Jura, France (1 Viewer)

I am visiting this area in July with my family. Any advice on birding sites would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Ian

Hi Ian,

Some good sites for bidrding in the region :

- Beaume les Messieurs (NE Lons le Saunier) : black and red kite, raptors, alpine swift, crag martin, peregrine falcon and rock bounting.

- Basse Vallée du Doubs (Doubs river) near Petit-Noir (SW Dole) : bee eaters, terns, little ringed plover, stone curlew

- some fishponds and marshes for waders migration late July (lac de Vaivre-Vesoul (W Vesoul but only in the morning in summer), Osselle (SW Vesoul), etang de Frasne (SW Pontarlier), étangs de la Bresse (area south of Saint-Pierre de Bresse) : possibly temminck's stint, purple heron, ducks...

- Massif du Mont-d'Or (near Mouthe) for mountain birds : raptors, black woodpecker, raven, ring ouzel, nutcracker...

You have also the possibility to find rare breeders like short toed eagle or vagrant from south like griffon vulture.

Regards

Tibo

Tibo

Thanks for such clear information. I hope to visit some of these sites and see some of the birds you mention, with luck!

Cheers
Ian