Bird watching and nature

Birds in the Brenne:

Great crested grebe      Tern                                  Purple heron

Some 300 species of bird have been observed in the Brenne and below is a selected list of some of the more interesting for visitors from farther north in Europe. They all occur each year and most breed. Those with a * are common during the appropriate season:

Black-necked grebe* - Bittern - Little bittern - Night heron - Cattle egret* - Squacco heron - Great white egret* - Purple heron* - Garganey* - Black kite* - Montagu's harrier* - Marsh harrier* - Goshawk - Honey buzzard - Short-toed eagle - Osprey - Hobby - Quail* - Common crane - Little bustard - Black-winged stilt - Little stint - Spotted redshank* - Greenshank* - Wood sandpiper - Mediterranean gull - Whiskered tern* - Black tern* - Nightjar* - European bee-eater - Hoopoe* - Black woodpecker - Middle spotted woodpecker* - Woodlark* - Crested lark - Water pipit* - Nightingale* - Black redstart* - Savi's warbler* - Cetti's warbler* - Great reed warbler - Melodious warbler* - Bonelli's warbler* - Firecrest* - Crested tit - Short-toed treecreeper* - Red-backed shrike* - Golden oriole* - Serin - Cirl bunting*

Below are some pictures which were taken in the Brenne Regional Park by one of our visitors staying at La Vieille Ferme.

Photographs taken by Roger Cragg and Gerald Geoghegan and used here with their kind permission.

Black Woodpecker                                                     Black-necked Grebe

Clouded Yellow                                                           Large Copper

Scarce Swallowtail                                           Swallowtail

Black-veined White