The wetland reserve of Aiguemolls de l'Emporda that lies just over the border into Spain has a good range of habitats ... woodland, wetland and open grasslands ...
... it was alive with the song of Nightingales when I visited in the first week of May ... they are unusually visible here ...
... the wet areas attract differing species according to migration patterns and this time Wood Sandpipers were the predominant passage wader ...
... Glossy Ibis are more regular there ...
... and Purple Heron seems to be the dominant heron with this one flying by with the classic 'toes spread ' look ...
... a few Spoonbills and a single Squacco Heron fed among the vegetation ...
... and a small number of Whiskered Terns lingered ...
Just to the north lies the Cap de Creus where the habitat of open rocky slopes is suitable for Thekla Lark ... this bird perched on a prominent rock and sang intermittently ...
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