Yesterday my daughter told me she’d seen storks out by the Divonne exit of the motorway. It was raining, as usual this year, but I grabbed my camera and got out there. Sure enough in the field by the motorway, on the Swiss side, there were loads of them. Sheena counted 28 in the first flock, about 300m from where we parked. There was a second flock of about 40 much further in. I set off to get nearer. The field was soaked and I was almost wading to get nearer. They all looked very scruffy and are certainly resting in the course of their long journey back to Northern Europe. Of course they decided to escape the paparazzi and as I approached, one by one, they took to the air. Flying off to join the larger congregation half a kilometre away. The wingspan is really impressive!
Here are some of the pictures I managed to take.
Enjoying bird watching 