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Guerand Salt Pans

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Turn right at the roundabout just before the edge of the town down Rue de la Pigeonaire. Avoid working pans as this annoys the locals. Lots of Bluethroats, Avocets, Black-winged Stilts, etc.

La Grande Brière

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100,000 acres of marshland. Drive until you see a farm track, park the car and explore. Most of the tracks lead to good birding sites. The natives are friendly! From St Joachim take the D50 south. Take 2nd right to Parc des Animaliers. Slightly formal, but excellent birding including good numbers of breeding Bluethroats (there is a charge)

Pointe de Croisic

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Follow signs for Cote Sauvage and seawatch. Loads of shearwaters in August, perhaps just into September.

A Birdwatching Guide to Brittany

Stephanie Coghlan, Arlequin Press 2003 Paperback ?10.95
ISBN: 1900159864
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Books, CDs, etc.

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

Oiseaux Marins Nicheurs de Bretagne

by B Cadiou, BIOTOPE Parth?nope 2002
ISBN: 2951037961
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Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux en Finistère

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Contactez-nous : finistere@lpo.fr includes: Liste des oiseaux observés en Finistère etc.

Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux en Bretagne

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Pour mettre fin au massacre des macareux moines en Bretagne, des hommes et des femmes ont agit en créant la Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux. C'était en 1912. Ces précurseurs ont fait du Macareux moine ( le logo de la LPO) un symbole de la protection de la nature...

Société pour l'Etude et la protection de la nature en Bretagne

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Bretagne Vivante - 186, rue Anatole France - BP 63121 - 29231 Brest cedex 3 Mis à jour le 07/05/2004

The Brière Regional Nature Park

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The progressive desertion of the marshes throughout the 20th century has helped let the reed beds extend to take over natural prairies and bodies of water. Very extensive in the northern half, they have now become the dominant feature of the Briéron countryside: this invasive vegetation is composed essentially of reeds and sedges...

2000 [October] - Gerard Joannes

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Ornithological sites - As with the touristic sites, the places below have been classified geographically from the East to the West...

2002 [April] - Gerard Joannes - Morbihan

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I stayed in the Gulf of Morbihan from 6 to 17 April 2002. Each day, half a day was dedicated to thalassotherapy, the other half to exploring the region and particularly its ornithological resources. I thoroughly enjoyed both activities...

2004 [June] - Geoff Dicker

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May this year saw me in France again for another family holiday. We stayed in a rented house in the village of Conquereuil near to Redon. As it was relatively near to le Gâvre forest I made about four early morning trips to this location...

2007 [October] - Andrew R Williams - Côtes d’Armor

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This was to be a family holiday for ourselves, our young children and their grandparents, as such the scope for specific birding trips was always going to be limited. The birding described below was done during family day visits to the local area but also directly from the gîte which was blessed with pretty good birding habitats...

2009 [July] - Nicolas Martinez

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Annoted list...

2010 [April] - Andrew R Williams

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This is a very brief report to supplement others I have written regarding birdwatching in Brittany. This trip was a family holiday and so little specific birdwatching opportunities arose. A trip to the large gannet colony at Île-Rouzic was a highlight and I managed one visit to the Marais de Quellen. All the other birds were seen in general touring of the area...

Birding Pal

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Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Northern France Wildlife Tours

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Northern 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!

Estuary House

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If you're a bit of a birder, this is the holiday home for you - especially if you're fascinated by birds that frequent estuaries. We are extremely lucky in that at low tide, all the estuary birds seem to congregate at the bend in the river directly in front of the house, affording us with the most superb view of all their antics...

La Fontaine Rouillée Gites

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La Fontaine Rouillée is a lovely spot for a self catering holiday in a friendly, rural area of Cotes d’Armor where our two character country cottages make it is just so easy to relax, unwind and forget the pressures of everyday life, They are situated in beautiful, tranquil countryside near Plessala, a friendly market village, in central Brittany...

Place de L'Eglise

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Place de L'Eglise is a 12th century house with a fascinating history. It rests in the centre of the peaceful agricultural village of Averton in Mayenne and has been sympathetically refurbished to the highest standard. The base of your wildlife holiday will be our home where you will find peace and comfort during your stay...

Bretagne

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To post to list:obsbzh@yahoogroupes.fr
List contact:Emmanuel Chabot - emchabot@yahoo.fr
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Discussion group for local observations, birds andnature in Brittany (French). Members: 215. Archives on-line: ~ 3000 messages. [Most members of Bretagne Vivante (SEPNB) are on this list. There you may ask for an English-speaking birder guide, or any question about watching birds all around the country.]

Jardin Miranda

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Miranda Bell - An experienced, RHS qualified gardener and garden designer. Passionate about the huge benefits of creating and designing gardens which not only encourage wildlife but enable you to garden a lot more organically...