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Description
This major site in the department counts no less than 210 bird species among the 344 in the department. The pond is a protected natural area and managed to be favorable for birds and wildlife. The area is mainly composed of open water, meadows, woods and agricultural fields.
The breeding species are obviously waterbirds. Among ducks, the species worth mentioning are kačica chripľavka and kačica chrapačka, and the well-established chochlačka sivá. A colonny of nesting herons (volavka popolavá, hltavka chochlatá) and kormorán veľký is settled in a few trees around the lake but remains a small colonny. Considering songbirds, you can expect cistovník ryšavý, trsteniarik malý, trsteniarik bahenný and strnádka trstinová. On the wader side, kulík riečný, cibík chochlatý and ležiak úhorový use exposed banks for breeding.
During migration, a few interesting and regular species use the lake as a stopover: hus divá, bojovník bahenný, kalužiak močiarny, pobrežník čiernozobý, čorík bahenný, brehuľa hnedá, lyžičiar biely, kršiak rybár, kačica ostrochvostá, brehár čiernochvostý. It's the time of scarcities and rarities. These species have already been observed here: cíbik stepný, lyskonoh ploskozobý, ibisovec hnedý, hus bieločelá, bernikľa tmavá and chochlačka bielooká.
In winter, the site is frequented by many ducks including kačica divá, kačica chrapka and chochlačka sivá. ľabtuška vrchovská is seen foraging on the shores with trasochvost biely among which ssp. yarellii can be found.
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Access
From Angers, aim for Vihiers and Bressuire. As soon as you cross the Deux-Sèvres/Maine-et-Loire border, turn left to Etang de Beaurepaire. From Bressuire, aim for Vihiers. Before the Deux-Sèvres/Maine-et-Loire border, turn left to Etang de Beaurepaire. You can park on the site named "Beach" where a restricted acces is allowed.