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France Auvergne

Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla ŠGerd Rossen http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/

The region consists of the Departments of: Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dome. The traditional Provinces of: Auvergne & Bourbonnais.

useful reading

Books, CDs, etc.

For books on France as a whole and more than one region see the Fatbirder France page...

clubs

Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux - Auvergne

http://www.lpo-auvergne.org/
La Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux agit au quotidien pour que l`oiseau libre soit respecté et toujours plus proche de l`homme...

reserves

Regional Nature Park of the Volcanoes of Auvergne

http://www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.tm.fr/fr/decouvrir/parcs.asp?op=parcs-identite&id=39
Everything begins with the Tertiary, when the Alps and the Pyrenees sprang up: the vast granite plateau which then covered Auvergne cracked and split. The melted lava flowed from the cracks: in Limagne...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

local guides

Birding Pal

http://www.birdingpal.org/France.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Massif Nature

http://www.massifnature.co.uk/
Bird and wildlife-watching, gentle walks, rambling, driving tours and much, much more in one of the most beautiful, unspoilt and previously undiscovered regions of France, the Auvergne...

places to stay

Auvergne - Massif Central

http://www.auvergnehols.co.uk/
Over 2,600 feet up, right in the middle Europe`s largest National Park, my three houses are all near the small town of Condat (-en-Feniers); 47 miles SSW of Clermont-Ferrand. Unspoiled mountains and forests dotted with wild flower meadows, valleys deep with daffodils and scented narcissus, pastures awash with soft colour, the sound of streams and cow bells. The Massif Central is little known yet an easy drive from the Channel. The Sancy is one of the last bastions of the rock thrush, a small, shy member of the genus, with blue head, red tail and vent and a white rump. At least ten pairs have been counted there on rocky escarpments and scree close to grassland. About 150 species are listed officially for the Auvergne, plus many migrants on passage. We have seen most of these, plus some unlisted.

Oiseaux menacés d`Auvergne

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/michelbj/section_livres/livres_critiques/oisx-menaces-auvergne.html
Fruit du travail des ornithologues de la LPO Auvergne dont on connaît la compétence et le sérieux qui existaient déjŕ du temps de l`ex-COA (Centre Ornithologique d`Auvergne), ce fascicule richement illustré de photos et d`aquarelles en couleurs, est une réussite tant au plan de la protection de la nature car il devient l`ouvrage de référence en la matičre pour l`Auvergne, qu`au plan de l`édition car cet ouvrage est des plus agréables ŕ consulter...