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In 2. 01. 8 I see that they are visiting both the Dordogne area and the Camargue in May. Funds from the first holiday will support the Refuges LPO network of over 1. France, many of them private gardens and public parks, while those from the second will go towards enhancing the breeding sites of Lesser Kestrels on La Crau, one of the places participants will be visiting. For more details of these and other holidays on offer, check out the Honeyguide website. August 2. 01. 7Recent issues of Ornithos. With a bit of time on my hands i. Bank Holiday traffic, Ive at last had a chance to read through the two most recent issues of Ornithos. As usual there is always something of interest here. In Number 2. 4 2, the main item is the third update to the Nouvel inventaire des oiseaux de France NIOF, published in 2. A summary of the previous update can be found here. Among the more notable changes are those concerning the herons and their allies where, in many cases, as in the UK, there have been some significant increases. For instance, in the Camargue the numbers of Night Herons reached a new peak in 2. Lac de Grand Lieu Loire Atlantique has varied between 2. These figures are of added interest knowing that this year a pair bred successfully in the UK for the first time, on the Somerset Levels. The Full The Animatrix Cartoon. Likewise, the recent Cattle Egret influx to the UK is no doubt linked to the steady increase in France since a cold winter in 2. Another species that has also started breeding in the UK, the Great White Egret, has a population in France now estimated to be around 5. In 2. 01. 5, in the Camargue, no fewer than 1. Glossy Ibis bred at the Scamandre reserve alone, and at least three young from that population have made their way to Britain. Both White Storks and Spoonbills continue to extend their ranges, with record numbers of both noted on migration. On the down side, Squacco Heron numbers seem to be declining, although 4. Camargue in 2. 01. Other items that caught my eye concerned four Great Bustards from the Wiltshire reintroduction project which had crossed the Channel between 2. One made it back under its own steam, one was caught and sent back after recuperation in a rescue centre, one was found dead, and one survived for several months before disappearing again, who knows where. Among the waders, the highest post breeding number of Kentish Plovers that could be found in Brittany was 1. September 2. 01. 5, compared to 6. July 1. 99. 5. No wonder they are increasingly rare now in the UK. With Bee eaters having attempted to breed again in Britain, it is interesting to note that there have been quite a few small colonies scattered across northern France in the past few years, but many of them are only transitory, as has also been the picture here. Crested Lark populations continue to decline in many places, and it is depressing to note that an estimated 1. Skylarks were reported as killed during the 2. Unfortunately this species, whose French wintering population has dropped by nearly 4. France. The well known most northerly population of Rock Sparrows, those at the Abbaye de Fontevraud Maine et Loire, seem to be on the way out, despite work to maintain their nesting sites at this historic building, with only three or four pairs in 2. I did see at least one bird still there in 2. These are just a few of the species mentioned the rest of the list contains much else of interest. The other main paper is an account of a mixed pair of shrikes, Lesser Grey and Woodchat, which attempted to breed in the Vosges area in 2. In Ornithos Number 2. Nevertheless, many of them did survive for quite long periods, presumably having to take up some odd positions to manage to do so. However, a couple of colour ringed gulls seen on multiple occasions, although having quite deformed bills at one time, were noted as having normal bills a few months later, presumably having moulted the deformity away. Perhaps other species might have managed the same thing. A second paper summarised the importance of the mudflats of the Loire estuary for birds, concentrating on the section immediately upstream from the Saint Nazaire road bridge. Dabbling ducks, Greylag Geese and a variety of waders, including up to 3. Avocets, all depend on this area, protected from hunting, but under possible threat from industrial development and general disturbance. The main paper in this issue concerned sexing and ageing of Short toed Eagles, a useful addition to the section in Dick Forsmans excellent Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. For those spending time watching migrants in the Pyrenees at, for instance, Organbidexka, the Col du Soulor, or Eyne, both the book and this article will make particularly interesting reading. As usual the issue ends with book reviews, some recent rarities and some short notes. July 2. 01. 7A brief visit to the Dordogne. A little time ago I wrote a review of a birding guide to the Dordogne see here, an area that I have passed through several times, but where so far I have not had time for a longer stay. Although essentially this remains the case, earlier this month while travelling through France I did stop for a couple of days in the west of the dpartement, at the request of the owners of a guest house who had asked me for information about the birding possibilities of their area. Although I was only there for a couple of days, I managed to see a good range of species without even leaving their own property. The surrounding heaths and woodland also looked interesting, and as some of the sites mentioned in David Simpsons book are also not far away, it seemed worth putting a short account of what I managed to see here. June 2. 01. 7Spring migration at the Pointe de Grave. The 3. 4th season of counts at the Pointe de Grave, a natural funnel for north moving migrants on the west coast of France, where the Gironde enters the sea, has recently ended. From the beginning of March to the end of May, a team of watchers counts the migrants passing through, to monitor populations changes, but at the same time to explain to the visiting public the importance of the site. Jean Paul Urcun, the coordinator for the LPO, has sent me a summary of some of the highlights, starting on 6th March when a storm brought exceptional numbers of gulls close to the shore, plus a day record of seven Great Skuas. Later the same day, with rain continuing to fall, an arrival of passerine migrants included 2. Chaffinches and 3. Meadow Pipits in the space of just two hours. In April it was time for migrants from Africa to appear, including Cuckoos, Purple Herons, Montagus Harriers, Black Kites and Hobbies. In May, the numbers of hirundines peaked 1. Swallows on the 4th and 7. House Martins on 9th with daily counts of Swifts as high as 2. Among record counts for the season as a whole, Spoonbills totalled 3. Chaffinches 5. 5,0. Purple Herons 3. 36, Bee eaters 1. Yellow Wagtails 3. Other encouraging totals, for which one has to go back 2. Serin with 3. 27. Golden Oriole with 4. Hopefully a sign of an upturn in their fortunes Rarities included three Pallid Harriers, a Black shouldered Kite, six Red footed Falcons, single Egyptian and Griffon Vultures and a Velvet Scoter.