Devil Birder

Soon we set off for La Brenne again. Whiskered Terns were plentiful and there was a large group of Pochards (only 1 male with them). We saw several Little Egrets from the car. We went to L’Etang de Georgeat where the helpful staff at the closing Maison de la Nature had seen a Squacco Heron earlier. However, when we went there it was unbearably hot and there was not much there. But we did see some good birds there like 2 Black Kites circling when we arrived and a Great White Egret was on the far side as well as a few Cormorants and Whiskered Terns. There were plenty of Great Crested Grebes and Grey Herons there too.

Above: Black Kite

At a lakeside cafe I saw a female Tufted Duck with ducklings and an adult Purple Heron was showing on the far side. There were hundreds of Coots and Mute Swans. Whiskered Terns, House Sparrows and Swallows all came very close.

Above: Whiskered Tern

Above: Whiskered Tern

Soon we headed to La Maison de la Nature where we intended to attend the 5pm guided tour of the site (well, the hide). Our main target was Night Heron.

From the car park I saw a Black Kite circling but at first glance there was very little else.

At the start of the tour, on the walk to the hide we watched a snake eat a fish by a boardwalk! There was very little on the way way to the hide bird-wise. There were many Whiskered Terns that showed at close range from the hide and there were at least 2 Great White Egrets which showed very well and they stood with a Grey Heron and a Little Egret at one point.

Above: Great White Egret

Above left to right: Great White Egret, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Great White Egret

Above: Whiskered Tern (phone-scoped)

Above: Great White Egret (left) and Little Egret (right) (phone-scoped)

There were 3 Lapwings and finally a beautiful juvenile Night Heron flew right past the hide! Lifer number 14. All I managed was a brief blurry video of it in flight. There were two Cormorants and a Purple Heron flew very near past the hide giving remarkable views.

A quick walk around the local area in the evening produced 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a heard only Green Woodpecker of note. A female Blackcap showed well just in the garden but best of all was the Montagu's Harrier flying over again.

Above: record shot of Montagu's Harrier

7th August 2008

A walk around the local area between 6:52am and 8:57am produced Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Moorhen on the river, a couple of Cirl Buntings, a Black Redstart, 2 Turtle Doves showing well at close range, a White Wagtail flying over, a couple of Serins, a Golden Oriole (heard), and a Spotted Flycatcher again. I did get 2 lifers, though. First of all I heard a Kestrel like call coming from a willow in the now bubbed 'Firecrest Garden' then a small brown Woodpecker flew out right over my head and into a nearby oak tree- Wryneck! I didn't manage any pictures of it and that was all I saw of it really. Lifer number 15. Next, I spotted a Pipit in a conifer in the neighbouring garden. I got some photos and identified it as a Tawny Pipit! The photos are too awful to show here though. It flew off before I could get better views or pictures. Life number 16. On the way back, I flushed a female Mallard from the ditch running alongside our cottage.

A walk slightly later on and I saw Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Grey Heron on the river, a Serin,  Cirl Bunting which showed well, and the usual nesting pair of Black Redstarts. Best of all was a distant pair of female Golden Orioles.

 Above: Cirl Bunting

Above: Turtle Dove (near) and Collared Dove (far)

Above: Turtle Dove

 Above: is this just a Spotted Flycatcher with odd lighting?

On the way to Chateauraut there were several Kestrels, a Mistle Thrush and a juvenile Turtle Dove of note which gave good views.

Above: Turtle Dove (juvenile)

There were 2 juvenile and 1 adult White Wagtail in the car park of Auchan in Benoit and in the evening a Common Buzzard was hunting near our cottage.

8th August 08

A walk around the local area in the early morning reveaed a female Mallard flushed from the same ditch as before, a Moorhen (heard), the usual Woodpeckers, the nesting pair of Black Redstarts, Cirl Buntings, a Turtle Dove, a Spotted Flycatcher flycatching at close range, Serin, Stonechat, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard etc.

Above: Turtle Dove

A male Cirl Bunting was feeding in the garden later on and further on in the day a female was seen there too.

2+ probable Turtle Doves were seen in flight near Izay le Ferron D14.

