Les lacs de La Dombes

As Cath is back in England I took the opportunity to go birdwatching in the Dombes – an area just north of Lyon where there are a thousand lakes.

I saw my old friend the purple heron – two in fact – as well as loads of egrets, gulls and black-winged stilts.

I also saw un castor – a beaver – at least I’m pretty sure that’s what this fella was – with big yellow teeth.

I went to one lake where night herons had been spotted. But there was a problem.

I guess it is a result of the severe drought in Europe.