Wildlife in Brittany - some spotting notes back to T & L's homepage
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at Trevor and Linda's House |
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Le Corboulo area |
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Lac de Guérledan area including
Forests |
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Etang des Salles |
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Carnac area |
All spotted/ named by Trevor Smith Aug 1997.
| Birds: |
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Little Grebe |
Grèbe costagneux |
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Great Crested Grebe |
Grèbe huppé |
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Cormorant |
Grand cormoran |
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Grey Heron |
Héron caudré |
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Honey Buzzard |
Bondrée ??????? |
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Hen Harrier |
Busard Saint-Martin |
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Buzzard |
Busé variable |
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Kestrel |
Faucon crécerelle |
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Moorhen |
Poule d'eau |
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Coot |
Foulque macroule |
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Lapwing |
Vanneau huppé |
| * |
Green Sandpiper |
Chevalier culblanc |
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Blackheaded Gull |
Mouette nevise |
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Lesser Blackbacked Gull |
Goéland brun |
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Herring Gull |
Goéland orgenté |
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Great Blackbacked Gull |
Goéland morin |
| [ |
Sandwich Tern |
Sterne ???? |
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Little Egret |
Aigrette gorzetta |
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Common Tern |
Sterne pierregorin |
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Woodpigeon |
Pigeon ramier |
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Collared Dove |
Tourtelle turqoise |
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Turtle Dove |
Tourtelle des bois |
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Tawney Owl |
Chouette hulotte |
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Swift |
Martinet noir |
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Kingfisher |
Martin-pêcheur |
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Green Woodpecker |
Pie vert |
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Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Pie épeiche |
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Sand Martin; |
Hirondelle de rivage |
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Swallow |
Hirondelle de cheminée |
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House Martin |
Hirondelle de fenêtre |
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Grey Wagtail |
Bergeronnette des ruisseaux |
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White Wagtail |
Bergeronnette grise |
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Wren |
Troglodyte |
| ** |
Dunnock |
Accentor mouchet |
| ** |
Robin |
Rougegorge |
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Nightingale |
Rossignol philomèle |
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Blackbird |
Merle noir |
| ** |
Songthrush;; |
Grive musicienne |
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Missel Thrush |
Grive draine |
| + |
Chiff Chaff |
Pouillot vèloce |
| ** |
Willow Warbler |
Pouillot fitis |
| ** |
Goldcrest |
Rochlet huppé |
| + |
Spotted Flycatcher |
Gobe-mouche gris |
| + |
Longtailed Tit |
Mésonge à longue queue |
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Marsh Tit |
Mésonge nonnette |
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Crested Tit; |
Mésonge huppée |
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Coal Tit |
Mésonge noire |
| ** |
Blue Tit |
Mésonge bleue |
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Great Tit |
Mésonge charbonnière |
| + |
Nuthatch |
Sittele torchepot |
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Short Toed Treecreeper |
Grimpereau des jardins |
| ** |
Jay |
Geai des chênes |
| ** |
Magpie |
Pie bavarde |
| ** |
Carrion Crow |
Corbeille noire |
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Starling |
Etomeau sonsonnet |
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House Sparrow |
Moineau domestique |
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Chaffinch |
Pinson des arbres |
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Greenfinch |
Verdier |
| ** |
Goldfinch |
Chardonneret |
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Linnet |
Linotte mélodieuse |
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Bullfinch |
Bouvreuil pivoine |
| + |
Cirl Bunting |
Bruant zizi |
| Mammals: |
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Red Squirrel |
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Mink (American ?) |
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| Amphibian: |
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Common Toad |
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| Butterflies: |
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Swallowtail |
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Large White |
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Small White (Southern S.W.?) |
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Clouded Yellow |
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Brimstone |
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Small Tortoiseshell |
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Red Admiral |
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Peacock |
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1 small Fritillary |
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Meadow Brown |
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Gatekeeper |
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Speckled Wood |
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Wall Brown |
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Small Copper |
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Common Blue |
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Holly Blue |
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| Moths: |
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Orange Underwing |
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Cream-Spot Tiger |
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Broadbordered Bee Hawkmoth |
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| Damselfly: |
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Calopteryx Splendens |
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All spotted/ named by Trevor Smith Aug 1997. |