As we passed some lakes in La Brenne I picked up Whiskered Tern and 3 female Pheasants but something really caught my (and my parent's) eye; a stunning adult Black Stork flew low over the car! What a bird, what an unexpected lifer (number 17). We stopped as quickly as we could and I managed some shots (mostly blurred) and watched it as it flew into the distance.

Above: Black Stork

We stopped off at La Reserve Naturelle de Cherine for an hour or so to pass avoid the sun and sit in the hide. Here we got good views of Whiskered Terns, Pochards, a Cormorant and absolutely stunning views of presumably the same juvenile Purple Heron, it showed at amazingly close range and was probably the best photographed bird of the trip.

Above: Purple Heron (juvenile)

Above: Purple Heron (juvenile)- not cropped! (phone-scoped)

Above: Purple Heron (juvenile) (phone-scoped)

We went to the cafe near the lake again where I enjoyed close-up views of Swallows, House Martins, House Sparrows and Whiskered Terns, and got some good photos. There were huge numbers of Coots and Mute Swans again. A few Grey Herons were fishing and the highlights were 2 distant Great White Egrets and a White Wagtail heard going over.

Above: Whiskered Tern

Above: Whiskered Tern

Above: Whiskered Tern

Above: House Sparrow

We spent a long time looking for an entrance to the Foret de Lancosme but only found it when we had to leave. There were several small, inidentified passerines flitting about in the bushes of an open area that we stopped at including a tiny Pipit-like bird that I originally put down as a probable Tree Pipit (lifer)flying around, continuously calling but it wouldn't settle, towards the end of our little adventure the mystery was solved- if you read on to the end you'll find out what it was!

9th August 2008

A walk around the local area in the early morning produced the usual Woodpeckers, two heard only Cirl Buntings, stunning views of a Melodious Warbler and a Yellowhammer. I heard a Golden Oriole again, but only the screeching call (at tantalisingly close range, but I just couldn't locate it!). I heard a Moorhen and 3 Jackdaws flew overhead. I got great views of Turtle Doves on a wire and good views of a male Serin, just before about 20 Mallards flew over.  

Above: Turtle Dove

Above: Turtle Dove

 In the afternoon around the garden 2 Short-toed Eagles, presumably the same birds, flew high over the garden. We later had a Hobby fly over and there were Serins feeding in the garden on and off all day.

Above: Great Tit

Above: Serin

Above: Cirl Bunting

Above: Hobby

Above: Hobby

An evening walk up to the local water tower produced good views of Stonechats, a Kestrel, a Buzzard, at least 1 Melodious Warbler (best views and photos yet!), Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Cirl Bunting, Serin, Black Redstart (the usual juvenile) and a Turtle Dove.

Above: Common Buzzard

Above: Stonechat

Above: Melodious Warbler

Above: Melodious Warbler

Above: Melodious Warbler

Above: Barn Swallow

Above: Barn Swallow

A bit later on Dad and I went to collect a Pizza from the weekly Pizza van and it turned out quite interesting. We saw my first Crested Larks (lifer number 18) on top of a farmhouse and I got some record shots. We saw the male Montagu's Harrier hunting over a field (first time I saw it hunting) but we didn't get any useable photos of it. The only other Birds of Prey that we saw were 2 Common Buzzards. Other birds of note included a Cirl Bunting, several Stonechat and a Turtle Dove.

Above: Record shot of Crested Lark

10th August 2008

After the success of yesterday's drive, dad and I decided to have an early morning run around the same area in the car again. I hoped to get better photos of the Crested Larks and better views of the Montagu's Harrier but it was to no avail. We saw 3 Turtle Doves, a few White Wagtails feeding on a field with some Starlings, some House Martins in the village, a few Cirl Buntings and a Hobby briefly. We heard a Golden Oriole singing from a different set of willows and nearby there were about 5 Pheasants and a Stonechat. Swallows were beginning their daily activites as we headed down to Abilly. I spotted 2 Common Sandpipers on the river there. I think this was the first time I saw this species on its breeding grounds. There were a few Mistle Thrushes on a playing field in the town too and a Green Woodpecker called. When we got back to the cottage there were 2 Grey Wagtails feeding on the road and a Willow Warbler in a bush behind the cottage, with a Serin nearby.

Above: Common Sandpipers

Above: Common Sandpiper

On the way to La Reserve Naturelle de Pinail where I hoped to see Harriers, Honey Buzzard and other heathland birds  and woodland birds my mum spotted a Black Kite flying close to the car being mobbed by an angry Kestrel. The only other notable birds on the way was a Turtle Dove on a wire and a trip tick; Rook.

