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Réserve de Cambounet-sur-le-Sor

Occitanie  >  France

The reserve is composed of several former gravel pits and good for birding with many bird hides.

Added by CJMP31

Description

Several former gravel pits attract plenty of waterbirds. There is also a Grey Heron colony. Nice birds you can see here are Black Kite, Snipe, Common Teal and Black-crowned Night-Heron.

Details

Access

From Castres,  N126 to Toulouse

From Toulouse, A68 and N126

Terrain and Habitat

Forest, Wetland, Lake

Conditions

Flat

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

All year round

Best time to visit

Winter

Route

Paved road, Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Bicycle, Foot, Wheelchair

Birdwatching hide / platform

Yes

Extra info

Open every day. Free entrance. For more info see www.rnrcambounet.fr

The trail on the map is 2,6 km.

View birdingplaces in the area that are published on Birdingplaces.eu

Map

Top 5 birds

Black-crowned Night-Heron
1. Black-crowned Night-Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)
Common Teal
2. Common Teal
(Anas crecca)
Eurasian Coot
3. Eurasian Coot
(Fulica atra)
Snipe
4. Snipe
(Gallinago gallinago)
Grey Heron
5. Grey Heron
(Ardea cinerea)

Other birds you can see here

Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
(Spatula clypeata)
Mallard
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
Common Pochard
Common Pochard
(Aythya ferina)
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
(Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Great Crested Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
(Podiceps cristatus)
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus)
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
(Larus michahellis)
Great Cormorant
Great Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo)
Great Egret
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
Little Egret
Little Egret
(Egretta garzetta)
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis)
Black Kite
Black Kite
(Milvus migrans)
Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard
(Buteo buteo)
Common Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
(Alcedo atthis)
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus)
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Jay
(Garrulus glandarius)
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Magpie
(Pica pica)
Carrion Crow
Carrion Crow
(Corvus corone)
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
(Cyanistes caeruleus)
Great Tit
Great Tit
(Parus major)
Ring Ouzel
Ring Ouzel
(Turdus torquatus)
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
(Muscicapa striata)
European Robin
European Robin
(Erithacus rubecula)
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
(Ficedula hypoleuca)
House Sparrow
House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
Tree Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
(Passer montanus)
White Wagtail
White Wagtail
(Motacilla alba)
Chaffinch
Chaffinch
(Fringilla coelebs)

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