An early morning walk around the farm produced a good bird list of 27 species with eight Jays, four Green Woodpeckers, four Cirl Buntings, four Cattle Egrets and three each of Nuthatch and Golden Oriole the highlights. The most notable birds of a riverside walk near Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val were a couple of Spotted Flycatchers. One of the highlights of the whole week followed in the afternoon - a visit to the village of Gautier where a small group of farm buildings is being sympathetically restored. I had heard there was pond nearby and asked to visit it - it proved to be a hive of activity with a family of Coypus, a dozen or more Marsh Frogs and a visiting Pine Marten all present (although the latter headed away very swiftly when we appeared). Back at the base, the litter (?) of leverets which had been present in the garden at the start of the week was sadly down to just one individual.