On arrival I heard a Nuthatch calling from the woods which I hoped would contain Black and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers, Short-toed Treecreepers, Bonelli's Warblers and Crested Tits.

We started walking across the heath where I soon spotted a juvenile Hen Harrier hunting not too far away. I got stunning views before I lost it as it dropped behind a drop in the hill. A few Linnets were flying around but I still hadn't seen a lifer yet. Mum saw some Birds of Prey circling above us. I got onto them-yes! Honey Buzzards! I locked onto one and was too scared to set my eyes off it to see the one that Dad said was flying very close-by just in case I lost it, a bit of a silly decision because I could have easily taken some good photos of the nearby one then locked onto that. I saw 3 birds, I don't know if that included the one that Dad saw. Lifer number 19. Just as we were leaving, I saw a Hobby in flight and those mystery Pipit like birds again, I still thought they were probably Tree Pipits!

Above: Honey Buzzard

Above: Honey Buzzard

Next we headed off for the nearby Foret de Mouliere where I had my first Wood Warbler briefly in the canopy, giving just good enough views to ID it (lifer number 20) another Nuthatch, Raven and a Green Woodpecker were heard, there was also a Chiffchaff, a Turtle Dove, some House Martins and really nothing else of note. It was very disappointing as we walked more than 6km and that was the turnout. No Black or Middle Spotted Woodpeckers, Short-toed Treecreepers, Bonelli's Warblers or Crested TIts that I hoped for despite a lot of searching; it was dead. Now came a difficult decision; should I risk making another day out of it  for the chance of getting these birds on the 12th or should I go to La Brenne or another site where I wouldn't get those species, but maybe one or two other ones?

11th August 2008

My regular early morning walk took place between 6:55am and 9:20am. On this occasion, I had both the common Woodpeckers, Cirl Buntings, 2 Stock Doves (trip tick), 2 Kestrels, several Turtle Doves, Golden Oriole (heard), Stonechats, a Rook flying over, a Grey Heron in the middle of a field, 2 Jays (heard), House Martins, Swallows, the usual juvenile Black Redstart and the usual Montagu's Harrier flew over.

Above: Cirl Bunting

Above: Black Redstart (juvenile)

Above: Goldfinch

In the garden later on were 2 Serins and a Turtle Dove (heard).

Later on, we went into Tours for the day. On the way I saw a male Montagu's Harrier hunting over a field, but the only photos I managed were of it flying away into the distance. I took advantage of the river and stopped to scan through the gathering Gull roost. They were mainly Black-headed Gulls but there was at least 1 Yellow-legged Gull in with them and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. There was a Common Tern fishing and I heard a Green Woodpecker yaffling from one of the islands. 2 Little Egrets and 2 Grey Herons were present.

12th August 2008

Another walk around the local area in the early morning produced the following highlights: 2 Green Woodpeckers (heard), 2 Moorhens on the river with a Grey Heron, several Greenfinches, 3 Serins, 1 Cirl Bunting, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 female/juvenile Montagu's Harrier, several Stonechats, about 3 Whitethroats, 2 Chiffchaffs (heard), 1 Grey Wagtail on a wire above a field (!), Swallows, a Turtle Dove and a Common Buzzard (heard).

On the way to La Brenne I caught sight of a wonderful male Hen Harrier which, as soon as it appeared, disappeared. This was my first male of this species, but what a treat we were in for!

Above: Hen Harrier (male)

A male Montagu's Harrier flew close to the car over the same field shortly afterwards (my first good views of this species)! I consider myself lucky to see a male of either one of those 2 species but to have a male of each in the same field was something special. Eventually, the male Montagu's was lost to view too.

Above: Montagu's Harrier (male)

Above: Montagu's Harrier (male)

Above: Montagu's Harrier (male)

Above: Montagu's Harrier (male)

Above: Montagu's Harrier (male)

On arrival at La Brenne, Whiskered Terns were once again obvious with about 10 Lapwings and a Kestrel also being noted. Soon, we stumbled upon a flock of 14+ Cattle Egrets, I got out of the car and got cracking views with my scope and some acceptable photos.

