Came across this Hornet nest at Coët Stival.
I did not want to get too close, the guards at the entrance were very intimidating.
Drove to the medieval city of Vanne. The harbour extends up to the city walls.
Great Black-backed Gull with a fish
Cormorant
Eclipse plumage Black-headed Gull
Grey Wagtail in the old city moat
Wall Lizard
In the afternoon we to Reserve Naturelle Nationale des Marais de Sene, which is just to the southeast of Vannes.
A
very warm day, with a marvellous sky. I saw Black-tailed Godwit, breeding Black-winged Stilt, Spoonbill, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Cattle Egret and Avocet.
Gatekeeper
Speckled Wood
Blue-eyed or Southern Migrant Hawker,
Aeshna affinis
A awful photo of a Zitting Cisticola or Fan-tailed Warbler, Cisticola juncidis. A lifetime first so I included it.
A male Red-veined Darter,
Sympetrum fonscolombii. This species is identified by the pale pterostigmata (colored spots on the wings) with thick black borders.
Polistes dominula, European Paper Wasp
Red Admiral
Willow Emerald Damselfly,
Lestes viridis
Spoonbill
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