Loic Poidevin / Row of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wire. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Loic Poidevin / Flock of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) flying in formation. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, August.

Loic Poidevin / Redshank (Tringa totanus) walking on mud. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Loic Poidevin / Adult Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) hovering over its chicks, one of which has taken a small fish from the adult. Noirmoitier Island, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) perched on a branch in snow. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on mossy branch. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Loic Poidevin / Bar Tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) fighting in water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, December.

Loic Poidevin / Marsh Harries (Circus aeruginosus) in flight. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) in flight, winter plumage. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata). The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) landing on water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) chick on water, about to swallow a fish. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / European Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) among ears of corn. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, June.

Loic Poidevin / Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) perched among stems. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) in flight showing underwing plumage. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.

Loic Poidevin / European Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight showing plumage mimicry of Sparrowhawk. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in grass. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in flight. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / European Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) in flight. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) perched. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Group of Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on beach. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, December.

Loic Poidevin / Female Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) on water among flowering pond weed. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Two Redshank (Tringa totanus) by water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Bar Tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) fighting in water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) perched. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, August.

Loic Poidevin / Young Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) on water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, August.

Loic Poidevin / Redshank (Tringa totanus) among buttercups and daisies. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.

Loic Poidevin / Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) perched among twigs. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, February.

Loic Poidevin / Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) perched on post. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Woodlark (Lullula arborea) on ground. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, February.

Loic Poidevin / Curlew (Numenius arquata) with foraging Dunlin (Calidris alpina) in shallow water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / European Cockoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight showing plumage mimicry of Sparrowhawk. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenantha) perched on rock. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, August.

Loic Poidevin / Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax) in tree. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, February.

Loic Poidevin / Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) chick on water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) perched on a post. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) calling from perch on stem. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / European Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched showing plumage mimicry of Sparrowhawk. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) in shallow water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on wet sand by water . Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, December.

Loic Poidevin / Two Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched among blossom. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Siskin (Carduelis spinus) on thistle. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, February.

Loic Poidevin / Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) in flight. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched among blossom. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) and Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) facing each other on water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, October.

Loic Poidevin / Great Egret (Ardea alba) about to land on water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.

Loic Poidevin / Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) with puffed-up feathers. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) in flight, winter plumage, with Black-Headed Gull in background. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) about to swallow fish. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) in profile. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.

Loic Poidevin / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) perched above pond with invertebrate prey. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, June.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, June.

Loic Poidevin / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched among blossom. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) on grass. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Loic Poidevin / Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) female in profile. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, October.

Loic Poidevin / Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) about to land on water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched among blossom. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) perched among blossom. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on a wire. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) male landing on twig. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Two Snow Geese (Chen / Anser caerulenscens) in flight. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / European Cockoo (Cuculus canorus) showing plumage mimicry of Sparrowhawk. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) standing on sand. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, October.

Loic Poidevin / Black Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with small chick. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) stretching a wing. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Corn Bunting (Emberiza / Miliaria calandra) calling from a post. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Yellow Wagtail (Montacilla flava) walking on wetland. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, August.

Loic Poidevin / Glossy Ibis (Plagadis falcinellus) in profile. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) female on the ground. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Portrait of a Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) perched. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) in flight. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, March.

Loic Poidevin / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) perched on post. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Redshank (Tringa totanus) among buttercups. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.

Loic Poidevin / Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) male perched. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) in profile on wet sand. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) chick on water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, December.

Loic Poidevin / Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) male perched. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Wheatear / Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) perched. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) perched on rock. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, June.

Loic Poidevin / Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) with a fish in its beak it has just caught. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Great Egret (Ardea alba) in flight low over water. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.

Loic Poidevin / Black Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with small ghick hiding under wing. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Loic Poidevin / Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in waterlogged grass. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, October.

Loic Poidevin / Red Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) on water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) on water. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, October.

Loic Poidevin / Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on water with prey in its beak. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, September.

Loic Poidevin / Glossy Ibis (Plagadis falcinellus) in profile. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, January.

Loic Poidevin / Linnet (Acanthis / Carduelis cannabina) perched on a lichen-covered twig. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female perched on a bramble. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Loic Poidevin / Northern Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) on water by reeds. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, June.

Loic Poidevin / European Cockoo (Cuculus canorus) showing plumage mimicry of Sparrowhawk. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Loic Poidevin / Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) standing by a rivulet. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, May.