Trip Report - Calais, France

Calais Trip Report - by Didier Godreau I have just finished my bird trip report concerning the Calais area : I was there on 24 & 25 January, 1999. The weather was correct , no sun and no rain. We began our visit by Le Clipon, and Dunkerque harbour, Platier d’Oye, Oye Plage, Cap Blanc-Nez, Ambleteuse and Cap Gris-Nez. We came to Marquenterre on Sunday : a great moment with many birds (50 species). Here is my bird list for this short but nice trip :
English name	Scientific name	Extra Information -(qty)
Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Black-necked Grebe Northern Fulmar Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Little Egret Great White Egret Grey Heron White Stork Eurasian Spoonbill Mute Swan White-fronted Goose Greylag Goose Barnacle Goose Common Shelduck Eurasian Wigeon Gadwall Common Teal Mallard Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Common Pochard Tufted Duck Common Eider Long-tailled Duck Common Scoter Common Goldeneye Smew Red-breasted Merganser Hen Harrier Common Buzzard Common Kestrel Grey Partridge Common Pheasant Moorhen Common Coot Eurasian Oystercatcher Pied Avocet Great Ringed Plover Northern Lapwing Sanderling Purple Sandpiper Black-tailed Godwit Eurasian Curlew Turnstone Black-headed Gull Common Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Guillemot Wood Pigeon Eurasian Collared Dove Sky Lark Horned Lark Meadow Pipit Water Pipit White Wagtail Wren Hedge Accentor European Robin Blackbird Goldcrest Long-tailed tit Blue tit Great tit Black-billed Magpie Rook Carrion Crow Common Starling Common Sparrow Chaffinch GoldFinch Twite Snow Bunting Yellowhammer	Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps cristatus Podiceps nigricollis Fulmarus glacialis Morus bassanus Phalacrocorax carbo Egretta garzetta Egretta alba Ardea cinerea Ciconia ciconia Platalea leucorodia Cygnus olor Anser albifrons Anser anser Branta leucopsis Tadorna tadorna Anas penelope Anas strepera Anas crecca Anas platyrhynchos Anas acuta Anas clypeata Aythya ferina Aythya fuligula Somateria mollissima Clangula hyemalis Melanitta nigra Bucephala clangula Mergus albellus Mergus serrator Circus cyaneus Buteo buteo Falco tinnunculus Perdix perdix Phasianus colchicus Gallinula chloropus Fulica atra Haematopus ostralegus Recurvirostra avosetta Charadrius hiaticula Vanellus vanellus Calidris alba Calidris maritima Limosa limosa Numenius arquata Arenaria interpres Larus ridibundus Larus canus Larus fuscus Larus argentatus Larus marinus Uria aalge Columba palumbus Streptopelia decaocto Alauda arvensis Eremophila alpestris Anthus pratensis Anthus spinoletta Motacilla alba Troglodytes troglodytes Prunella modularis Erithacus rubecula Turdus merula Regulus regulus Aegithalos caudatus Parus caeruleus Parus major Pica pica Corvus frugilegus Corvus corone Sturnus vulgaris Passer domesticus Fringilla coelebs Carduelis carduelis Carduelis flavirostris Plectrophenax nivalis Emberiza citrinella	Marquenterre (10) Cap Blanc-Nez ( 1 ) Cap Gris-Nez (1) Marquenterre Marquenterre (1) Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre (2) Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre Cap Gris-Nez (1) Marquenterre Marquenterre (1 female) Marquenterre (1) (1) Marquenterre Le Clipon (4) Le Clipon Le Clipon Le Clipon Cap Gris-Nez Platier d’Oye Platier d’Oye Marquenterre Le Clipon Marquenterre Cap Gris-Nez (1) Cap Gris-Nez (1) (1) Marquenterre Marquenterre Marquenterre Cap Gris-Nez Platier d’Oye Platier d’Oye Cap Gris-Nez (2)
I think we did well, and saw many birds, in good conditions in such a short time.

Calais Trip Report - by Didier Godreau