Above: Cattle Egrets

Above: Cattle Egrets

Above: Cattle Egrets

Above: Cattle Egrets

We decided to have a go at that entrance that we found at the Foret de Lancosme as we were leaving. From the entrance there was a path running alongside some coniferous forest and it eventually leads to a hide overlooking a lake. Here's what we saw 1 House Martin, 1 Black-headed Gull!!! After a 1km walk. Though, even more annoying was a huitting call from one of the conifers which I am now aware could well have been my first Bonelli's Warbler! I dismissed it as 'a Chiffchaff or something'.

We stopped at a lake on the way to the lakes we intended to give a full visit and saw  a Great White Egret, a Little Egret and a Whiskered Tern plus some Sand Martins, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 1 Grey Heron. Another nearby lake on the way and 3 Little Egrets, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 2 Mallards (as well as a possible Honey Buzzard from the car slightly later on).

Finally, we arrived at the area of lakes we intended to give a full check (les etangs foucault)and made the most of what could be the last I'd see of a lot of the wetland species for a long time. From the main hide we saw about 10 Whiskered Terns, 3 Great White Egrets, 1 Purple Heron, 2 Black Kites, a female Stonechat plus the usual common species. The highlight was my second Squacco Heron (I saw one at Erith, London in June 2007) flying right over the hide! I also saw what could have been a Red Kite drop below the tree line.

The second of the lakes and this produced Whiskered Terns, a Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebes, a Black Kite, etc etc but the highlight was 5 Cattle Egrets flying over.

When we left for the cottage, a Golden Oriole flew right in front of the car and into the bushes on the other side of the road.

A while after we got back, a Kestrel flew over the garden and the Golden Oriole was heard from here again.

13th August 2008

Yet another early morning walk around the local area produced Common Buzzards, Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, a Moorhen (heard), 3 Turtle Doves, a Cirl Bunting, 4 Blackcaps, a Kestrel, 2+ Yellowhammers and the usual juvenile Black Redstart of note.

A drive around the local area around mid day produced about 20 Swallows, a Cirl Bunting, 4 Carrion Crows, about 10 Woodpigeons and a Green Woodpecker which we flushed from the road.

When we got back from the drive a Sparrowhawk flew over the cottage being mobbed by Swallows.

Slightly later on, when we were driving to Descartes, I saw a single Swift fly low over a field. They were getting pretty thin on the ground. Around the same time a large unidentified Bird of Prey made a brief appearance over the car.

While my parents were dropping off the waste to be recycled, I walked around the area (same area as usual walk) and got great views of a male Cirl Bunting. A Kestrel flew over and I heard a Serin. There was a single Swallow, about 5 Goldfinches and a ringtail Montagu's Harrier too.

Above: Cirl Bunting (male)

14th August 2008

By now it was getting towards the end of the holiday, the second to last full day and I decided to make the most of it. An early morning walk gave good views of 2 Turtle Doves, the female of the pair of Black Redstarts, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Serins, Stonechats, Blackcaps, Cirl Buntings, Melodious Warblers and the trip's first Reed Bunting; a female with some Cirl Buntings. The highlight was a second showing of the Wryneck, albeit very brief. First of all I heard the kestrel like call again and spotted the bird sitting in a bare tree in the garden neighbouring the 'Firecrest Garden'. I tried to get some photos but my camera was set for the dark conditions last night! I got some blurry photos and when I realised what had happened I spun the wheel round and round, frantically trying to get the shutter speed and  exposure up and the ISO and f stop down! Alas, it was too late, as when I lifted my camera up and took a picture, I found it was a picture of nothing more than a dead bush that had a Wryneck on it a matter of seconds ago. It had evaded me once more.

We decided to go somewhere different for our final proper birding day of the holiday, and it turned out to be a wise choice; the Lac de Rille. On the way we saw plenty Common Buzzards including the below photographed one.

Above: Common Buzzard

On arrival, the site reminded me strongly of Rutland Water, with the huge lake, similar surrounding countryside, lanes, hides, little scrapes at the side etc.

A Grey Wagtail greeted me as I walked up to the first hide. The most obvious birds from here were the large numbers of Lapwings, Mallards and White Wagtails. Grey Herons and Little Egrets showed very well at close range to the hide and a Common Tern or two were fishing.

