The Regional Nature Park of Cotentin and Bessin

The Park covers an area of 145,000 acres of which 25,000 are wetland zones made up of the Cotentin and Bessin marshes. In this area, which is strongly invested by agricultural activity, the landscapes still have a human dimension, are exceptionally untouched and biologically diverse.
At the heart of the area, near Carentan, the Regional Nature Park provides the Ponts d'Ouve discovery area.

Although the lapwings, marsh snipe, green-winged teal and other ducks are regular visitors, the sudden attack of a peregrine falcon or the grazing flight of a marsh harrier can provide for excitement and emotion!

Spring and summer are the time for observing the migrants on their way back and the nesting birds as they settle in. Thus, reeves, wood and green sandpipers will, for a few days, keep the white storks, yellow wagtails and sedge warblers company while some of them are already nesting and others defending their territory with a great deal of birdsong.
Others are more discreet and may surprise you by suddenly appearing in a reed bed or a willow thicket, like the garganey, the bluebreast darter or the bittern, the latter also spending the winter months in the area.