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Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes ŠGerd Rossen http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/

The region consists of the Departments of: Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher & Loiret. The traditional Provinces of: Berry, Orleanais, Touraine & Ile-de-France.

This is an area of France often passed through on the way to somewhere else. It contains some superb habitat and interesting birds, insects (especially butterflies) and plants, too. The forests and lakes of the Sologne, between Orleans, Blois and Romorantin, and the Brenne, West of Chateauroux are perhaps the best areas. Well worth a visit, as well, is the dryer hilly area West of the Brenne around la Roche Posay (Little Bustard, among other species).

top sites

Grand Corbois Lake

The Grand Corbois lake in the Sologne, at St Viatre, 25km South of Orleans is another excellent site.

La Cherine Reserve

The Brenne contains two particularly good visitor centres amid excellent birding. The foremost is the reserve at La Cherine (4 excellent hides) representing wetlands. The Chateau at Le Bouchet is the national park headquarters, and is set on a hilltop with some superb woodland walks around it. All other attractions apart, there is an excellent restaurant here as well.

contributor

Peter Wells
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p.wells@zen.co.uk

useful reading

Books, CDs, etc.

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

clubs

La Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux - Touraine

http://www.lpotouraine.fr.st
La Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux - Touraine est une association loi 1901 ependante mais conventionnée avec la LPO qui est une des plus importantes associations françaises de protection des oiseaux et de leurs milieux.
148, rue Louis Blot37540 Saint-Cyr/Loire (France) él/Fax : 02-47-51-81-84 .

reserves

La Brenne

http://www.parc-naturel-brenne.fr/
La Brenne figure au 4čme rang des zones humides françaises d`importance internationale selon la classification UICN, avec plus de 200 espčces d`oiseaux visibles au cours de l`année. Son intéręt concerne, avant tout, les espčces nicheuses (40) comme le Grčbe ŕ cou noir, le Grand butor, le Blongios nain, le Busard des roseaux, la Guifette noire, etc...

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!

2003 [May] - Peter Wells - La Brenne

http://www.forewood.co.uk/labrenne.htm
This is a report on a holiday trip which Nancy and I made to La Brenne in the Indre Département of France from 3rd to 10th May 2003. There is more information for each species recorded, in the accompanying Species Account...

local guides

Birding Pal

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

places to stay

Le Moulin de Lurais - La Brenne

http://www.lemoulindelurais.co.uk
Le Moulin de Lurais provides holiday accommodation in three Gites on the banks of the river Creuse. The village of Lurais is only 8kms from the thirteenth century town of Le Blanc, and is within easy reach of the Loire valley.

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