Tag: Marais de Séné

  • 1st July 2024 – Réserve Naturelle des Marais de Séné, Morbihan, Brittany, France

    1st July 2024 – Réserve Naturelle des Marais de Séné, Morbihan, Brittany, France

    The largest marsh in the Gulf of Morbihan, the nature reserve covers 530 hectares made up of a mosaic of mud flats, marshes, coastal lagoons and meadows. 

    There are excellent walkways and a good number of hides. However, the windows in most of the hides do not open and it was often difficult to take photos.

    Nonetheless, we made the most of a mainly grey day and saw some terrific birds.

    For us a pair of turtle doves were definitely the standout birds, although close ups of avocets, black-winged stilts and a water rail (even through a grubby window) were pretty special.

    European turtle dove

    Water rail

    Black-winged stilt

    Avocet

    Shelduck and godwits

    Juvenile robin

    Stonechat

    Common tern

    Grey heron and little egret

    Linnet catching the odd ray of sunshine

    European turtle dove

    We saw three types of butterfly.

    Marbled white

    Speckled wood

    Gatekeeper