Just a quick note of the “first” arrivals that I have had the fortune to encounter over the last week or so:
3 Short-toed Eagles (together, and screaming like gulls, weird)
Several Garganey, both male and female
Willow Warbler singing
A horde of Swallows and Sand Martins
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit and Black-winged Stilt as the wader representation
2 Egyptian Vultures and a few Black Kites in the Pre-Pyrenees
Tree Pipits calling, small parties of Yellow Wagtails
What I haven’t seen, despite looking:
Spectacled Warbler, Montagu’s Harrier (or even a flukey Pallid Harrier), House Martin
All the more reason to get out and about!
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