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Description
Pointe de la Coubre becomes very interesting during spring and autumn migration, just before or after birds cross the Gironde. Migrating species include Скопа, Болотный лунь, Чеграва, Белозобый дрозд, Мухоловка-пеструшка.
Breeding species include Варакушка, Хохлатый жаворонок, Полевой конёк, Золотистая цистикола, Коноплянка, Светлобрюхая пеночка. On the ocean side of the beach breeds Морской зуёк which nests are fenced and protected every year.
Wintering species include Синьга, Большой поморник and all sorts of waders and ducks (Исландский песочник, Галстучник, Большой кроншнеп, Большой веретенник, Тулес).
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Access
How to get there: By bike - bike trails from Rochefort (60km) and Royan (20km). Follow "Phare de la Coubre". By car - Follow "Phare de la Coubre" to get to the car park. Free car park but closed at night.
How to visit: on foot only, free access. From the car park, go south and follow the dunes. You can go to the very end of the sandpit that faces La Palmyre across the strait (5km one way, 10km round trip by foot).