All slides will include text of species where appropriate. These photos were taken in May of last year over 4 days when I stayed at Saintes Maries de la Mer. Flight from Stansted to Nimes £85 return and a pleasant 3 star hotel for £60 per night b&b plus car hire of £125. Average spend per day on food, evening meal and drinks, around £30.00. Total cost without being frugal £600.
This is one of my most popular talks for RSPB groups, Natural History Societies and Ornithological groups. I also gave an edited version of this at the Bird Fair at Rutland Water last summer, so the trips do eventually pay for themselves.
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| Map of The Camargue |
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| Yellow legged gulls |
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| Little egret |
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| One of only 3 bird hides in the whole area. This at Parc Ornithologique 4km north of Saintes Maries de la Mer |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Squacco heron |
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| A long hot walk to the lighthouse in the distance where there are good bushes for warblers. Temp 26C |
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| Glossy ibis |
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| The Camargue is famous for its bulls and horses. One reason why you stay on the paths! |
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| Nightingale |
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| Melodious warbler |
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| Cattle egret in breeding plumage |
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| Another cattle egret |
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| Greater flamingoes |
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| nesting little egrets |
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| Grey heron |
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| Little egret courtship |
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| Juvenile little egret |
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| Black winged stilt |
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| Avocet chicks disobeying mum and not following! |
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| Parc Ornithologique |
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| Grey heron |
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| Notre Dame church, Saintes Maries de la Mer at night |
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| Egyptian locust |
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| same insect |
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| Hiding hoopoe |
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| White stork |
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| Great white egret |
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| Crested lark |
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| Tawny pipit |
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| Roller |
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| Bee eater |
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| Too good to miss |
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| Distant Whiskered tern |
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| White winged black tern, a rarity |
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| Pony trekking is very popular |
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| Black redstart |
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| Mute swan |
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| Great reed warbler |
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| Purple heron |
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| Spoonbills |
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| Great reed warbler |
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| Reed warbler |
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| Great white egret |
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| Gull billed tern |
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| Serin |
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| female serin |
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| Clouded buff moth |
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| Glossy ibis |
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| Green underside blue butterfly |
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| Coypu |
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| swallow |
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| Red veined darter, juvenile or teneral as they are called |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Yellow wagtail sub species cinereocapilla |
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| House martin |
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| Bee eaters |
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| 4 spotted moth |
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| Potter wasp species |
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| Slender billed gull |
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| a superb bee eater |
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| Clouded yellow |
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| roadside flamingos in soft morning light. One of my favourites. |
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| Mediterranean gulls with Glossy ibis behind |
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| Red footed falcon |
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| sacred ibis |
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| short toed eagle |
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| Scarlet darter |
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| Black crowned night heron |
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| Common tern |
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| Garden warbler |
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| Sandwich tern |
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| Spectacled warbler |
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| Zitting cisticola, used to be called the more pleasant name of Fan tailed warbler |
