Day Six - Thursday
Today was a quieter day spent around the resort. We did walk to the Cap d'Atruix lighthouse again after lunch. In addition to the vocal Tawny Pipit in the lighthouse compound, Blue Rock Thrush was seen on several occasions flying above the rocks. Yellow Legged Gulls were showing very well on lampposts along the walk - a good opportunity to make comparisons with the usual Herring Gulls seen back home. Hoopoe were also seen in flight around the harbour area, and again, Sardinian Warbler seemed to be everywhere.
As we crossed the harbour bridge, what looked like a large flock of pigeons appeared to be circling the radio mast to the north of the harbour. A quick glance with the binoculars revealed them not to be pigeons, but Cattle Egret. Forty-two of them! An amazing sight as they flew in formation like a murmuration of Starlings!
Around the pool the first dragonflies of the trip were seen. Southern Migrant Hawker hovered over the pool and surrounding bushes.
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