02/07/2021 A few sightings away from home.

Not often we go anywhere now (thanks to COVID) but this was a day out that ended up in a disastrous trip home.  An accident on the highway with two trucks, one that burst into flames, and we were stuck in a traffic jam. It was well over 3 hours in temperatures of 40 C (104F) before the police sorted things out and moved the traffic down the emergency lane to an off-ramp.  A 1½  hour trip took us over 5 hours.   Never the less we did get to see a few birds before all this happened!

Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)...

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Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

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Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)...

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See also my Photodairy with lots of flowers and insects.

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Birds through the year....

Apart from the Stilt and the Heron all photos have been taken in our garden.

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes).

January.

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).

February.

European greenfinch (Chloris chloris).

March.

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).

April.

Eurasian Magpie or Common Magpie (Pica pica).

May.

Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus).

June.

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops).

July.

Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus).

August.

A young Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).

September.

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea).

October.

Great tit (Parus major).

November.

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

December.

European robin (Erithacus rubecula).

Christmas greetings cannot go without a robin so this is to also wish you all a Happy Christmas and a fabulous New Year.  Happy birding in 2019.

I am off to the UK on Monday until the end of January.  As I will be, with my husband, full time caring for my FIL who has Alzheimers, I have no idea if I will have to time to blog before my return to France in February 2019.  I will try to look in on your blogs if possible.

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