In July I visited the area around Langres in France on the border of the Champagne and Franche Compte regions, staying in the small village of Charmes St Valbert.
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Birds seen included:
Gannets - On ferry crossing
Buzzards
Swallows
House Martins
Black Redstarts - Several seen in the village
Starlings
House Sparrows
Kestrels
Red-Backed Shrikes - Several seen in hedgerows
Grey Heron
Skylarks
Coots
Great Cresyed Grebes
Black Kites (see below)
Goshawks - In Charmes St Valbert
Yellowhammers
Jays
Magpies
Carrion Crows
Pied Wagtails
Willow Tits
Nuthatches
White Stork - 1 flew over Lac de Vingeanne
Booted Eagle - 1 flew over Lac de Vingeanne
Honey Buzzard - 1 seen between Charmes St Valbert and Molay
Turtle Dove
Black Kites (Milan Noir - milvus migrans) were regularly seen over the lakes and over the river in Gray. One evening at least 12 were seen heading to roost at Lecey.
