Birds & Birds of Prey in the
Loire Valley
Not forgetting our friends the red
squirrels!!
As Les Fleurs is surrounded by vineyards, trees and fields we have other visitors to our garden and grounds that don’t have to book!!
Here we have listed just a few that can be seen and heard.
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We have been enjoying watching the antics of a family of red squirrels for a couple of years. One or more visit the gardens regularly and scamper over any low roof. During the winter they dined in style ‘A la Les Fleurs’ on a variety of nuts we put out for the birds. |
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Lapwings are to be seen in the fields and vineyards that surround us. |
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A pair of Hoopoes must be nesting very close to our garden as they are frequent visitors often perching on top of our bed oven making their very distinctive cry. |
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When Jon was replacing the roof over the bread oven, a pair of wrens that were nesting, we think, in our wood pile, became very angry with him. |
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Robins are
frequent visitors. |
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Hummingbird moths are regular visitors to our lavender garden and guests have taken some marvellous photographs which they have happily shared with us, sadly our computer was visited by a less friendly bug and we lost everything we had been sent. |
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The cuckoo can be heard all day long with its haunting cry… |
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The male blackbird is very territorial. The female is much less distinctive. |
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A pair of wood peckers have visited us for a number of years and their ‘pecking’ can be heard quite clearly. |
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Tits and thrushes are just a few more of our winged visitors!! |
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Not forgetting Birds of Prey |
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| Common
Buzzard |
Kestrel |
Screech Owl |
