Beavers in France
Can anyone recommend a good site for beaver in France? The plan is to go to the following: the Alps (Ecrins NP and Vercours), Cevennes, the Camargue and La Brenne, so anywhere in these areas would be good. I know the fish ponds near Vif, in the Vercours is a site, does anyone have any details of where exactly these are and where to watch from? Any help much appreciated. Cheers Steve
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Jon Hall
Hi Steve, I never looked for Beavers in France. But here is a little advice from Jean-Michel Bompar…
Hi Jon,
there are not a lot of beavers near Toulon.
The species is more common in Ardéche, Rhone, a.s.o.We recently found signs of beavers in the two places below :
1-) south side of the Lac de Quinson : N 43° 41′ 40″ – E 06° 02′ 33″
2-) at Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade (north of Aix-en-Provence)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?saddr=Chemin+des+Pradas,+84530+Villelaure&daddr=Route+inconnue&hl=fr&sll=43.682305,5.437396&sspn=0.012585,0.027874&geocode=FVmnmgIdlgBTACkD_exo9yDKEjHIFLInlhH9Yg%3BFXqKmgIdy_VSAA&vpsrc=0&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=16&t=m&z=16 -
william
Hi Unexpectedly saw beavers in the nature reserve just north of Carentan in the Cotentin – amazing sight, saw 3 and I thought they must be over fed ( the french, hey) water voles – but when we talked with the locals they said the castors were there. Seems like normal times for beaver watching are best – morning/evening; we were lucky because before easter, and the nature reserve was deserted apart from us.
Hope you see some!
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John
We think we saw a beaver in Lac Leborn near Clairevivre in the Correze. It was motoring along in the water – couldn’t work out what could be doing that kind of speed. Then we noticed the tail. Must be a beaver, tho haven’t seen any official “reintroduction” information. We were having an early October picnic lunch, and drink had been taken.
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Francine
Hi Steeve,
this is not exactly on your planned route but the Geneva Lake, south shore, at the mouth of Dranse river (between Thonon and Evian) is a place where I had great views of beavers.
Enjoy France,