Where to watch birds at Lac du Der?
To facilitate your observations, suitable structures are available on the shores of Lac du Der and the surrounding ponds.
To facilitate your observations, suitable structures are available on the shores of Lac du Der and the surrounding ponds.
To the north-west of the lake, near Saint-Rémy-en-Bouzemont, an old farmhouse was partly converted into a large observatory in 1990. From mid-February to mid-March, during the agrainage season (the spreading of various types of organic grain in a field opposite), the cranes can be observed feeding from a respectable distance.
Sandhill Cranes are fed there, reducing the impact on local farmers’ seedlings…