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Description
This sea embankment stretches from Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer to Salin-de-Giraud and crosses the southern sector of the Camargue Nature Reserve. It offers 20 km of foot and cycle paths from which you can discover the wild open spaces of the lagoons and saltmarshes. The track across the embankment is open throughout the year. It is strictly forbidden to leave the track and venture onto the dunes, even on foot. So please respect this!
Birds you can see here all year round : (Ευρωπαϊκό) Φοινικόπτερο, Βαρβάρα, (Ευρασιατική) Χουλιαρομύτα, (Ευρωπαϊκή) Αβοκέτα, (Ευρασιατική) Τουρλίδα, Κοκκινοσκέλης, Μαυροκέφαλος Γλάρος, Θαλασσοσφυριχτής, Ρεικοτσιροβάκος, Σκορταλλός. In summer: (Ευρωπαϊκό) Νανογλάρονο, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος, Ωχροκελάδα, Κιτρινοσουσουράδα. In winter: Λασποσκαλίδρα, (Κοινή) Νανοσκαλίδρα, Λευκοσκαλίδρα. During migration: Καρατζάς and Σιγλίγουρος.
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Access
Park in Saintes-Maries or the car-park at Etang du Fangassier and explore the trail from there. Click on the P on the map to get directions.