Holiday to Hourtin Plage, South France

We spent 10 days in Hourtin Plage a small village on the south west coast of France. We didn't travel far away from the village but I still managed a list of 81 species. The extensive dunes, rich pine forest, lakes and clearings provided great habitats for an array of different species. I spent a few hours one day seawatching off the beach at Houtin Plage, loads of Balearics and a smart Sooty Shearwater was the highlights.
Here are a few of the highlights of the holiday were:

Black Kite
Firecrest
Black Redstarts
Crested Tit
Short-toed Treecreeper
Turtle Dove
Red-backed Shrike
Hoopoe
Yellow-legged Gull
Fan-tailed Warbler
Honey Buzzard
Melodious Warbler
Purple Heron
Short-toed Eagle
Montagu's Harrier
Night Heron
Golden Oriole
Kentish Plover
Spotted Crake
Sooty Shearwater
Black-winged Stilt

Black Redstart

Hoopoe

Black Kite

Short-toed Eagle

Black-winged Stilt

Purple Heron