Thursday 21st April (Reptile on Road)


Mr. Kite looked out of The Joint window to see spring sunshine. The good weather continues and Mr. Kite feel happy.

Soon Mr. Kite was cycling around those Etangs spotting lots birds and stopping to watch the less common. These included a very colourful and yellow Cirl Bunting singing from a telegraph wire, Curlews in a field and Corn Buntings in the hedgerows.

La Gabriere had about one hundred Black Terns flying up and down the pond shimmering between black and white colours whilst a Cettis Warbler burst into song at frequent intervals. Mr. Kite went for a walk along Beaureare where a Fan-tailed Warbler 'zitted' as it flew around a reed bed. In the warm sunshine Mr. Kite had plenty of opportunity to sit and watch.

Cycling near a clump of trees Mr. Kite had his first view of the year of a Hoopoe; black, white, pinky, unusual and a fantastic spectacle. After a day out Mr. Kite cycled slowly back to The Joint stopping to watch a small Grass Snake sunning itself on a quiet road.

Soon Mr. Kite was having a tipple of Kanterbrau. Cheers.