Not a good week for birding for me, so a few more photos from Christelle and South Africa

Black_collard Barbet (Lybius torquatus).

Grey-headed bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti).

Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull.

As above.

African oystercatcher or African black oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini).

African Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris). 

As above.

Thanks go again to Christelle for allowing me to use her photos.

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A few photos from the garden here in France this week.

Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs),

European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)...

As above...

As above.

House sparrow (Passer domesticus) having fun...

As above.

Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)...

As above.

What I believe to be a blackbird's egg. Common blackbird (Turdus merula).

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Short on photos this week so Christelle is helping out again with photos from South Africa.

As always if my ID is incorrect I am very happy to be corrected.

Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed. Male.

As above.  Female.

White-fronted plover, or white-fronted sandplover (Charadrius marginatus).

White-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus).

Lilian's lovebird (Agapornis lilianae).

As above.  These last two photos were taken on the South Coast of South Africa and I suspect they have escaped from captivity and bred here.  They are normally found far further North in Zimbabwe, Malawi areas. 

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