Les oiseaux des salins de Lapalme (Aude)

Several wetlands can be found in the French department of Aude, on the Mediterranean coast. This is the cas of the saltpans of Lapalme near Narbonne: it is a very good birding spot where several interesting bird species breed such as the Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), the Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and the Little Tern (Sterna albifrons). The Greater Flamingoe (Phoenicopterus roseus) is very present through the year). But this place is above all an excellent place during the migrations, in particular in Spring, with large number of waders, including rarities like the Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) or the Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus). The Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei) and the Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii), and the Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) are regular in April-May..