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Chateau-de-Jumihac it is about 8 miles due East from our place. Eric tells me there is a series of lakes 5 miles due north from us about with possible birds stopping off on the way S so hope to go there before we go home this Sat.
That looks like a nice chateau to visit and an interesting area that we haven't seen. Maybe next year!
Don't hold your breath about the lakes. In my experience France is so big the birds are spread wider than in UK ...and are as a result far less approachable. Like many of the large lakes in the UK, the birds tend to stay at a distance from any people. Ok for binoculars but not so for photography. The French are also not very good at positioning observation hides .....except for shooting the birds! One of the (supposedly) best places for birds, just south of the Loire, is La Brenne, west of Chateauroux. It's a huge area of lakes and surrounding woodland where the French have done a better job of hide positioning. We hope to take a look next May....Boris permitting.
One thing that has struck me on this thread and seeing Jeff's wonderful images....most 'birding' locations for the general public are only adequate for birdwatching with binoculars etc. If you want to photograph birds well...generally speaking you need to be able to get much closer than most public places allow.
Last edited on Tue Sep 17th, 2019 05:44 by Eric
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