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France Rhone Alpes

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla ©Gerd Rossen http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/

The region consists of the Departments of: Ain, Ardeche, Drome, Isere, Loire, Rhone, Savoie & Haute-Savoie. The traditional Provinces of: Bourgogne, Dauphine, Languedoc, Lyonnais & Savoy.

useful reading

Books, CDs etc

Books, CDs etc For guides to France in general, or more than one region see the Fatbirder France page...

clubs

Centre Ornithologique Rhone Alpes

http://membres.lycos.fr/cora/

Le Centre de Soins pour Oiseaux Sauvages du Lyonnais

http://csosl.free.fr/
L`objectif prioritaire des Centres de Soins est la réhabilitation et la réinsertion dans la nature des oiseaux sauvages blessés...

L`Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de Rhône-Alpes

http://www.cora-asso.com/atlas/PleinPage.htm
Ouvrage indispensable pour découvrir, connaître ou mieux connaître les oiseaux de notre région...

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!

2004 [June] - Nick Mason

http://www.realbirder.com/frenchalps.htm
From my pre-trip research, the French Alps do not appear to be heavily birded, with little background information to figure out what we should expect to see...

2005 [June] - Nick Mason

http://www.realbirder.com/FrenchAlpsJune2005.htm
On the morning of the 12th we had a short walk around the town, including several small parks. These yielded Serin, Swift, House Martin, Black Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher...

local guides

Birding Pal

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

places to stay

Apartment - Savoy Alps

http://www.howse99.freeserve.co.uk
Apartment in Chatel in the French Alps. Chatel is a typical alpine village right on the border between France and Switzerland, in the Haute Savoie area of France. Part of the well-known Portes du Soleil ski circuit in winter it is also a magnificent centre for walking and all manner of other outdoor pursuits in summer - mountain biking, parascending, rock climbing, bird watching, observing the mountain animals - chamois, marmots etc, enjoying the alpine flowers from April right through till October.