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Birds Photographed Here
Long time – no Bee-eater. This photo series was taken on our first day in Camargue back in August. When I was making the photo, I thought I…
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…
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…
Last photo from our visit to Camargue in August: Cattle Egret and a pony. Cattle Egrets do usually hang around cattle; it’s somewhat rarer to see them actually…
Collared Doves are not exactly rare – we see them in the UK as well – but we saw great numbers of them in rural areas of France….
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…
A very rare bird I was writing about a few days ago – which got superseded by the Flamingos – was the European Roller.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…
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…
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…
We noticed this Marsh Harrier from quite a distance and decided it was not worth attempting a photo, as it was too far. We went on to look…
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…
Rotation of photos has made it to the first day of our visit to the Camargue. After Flamingos, the European Roller, and the Purple Gallinule, it is this…
Another large and beautiful bird from the Camargue: the White Stork. We caught only a quick glimpse of this one as it was flying above us while we…
Back to older photos we go, and where better than Camargue? Another Zitting Cisticola today, and above we have a close-up of this nice little bird. The same…