Foret du Compiegne : Tuesday 6th June

Tawny Owl
Blackbird
Robin
Chaffinch
Short-toed Treecreeper - common, heard everywhere!
Woodpigeon
Great Tit
Chiffchaff
Carrion Crow
Willow Warbler
Song Thrush
Common Buzzard
Nuthatch - very numerous
Wren
Great Spotted Woodpecker - very common
Marsh Tit
Blackcap - strange variation in the song
Jay
Cuckoo
Goldcrest
Black Woodpecker - a male seen well and another one (or two?) calling
Crested Tit
Redstart - a few singing males about the forest
Wood Warbler - several males heard singing, but we didn't see any!
Middle Spotted Woodpecker - saw at least four. Very numerous when we got
tuned in
Stock Dove
Treecreeper
Bullfinch
Tree Pipit - good numbers in any suitable habitat
Common Swift
Garden Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Green Woodpecker
Pied Flycatcher - male & two females and two juvs
Yellowhammer
Sparrowhawk

Pierrefonds - doing a spot of shopping
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Jackdaw - several around the magnificent Chateau
House Martin
Swallow
Mallard

Foret du Compiegne - after a move about
Honey Buzzard - seen from the car
Melodious Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Stonechat
Grasshopper Warbler - three heard reeling from a forest clearing
Woodcock - one roding over the pine woodland at dusk
Nightjar - one heard churring
Long-eared Owl - an adult seen in flight and two young calling distantly


Day two Wednesday 7th June (Still in the forest)
Tawny Owl
Woodcock
Song Thrush
Redshank
Redstart - a stunning male singing in a cleared area next to the car
Robin
Carrion Crow
Blackbird
Blackcap
Spotted Flycatcher
Tree Pipit
Chiffchaff
Wren
Cuckoo
Hawfinch - a single bird perched in tree top and others calling
Garden Warbler
Willow Warbler
Short-toed Treecreeper
Jay
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Black Woodpecker - scope views of two/three birds in an area of scattered
pines
Melodious Warbler - singing male seen well
Marsh Tit
Goldcrest
Great Tit
Golden Oriole - flyover (female? type)
Woodpigeon
Coal Tit
Stock Dove
Common Swift
Honey Buzzard
Stonechat
Grey Heron - flyover
Dunnock
Green Woodpecker
Swallow
Turtle Dove
Bullfinch
Grasshopper Warbler
Blue Tit
Firecrest - a singing male by the car
Middle Spotted Woodpecker - a calling bird near the car
Common Buzzard - many birds from a high point overlooking the forest
Long-tailed Tit
Sparrowhawk
House Martin
Hobby
Greenfinch

Driving towards Sailly Bray
Corn Bunting
Yellow Wagtail (Blue-headed?)
Kestrel
Starling
Collared Dove
House Sparrow
Grey Partridge
Black-headed Gull
Harrier spp. - probably a Montagu's ring-tail

Sailly Bray
Marsh Warbler
White Wagtail
Common Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Linnet
Marsh Harrier - three birds seen including an imm male
Moorhen
Reed Bunting - very common
Bluethroat - great views of several singing males
Cetti's Warbler
Skylark
Lapwing
Reed Warbler
Blue-headed Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail for comparison
Honey Buzzard - fantastic views of an adult female (eventually)
Whinchat - a stunning male with a female
Savi's Warbler - three birds singing, one seen
Grasshopper Warbler - seven singing birds
White Stork - seen in flight
Cormorant
Wigeon - a calling bird was most unexpected

Cap Blanc Nez  overnight
Grasshopper Warbler - a single bird reeling almost continuously
Long-eared Owl - two juvs calling distantly

Day three Thursday 8th June
Calais and Oye Plage
Black Redstart - a juv and female by the Chemical Factory
Nightingale
Magpie
Mistle Thrush
Little Grebe
Coot
Shoveler
Garganey - three males and a female
Avocet - very common
Mute Swan
Tufted Duck
Wigeon - a single male, may well be injured
Little Ringed Plover
Shelduck
Oystercatcher
Black-tailed Godwit - one in winter plumage!
Herring Gull
Little Egret - at least eighteen
Sandwich Tern
Gadwall
Meadow Pipit
Canada Goose
Mediterranean Gull - loads of all ages, the adults were superb
Spoonbill - two birds
Black-winged Stilt - five birds present
Pheasant
Black-necked Grebe - a pair?
Greylag Goose
Redshank
Sand Martin
Icterine Warbler - we saw one and heard another two singing
Crested Lark - a singing male on a roof at Grande Fort Phillipe
Nuthatch - a bizzare record of a bird flying off the dunes
Little Tern - one fishing in the pools used by the shooters
Common Buzzard - including one very pale bird
Marsh Harrier - a pair plus another female type