Description
Etang du Gallardon is a lake located between the river Seine and the town of Verneuil-sur-Seine. Among the more common birds, you will see manyCanada Goose, црвеноклун лебед, Дива патка, зеленонога блатна кокошка, рибарче and планинска тресиопашка year-round.
During the spring, you will be welcomed with речна чигра, селска ластовичка, градска ластовичка, обична пиштарка and many other singers. During migrations, you will occasionally find shorebirds on the gravel edges of the lake. Most common will be речна тринга, шарена тринга and калуѓерка. But, if you are lucky, a обичен свиркач or a црвенонога тринга will await you ! Winter is the most interesting season for the site, as many ducks and other laridae are coming there. Among the most common figure the патка лажичарка, сива патка, патка берија, црвеноглав кожувар, цуцулест кожувар, обичен галеб and мал нуркач. But, there are yearly reports of much rarer birds ! ушест нуркач, среден северен нуркач, loons, четириока патка have been seen a few times in the last decade.
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Access
Etang du Gallardon is located between the town of Verneuil-sur-Seine and the river Seine. From the A13, take the 8th exit and follow the "Verneuil-sur-Seine" signs. You can park in front of the lake, there is a public and free parking lot.


