Yesterday, April 1st, was our wedding anniversary (43 years) so we decided to go out for the day. We set off just after 9 am with our friend Ian for Saintes Maries de la Mer, the self -styled Capital of the Camargue!
It's a drive of about 1hour & 45 minutes for us so we arrived in time for coffee followed by lunch outside on the terrace overlooking the sea. On the way back we stopped at the ornithological park, but decided not to go round on this occasion but did stop & go round the Camargue museum.
It was not specifically a bird-watching trip, but we had our binoculars and the result was very satisfying!
Many White Egrets on the way down amongst the white horses and black bulls. On the way back we saw a White Stork, fairly high in the sky and looking as if he had just arrived and a couple of Great White Egrets.
Jo then saw a Short-toed Eagle, we passed quite a few Avocets feeding in the flooded fields(lovely birds - really must spend more time in the Camargue watching them) and huge numbers of Flamingos, both in the lake by the ornithological centre and flying, a Black Kite and numbers of Swallows.
Coming back we took a route to avoid the rush hour in Avignon which took us through Chateaurenard for the first time. As is so often the case, we found a good size town under a beautiful castle. An interesting end to a very good day!
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