Description
The Grand Etang de Birieux is a great winter gathering lake for Northern Pintail, Common Pochard and Greylag Goose, but also Common Teal, Great Egret, Grey Heron, White Stork, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Eurasian Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Red-crested Pochard, Northern Shoveler, Common Shelduck, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Black-winged Stilt, Gadwall and Great Cormorant.
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Français: Le Grand Etang de Birieux se situe près du village de Birieux au coeur de la Dombes. Grand rassemblement hivernal Northern Pintail, Common Pochard, Greylag Goose, mais aussi Common Teal, Great Egret, Grey Heron, White Stork, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Eurasian Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Red-crested Pochard, Northern Shoveler, Common Shelduck, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Black-winged Stilt, Gadwall, Great Cormorant.
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Access
Grand Étang de Birieux is located near the village of Birieux. You can park in the village. Press P on the map for directions to a parking. From the village go in the direction of Saint Marcel en Dombes. After 400 m a path leads to the edge of the pond where there is an observatory. Note that the pond can be drained, it then reveals a vast mudflat.
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Français: A 400 m du village de Birieux suivre Saint Marcel en Dombes de puis Birieux ,un chemin mène au bord de l'étang ou se trouve un observatoire. L'étang peu être vidangé,il découvre alors une vaste vasière.


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