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Birds Photographed Here

Bee-Eater

Because of a fantastic outing yesterday, we decided to stay an extra half-day in the Camargue – and oh boy, it was the right decision. We visited the…

Black Stork

When we noticed these birds flying high overhead, we first thought they must be some kind of bird of prey. Then we realised how huge they really were…

Black-Winged Stilt

Back to the archive, since I’ve run out of recent photos. This one comes from Camargue again — one of the hotter days of the summer in our…

Crested Tit

At first we thought this was a flycatcher, because of its head colouring and behaviour. However, upon closer inspection – it is a Crested Tit. A first for…

European Roller

A very rare bird I was writing about a few days ago – which got superseded by the Flamingos – was the European Roller. This is another bird…

European Siskin

Another photo of a unique bird on a conifer tree, snapped in the sunset light. And again, it is slightly off the quality I would prefer to publish…

Glossy Ibis

Keeping up with the very rare birds – here is the Glossy Ibis. In fact, we stumbled upon a whole group – at least five – feeding in…

Greater Flamingo

I wanted to share this series of photos for a while, but needed some extra time to edit all of them. Photos are to be seen in this…

Purple Gallinule

As some might have noticed – I am cycling through the two days in the Camargue. Another highlight from day one was this bird, for which I found…