Above: Little Egret (phone-scoped)

I went to get a chair from the car and when I was climbing up the steps to the hide again I saw a Falcon flying overhead. It went into a dive and this made me think Peregrine but this isn't what it turned out to be.

When I got back into the hide I scanned through the flocks of Lapwings in the hope of a more interesting wader. All I found was a few Common Sandpiper. But the flock on the very far shore did have something interesting amongst them; a Hobby! It was just sitting there on the shore for quite a while and this must have been what my Falcon was.

More birds started coming, like a  Yellow-legged Gull made an appearance amongst the gathering of Black-headed Gulls and there were a couple of juvenile Shelducks near the Hobby. There was also a strange looking Gull, similar to Herring, with dark primaries and a strangely shaped head; very flat and with a stout, hardly-angled-at-all bill.

Above: Yellow-legged Gull (phone-scoped)

Above: Slightly odd Herring-type Gull (phone-scoped)

We moved on to the next hide but stopped off at the road-side on the way to have a look at the lake at a different angle. Here we saw a Great White Egret that kept catching up fish then dropping them back into the water! Other than this, much of the same stuff that I saw from the hide was present. 
 

Finally! The answer to the mystery Tree Pipit like bird! Once again I saw a small bird flying round for ages making the tantalising "zit...zit...zit...zit...zit" call (no prizes for guessing what it was now!). And caught sight of nothing other than a wonderful Zitting Cisticola sat in plain view on a piece of long grass! What a relief! Lifer number 21! There were a few others flying around and calling there and throughout the rest of the site later on.

Above: Zitting Cisticola (phone-scoped)

We headed off for the next hide where I was greeted this time by another Zitting Cisticola flying overhead, calling. Inside there were Grey Herons, Little Egrets, a Common Tern, 2 Greenshank and some Common and Green Sandpipers but little else of note.

After a pretty short stay in the hide we set off back home but the day was by no means over yet. While driving along, still in the area, Mum shouted 'THAT is DEFINITELY a HOOPOE!!!' I got it in flight in my binoculars as Dad slammed on the brakes (he really wanted to see a Hoopoe). What relief! I thought I was not going to see a Hoopoe before we went back home to Surrey but there was one, just there landing in a field right in front of me. I carefully got out and set up my scope, oh brilliant! What a bird! What luck. Lifer number 22 but that didn't really matter; I was watching the bird I had dreamt about since I started birding at the age of seven, this was one of the top moments of the holiday, of my birding year, of my year altogether, even of my life! We ended up watching it for nearly an hour as it fed, keen to keep in the long grass as there was a Common Buzzard and a Kestrel in the same field! It even flashed us its crest a few times; at one point hopping up and down and up and down with crest erect. It was a considerable distance away and mainly into the sun, with hot air disturbing most of the photos (all phone-scoped). It was mainly in the long grass too, so not the easiest bird to photograph but it did come to the edges of the tall grass at times and sometimes waddled across a column of short grass to reach another set of tall grass.

Above:One of the only passable (just!) photos I managed of the Hoopoe (phone-scoped)

That evening, as we drove back to the cottage in the dark, Barn Owls were seen passing in front of the headlights, 3 of them in fact, within 15 minutes.

15th August 2008

The last full day and I took far longer than usual to complete my early morning walk. It ended up taking about 3 hours this time. I heard the usual Woodpeckers and there were large numbers of Swallows; 26 on one stretch of wire. There was a fairly large flock of House Martins too, with about 20 drifting down from very high up in the sky. Probably after sleeping up there like Swifts. I flushed a Grey Heron from the river and once again the Wryneck put in a brief appearance in flight. I heard a Turtle Dove and saw another and got good views of a Spotted Flycatcher. A few Serins were present with a few Cirl Buntings. I heard 2 Chiffchaffs singing and other Warblers included Whitethroat, Blackcap and Willow Warbler. The Hobby flew over the field behind the cottage and 2 other Black Redstarts joined the usual juvenile. There was a single Yellowhammer and a few Stonechats too. I thought I saw a Tawny Pipit in flight, it was a very elongated small (but larger than other Pipits) Bird. I saw it again on the ground on the other side of the field  but even a heavily cropped picture on my camera wouldn't give enough features to ID it fully.

