Wednesday 4th May (Little Brown Things; Heard and Not Seen)


Mr. Kite looked out of The Joint window into an olive tree and a bright blue sky. After the spectacular birds of yesterday Mr. Kite thought that he would find some little brown warblers.

So Mr. Kite set off in the warm sunshine and sat by marsh's, water channels and flooded fields listening to Reed Warblers, Cetti Warblers, Fan-tailed Warblers, Sedge Warblers and Savi's Warblers. Every now and again Mr. Kite had a glimpse of a warbler as it flew between the reeds; or in the case of the noisy Fan-tailed Warbler when it broke cover flew up high and dropped back into the reeds.

However Mr. Kite did see one large bird circling around leisurely; this was a White Stork. Fortunately it was not delivering a baby to a French family. Supported by it's large black and white wings it used the rising hot air to slowly fly around the area before gaining height and flying away.

Sitting quietly on a bridge Mr. Kite had a good view of a Kingfisher who was sitting on a branch. Now Mr. Kite would have to say that in the bright Meditteranean light a Kingfisher is not the same dazzling dashing bird of dull cloudy England.

After a relaxing day Mr. Kite enjoyed a tipple of La Becasse. Cheers to all Cherry Beer Drinkers.