', over garden
17/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 1 (prob. male) - Thollet (86); Five heron sp. inc. 20 Cattle, 2 Little Egrets, 5 Purple Herons - Etang de la Mazère (87). Eumenes (wasp) sp. 2, Common Furrow Bee 1, Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee 3, Sharp-tailed bee sp. 2, Shrill Carder Bee 5 - garden
15/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86)
12/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86). Five heron sp. inc. 8 Cattle, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Purple Herons, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Geese - Etang de la Mazère, 1 Curlew - Etang Murat, 2 Purple Herons - Grand Etang (87)
11/8/20 - Flock of 19 Bee-eaters SW over garden
10/8/20 - Flock of 80-90 White Storks SW over garden then Les Herolles (86); 1 Q. of Spain, 2 Weaver's and c25 Silver-washed Fritillaries - Oulches (36)
8/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86)
6/8/20 - Five heron sp. inc. 36 Cattle, 6 Little Egrets, 4 Purple Herons, first Migrant Hawker - Etang de la Mazère (87). 2 Southern Skimmers - Lignac (36)
5/8/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair) - Thollet (86); Willow Warbler, Common Redstart - garden
4/8/20 - Red-crested Pochard 3, Cattle Egret 91+, Little Egret 1 - Etang de Beaufour (86)
2/8/20 - First newly fledged Melodious Warblers, Golden Orioles on vine, Shrill Carder Bee - garden
1/8/20 - First returning Stone Curlew, 5 Woodchat Shrikes Bourg-Archambault (86). Five heron sp. inc. 56 Cattle, 5 Little Egrets, 5 Purple Herons - Etang de la Mazère (87). 3 Brilliant Emeralds - Eports (86)
31/7/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike (adult) - Thollet (86)
30/7/20 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike juv - Thollet (86)
28/7/2020 - Black-winged Kite 2 (pair), Woodchat Shrike juv, first Jersey Tiger moth - Thollet (86)