Above: Stonechat

Above: the Tawny Pipit-like bird

We spent the rest of the day in Tours but I persuaded my dad to take me to one of the recommended spots on the Loire near Tours in Where To Watch Birds In France but all that was there was 2 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Common Terns, a Kestrel, 6 Cormorants flying over, and a couple of Feral Pigeons and some Swallows.

On the way back I saw many ringtail Harriers from the car but I couldn't tell whether they were female Montagu's or Hen on those views. There were also plently of Kestrels and a Red-legged Partridge.

An evening walk produced some good birds. I watched 2 Spotted Flycatchers close up, giving great views as they flew out and caught flies, landed on roofs etc. The usual male Kestrel was sitting on a wire above the field behind the cottage  and I heard a Great Spotted Woodpecker. As I headed back for the cottage I heard a real upset with some Magpies between 2 layers of hedgerow, they were screeching and alarm calling for ages. I have no idea what it was all about; hopefully it didn't involve the local cats.

16th August 2008

The final day and one final early morning walk around the local area. There was not much to be seen though I did get good views of a Spotted Flycathcer, a Turtle Dove and a few Cirl Buntings I also heard the usual Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers. There was there usual male Kestrel on the same perch; on the wire above the field behind our cottage and Stonechats were near the water tower as usual and a Grey Wagtail flew over. Warblers included Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Whitethroat whilst Swallows were busy as usual. The local Common Buzzard put in a last appearance and the other usual stuff was about plus a couple of funny small finch like birds that kept flying around making a strange buzzing noise.

We left at 10:00am and intended to do a bit of birding in Calais to get Icterine Warblers, Kentish Plovers and maybe Black-winged Stilts but the journey was not very well timed and we were about 2 hours late for our train across the channel. We got transferred to the 7:50pm crossing. The most interesting birds seen on the journey included a Zitting Cisticola (heard when we stopped at a service station), 3 Turtle Doves, a few Little Egrets, Great Crested Grebes, Cormorants, a Pheasant etc etc. We got home at 8:50pm London time.

Full trip list in chronological order

Lifers in bold, notable species for me underlined.

1 Grey Heron

2 House Sparrow

3 Coot

4 Little Egret

5 Herring Gull

6 Mute Swan

7 Woodpigeon

8 Feral Pigeon

9 Magpie

10 Kestrel

11 Carrion Crow

12 Lapwing

13 Starling

14 White Wagtail

15 Mallard

16 Moorhen

17 Common Swift

18 Greenfinch

19 Linnet

20 Common Buzzard

21 Black-headed Gull

22 Blackbird

23 Collared Dove

24 Swallow

25 Goldfinch

26 Sparrowhawk

27 Chiffchaff

28 House Martin

29 Green Woodpecker

30 Great Spotted Woodpecker

31 Wren

32 Serin

33 Robin

34 Blackcap

35 Chaffinch

36 Great Tit

37 Cirl Bunting

38 Jay

39 Yellowhammer

40 Cormorant

41 Montagu's Harrier

42 Stonechat

43 Cattle Egret

44 Whiskered Tern

45 Purple Heron

46 Black Kite

47 Greylag Goose

48 Great White Egret

49 Black Redstart

50 Great Crested Grebe

51 Pochard

52 Melodious Warbler

53 Blue Tit

54 Golden Oriole

55 Short-toed Eagle

56 Spotted Flycatcher

57 Tawny Owl

58 Firecrest

59 Grey Wagtail

60 Turtle Dove

61 Common Redstart

62 Little Grebe

63 Tufted Duck

64 Pheasant

65 Night Heron

66 Snipe

67 Whitethroat

68 Wryneck

69 Meadow Pipit

70 Tawny Pipit

71 Mistle Thrush

72 Black Stork

73 Jackdaw

74 Hobby

75 Crested Lark

76 Common Sandpiper

77 Willow Warbler

78 Rook

79 Nuthatch

80 Hen Harrier

81 Honey Buzzard

82 Wood Warbler

83 Long-tailed Tit

84 Raven 

85 Stock Dove

86 Yellow-legged Gull

87 Common Tern

88 Lesser Black-backed Gull

89 Squacco Heron

90 Reed Bunting

91 Zitting Cisticola

92 Greenshank

93 Green Sandpiper

94 Hoopoe

95 Barn Owl

96 Red-legged Partridge