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Etang de Canet

8/8/2014

 
Lake Canet is a 10 minute drive from Argeles, an amazing place with some truly exotice birds.  You'll think you've driven to Africa...  
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Greater Flamingos, 08/08/14, Lake Canet NR, Saint Nazaire. Yep, these are real flamingos, quite at home on this side of the Med.
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Roller, 08/08/14, Etang de Canet NR. More exotic overspill from Africa, this birds are common here.
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European Bee-eater, 08/08/14, Lake Canet NR. Very colourful and quite approachable, lovely song too.
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Hoopoe, 08/08/14, Lake Canet NR. An outrageous bird.
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Kestrel, 08/08/14, Lake Canet NR. A familiar British raptor taking advantage of fallow pasture.
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Water Rail, 08/08/14, Lake Canet NR. Another British familiarity, but how often do we see them out in the open?
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Wood Sandpiper, 08/08/14, Lake Canet NR. Feeding in the shallow stream leading to the lake.
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Cattle Egret, 08/08/14, Alenya. Check out the fields en route, anything can turn up.

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