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         France Haute Normandie

 







Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ©Ashley Beolens

The region consists of the Departments of: Eure & Seine-Maritime. The traditional Province of Normandy.

Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. It was created in 1956 with 2 départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. This division remains somewhat controversial, with some calling for a regrouping. But the name existed already and referred by tradition to territories currently included within the administrative region the Pays de Caux, the Pays de Bray (not the Picard one), the Roumois, the Campagne of Le Neubourg, the Plaine de Saint André and the Norman Vexin. Nowadays the main part of the Pays d'Auge and a small part of Pays d'Ouche are in Basse-Normandie.

Rouen is the regional capital, historically important with many fine churches and buildings, including the tallest cathedral tower in France. However, the region's largest city (by comparison to Rouen's centre without its suburb) is Le Havre. The region is twinned with the London Borough of Redbridge in the United Kingdom. The economy of Haute-Normandie is centred around agriculture, chemical and oil industry, though it makes millions through tourism.

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La Mare Palu is our 18th Century renovated farmhouse B&B in a quiet regional park. Large ensuite rooms & large selection for breakfast. Just five minutes from Pont d’Ouve nature reserve with its bird hides & marshland boat trips. Local interests include Tatihou Island Ornithological Reserve and Baie of Mt St Michel. Miles of natural sandy coastal beaches including Cap de la Hague & Gatteville lighthouse. For more information Telephone +33 2 33 42 03 54 or click the picture!
 

 

  top sites

 

Antifer Harbour

(North of Le Havre/Seine-Maritime) is a good sea-watching spot.

  contributor

 

Wikipedia
(GNU Free Documentation License)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Normandie

  useful reading

 

Atlas des Oiseaux de Normandie en Hiver

written and published by Le Groupe Ornithologique Normand 2005
ISBN: 168343
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Books, CDs, etc.

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

  clubs

 

Centre de Sauvegarde de la Faune Sauvage et Musée de la Nature

http://www.chene.asso.fr/
Ce site est consacré au CHENE, qui est à la fois un centre de soins pour la faune sauvage en détresse, qu`il s`agisse d`un mammifère, d`un oiseau grand ou petit ou même d`un amphibien et un musée-nature très pédagogique, mais aussi une association dynamique qui organise de nombreuses manifestations en faveur de la nature, de sa connaissance et de sa protection...

Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux - Haute-Normandie

http://haute-normandie.lpo.fr/
LPO Haute-Normandie: 19 boulevard d`Orléans 76100 Rouen Tel/Fax : 02-35-03-08-26 haute-normandie@lpo.fr

  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 can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!

  tour operators

 

Birding Pal

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

Northern France Wildlife Tours

http://www.northernfrancewildlifetours.com
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!

  mailing lists

 

Forum du Groupe Ornithologique Normand

http://forum.gonm.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=370
n rejoignant le groupe "Adhérents" (dans "Panneau de l'utilisateur"-->"Groupes d'utilisateurs"), vous pourrez accéder aux forums privés Observations, Etudes & Protection et Ressources...

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