The bird life along the river was, as usual, fantastic, birds were everywhere, in the water, near the water, in the trees and bushes, in the fields and in the sky.We quickly logged both the Grey and the White Wagtail, Grey Heron, Woodchat Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-rumped Swallow, Serin, Chiffchaff sp, Blackcap, melodious Warbler, Cetti's Warbler and an unusual sighting of a Sedge Warbler.
There were many finches around including Green, Gold and Chaffinch, also Linnets, House Sparrows and Spotless Starlings. A Kingfisher flashed by a couple of times and several Little Ringed Plovers feed along the shingle shore-line.
The sky was full of House Martins, we also counted over 300 perched on the wires, a sign that migration is looming. They were joined by Barn Swallows and a single Sand Martin. 
We also found a single Rock Sparrow on the same set of wires, if you look closely at the picture you can just make out the yellow throat patch. (click on the image to enlarge it)
Over the surrounding hillsides a good number of Common Swifts were joined by Pallid Swifts and the odd Alpine Swift but, although we searched, we couldn't find a White-rumped Swift.
Birds of prey were represented by a couple of sightings of Booted Eagle (pale morph), we saw 2
perched Short-toed Eagles and a couple of Griffon Vultures. Paul got onto a falcon 'species' but it disappeared over the hill before he could ID it.
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