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France Basse Normandie
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The region consists of the Departments of: Calvados, Manche & Orne. The traditional Province of Normandy From the Carentan Marshes to Mont des Avaloirs( the highest point in Normandy); This region is characterised by its greenery. Traditional practices, such as coppicing and pollarding, ensure the sustainability of the forest systems; whilst the traditional orchards ensure an abundance of cider and calvados. Normandy also has extensive heaths and majestic, rugged cliffs - all ensuring the richest possible biodiversity. |
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Baie d'Orne
Satellite View(Salenelles to Ouistreham, North of Caen, Calvados) a nice place for wetlands and marinebirds, near the ferry's harbour.
Baie du Mont-St-Michel
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(SW, between Normandy and Brittany) & Baie de Seine (Le Havre) are the main sites (and extensive) for shorebirds and vagrants. The Baie du Mont St Michel is a wonderful birding place, almost anywhere will do - there is a first class visitor centre at Genets with a superb walk along the edge of the bay South from there, and the headlands at Bec d'Andain and Le Grouin either side of there. Then there are the marshy grasslands at the South end of the bay, North of Dol de Bretagne - go there in the autumn and winter especially.
Falaise de Carolles
Satellite View(South of Granville, Manche) regional (& national) spot for Passerines migration in autumn - among whom Tawny and Richard's Pipits, Ortolan Bunting, Finches, Larks...Baie du Mont-St-Michel (SW, between Normandy and Brittany) & Baie de Seine (Le Havre)are the main sites (and extensive) for shorebirds and vagrants.
Foret d'Ecouves
Satellite ViewPark at Carrefour de Rendez-vous and follow the forest trail. You will probably not see another soul. Black Woodpecker, Tree Pipits, and Hobby here.
Gatteville Lighthouse
Satellite View(East of Cherbourg/Manche) is a good seawatching spot.
Pays d'Auge & Marais de la Dives (East of Caen, Calvados)
Satellite ViewWhite Stork, Woodpeckers, Warblers... and a bastion for Red-Backed and Great Grey Shrikes.
Southern Normandy
Southern Normandy is good for all woodland birds, Creepers, Warblers, Hoopoe, RB-Shrike (around Alençon/Orne); Stone-Curlew (Val de Seine); Crested Lark (South of Evreux/Eure)...Peter Wells
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Roy Croucher
Northern France Wildlife Tours
(Averton, Mayenne)
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Atlas des Oiseaux de Normandie en Hiver
written and published by Le Groupe Ornithologique Normand 2005ISBN: 168343
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Books, CDs, etc.
For books on France as a whole and more than one region see the Fatbirder France page...Guide des Oiseaux de Normandie
by Bruno Dubrac, Serge Nicolle, & Herve Michel, Editions Hypolais 2001ISBN: 2913307027
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Baie du Mont st Michel
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La baie du Mont Saint-Michel est l'un des paysages les plus exceptionnels de notre patrimoine. Sa renommée ne tient pas seulement au Mont lui-même, mais aussi au spectacle admirable qu'offrent le sable, l'eau et le ciel à cet endroit...
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Baie du Mont St Michel
ReportWe crossed by Seacat from Dover to head for Normandy and the Baie du Mont St Michel, which turned out to be a superb place, with two particularly fine interpretation centres. We had good views of a pale phase Arctic Skua on the crossing, and after an easy ride South, had a stop for lunch near to Yvetot . In some roadside woods just off the autoroute there were Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, and Great Spotted Woodpecker to admire.
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Northern France Wildlife Tours
Tour OperatorNorthern France Wildlife Tours Ltd, based in Averton, Mayenne, was born when Roy and Shirley Croucher realised that breeding Black Woodpeckers, Little Bustards and White Storks were well worth stopping for. When they found country lanes lined with orchids and cowslips, over which danced Swallowtail and Clouded Yellow Butterflies and Hummingbird Hawk Moths, they were convinced!
Farmhouse Breaks
AccommodationNo longer need readers struggle with their French when planning to stay in beautiful Normandy and see the rich birdlife and unspoilt countryside hereabouts! All kinds of songbird, several species of owl, and a family of kestrels live on our 20 acres organic smallholding. We also keep ducks and rare breed poultry so plenty of fresh eggs for brekkers! They will find a warm english speaking welcome at our farmhouse...
La Basse Cour, Ancinnes, Pays de la Loire
Accommodationhis XVIII century Normandy farmhouse has three beautiful en-suite guest rooms (chambres d'hôtes) approved by Gîtes de France. The guest house is in a lovely setting by a lake, surrounded by wooded and planted gardens on the fringes of the Forest of Perseigne, straddling the Orne (Normandy) and Sarthe (Pays de Loire)...
Normandy Farmhouse B&B
AccommodationWe are an English owned and run Chambre Dhote/B&B situated in the Parc Naturel Regional des Marais du Cotentin, next to Les Pont d’Ouve nature and bird watching area…
Photographer - Christophe Doucet, Wildlife & Nature photographer
GalleryPassionate about nature and especially birds since a child, I discovered photography only in 2001. Between learning the technical and acquisition of my first camera, first images arrive in 2003…
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