Birdwatching in Camargue

Birdwatching in Camargue, when is the best time of the year to come to Camargue?

We can say all year, depending of the birds you are interesting to see.

Now the winter season is coming with is amount of surprises. Camargue is the place to be if you are looking for the anatidae as ducks: Gadwall, Wigeon, Shoveler, Pintail, Garganey, Teal and also the Red-crested Pochard among some Pochards. The big Shelduck is as well on the canals of the great wetlands.

As water birds, we will see during our birding day by the Vaccarès the Great Crested Grebe and the more discret Black-necked Grebe and Little Grebe.

Ones of the most stunning birds coming to Camargue in winter time are the Common Cranes.

During the day we will observe the Cranes gathering in the fields of rices and sunflowers.At the end of the day, the Cranes are all flying back in big group to the marshes where they will stay all night away from the predators.

Sunrise in Camargue is as well a great moment to admire those birds.

Cranes are wintering in large group in Camargue since 1980. Some them are stoping few days on their way to Spain and to Egypt by the Nil valley.

Theirs trumpeting calls, when they are flying over the Provence region, make us look up and discovering those magnificent birds.  Their flys are at the same time gracious and powerful.The young born the summer time by the Scandinavian lakes are travelling with both parents.An amazing show to see.

The Great Flamingo are living in Camargue all year. They give birth to an unique chick… when the Flamingo chick reach the 10 days she/he will be ready to join the rest of the young in the crèche. Some adults are taking care of that big group of chicks during the day and the parents will come  back at the end of the day to feed their ones.

Winter time is also the season for the parade of the Great Flamingos, they are then more colorful than ever more beautiful to seduce their partner. Colors is the sign of great health so the capacity to nest, and take care of their chick…

More augment we have for the Birders and for the travelers looking for a great experience in that unique region of south of France: La Camargue.

Check out these birds

sarcelle-d-hiver

sarcelle-d-hiver

avocettes-elegantes

avocettes-elegantes

courlis-cendre

courlis-cendre

becassine-des-marais

becassine-des-marais

grue-cendree

grue-cendree

flamant-portrait

flamant-portrait

flamants

flamants

grues-cendrees

grues-cendrees

sarcelle-d-hiver avocettes-elegantes courlis-cendre becassine-des-marais grue-cendree flamant-portrait flamants grues-cendrees

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Spring and summer in Camargue

Spring and summer in Camargue, are two seasons when many things happen for Birders.

Many Migratory Breeding birds are coming from Africa to breed in Provence.
Because the Camargue has many sanctuaries where wildlife and biodiversity are the priorities.
Is then an ideal area for nesting.

Breeding birds.

The Collared Pratincole breeds in loose colonies. The Purple Heron is strongly attached to wetland and river delta.
The white plumage of the Squacco Heron makes his observation easier.

The most colourful birds we can observe every spring time in Provence are the European Rollers and the European Bee-eaters. Both species are coming in spring time to Provence.
In May they find in Camargue the perfect area to built their nest.
In summer the great numbers of insects flying other the wetland of the delta of the Rhône are necessary to breed the young birds and to make reserves before flying back to Africa in September.

We can observe as well the Cuckoos, in Camargue the Cuckoo can be heard in April.
As the Great Spotted Cuckoo, which is not an easy bird to observe.

In Provence in the villages or farm called Mas in provençal, the Hoopoe nests in old trees, the swift, the barn swallow and the house Martin choose the old construction.

One of the magnificent birds of Camargue is the Great flamingo.
They are now resident breeding species.
Since the 1990 a large colonie of Great Flamingos has settle down in Camargue.
The plumage of the young Flamingos are black and white, then they turn pink when they reach the age of 3.
The colour of the Great flamingo is due to the pigment find in their allimentation, the Artemia salina an aquatic invertebrates, present in the marsh and salty water.

Camargue is the place to go to when you are a Birder in Provence. We have the chance in our region to have great sites as the Alpilles Mountain chain of the Sainte Victoire Mountain…
Where we will see different species than the ones observed in Camargue.

Check out these birds

Spring and summer in Camargue

Great Flamingo
Bee Eater
Rollier Europe Eygaliere Destet
Squacco Heron
Great Reed Wabler
Great Flamingo Bee Eater Rollier Europe Eygaliere Destet Squacco Heron Great Reed Wabler

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