Forêts et étangs du Perche
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Protected area in France
Forêts et étangs du Perche translated as 'the Forest and ponds of Perche' is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 47,681 hectares in size.[1]
The area is a vast ecocomplex with a strong dominance of forest habitats, but also containing moors and numerous wetlands: ponds, megaphorbiaies, peat bogs, wet meadows.[1]
It is spread across 71 different communes all within the departments of the Orne and Eure-et-Loir;[2]
- Ardelles
- Les Aspres
- Belforêt-en-Perche
- Belhomert-Guéhouville
- Bellavilliers
- Bizou
- Bonsmoulins
- Bretoncelles
- Champrond-en-Gâtine
- La Chapelle-Fortin
- La Chapelle-Montligeon
- Charencey
- Chuisnes
- Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais
- Corbon
- Les Corvées-les-Yys
- Cour-Maugis sur Huisne
- Crulai
- Digny
- Le Favril
- Feings
- La Ferté-Vidame
- Fontaine-Simon
- Fontaine-les-Ribouts
- La Framboisière
- Friaize
- Les Genettes
- Happonvilliers
- L'Hôme-Chamondot
- Irai
- Jaudrais
- Lamblore
- Landelles
- Longny les Villages
- Louvilliers-lès-Perche
- La Madeleine-Bouvet
- Le Mage
- Maillebois
- La Mancelière
- Manou
- Mauves-sur-Huisne
- Montireau
- Montlandon
- Moutiers-au-Perche
- Nonvilliers-Grandhoux
- Perche en Nocé
- Pontgouin
- La Puisaye
- Rémalard en Perche
- Les Ressuintes
- Saint-Ange-et-Torçay
- Saint-Aquilin-de-Corbion
- Saint-Denis-des-Puits
- Saint-Germain-des-Grois
- Saint-Jean-de-Rebervilliers
- Saint-Maixme-Hauterive
- Saint-Mard-de-Réno
- Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême
- Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain
- Saint-Sauveur-Marville
- Saint-Victor-de-Buthon
- Saint-Éliph
- Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne
- Saintigny
- La Saucelle
- Senonches
- Soligny-la-Trappe
- Le Thieulin
- Thimert-Gâtelles
- Tourouvre au Perche
- La Ventrouze
Some parts of this Natura 2000 site are within the Parc naturel régional du Perche
Conservation
The conservation area has twenty-three species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[3]
- Common kingfisher
- Northern shoveler
- Eurasian teal
- Common pochard
- Tufted duck
- European nightjar
- Black stork
- Hen harrier
- Middle spotted woodpecker
- Black woodpecker
- Merlin
- Common crane
- Red-backed shrike
- Woodlark
- Common merganser
- Osprey
- European honey buzzard
- Grey-headed woodpecker
- European golden plover
- Great crested grebe
- Black-necked grebe
- Water rail
- Eurasian woodcock
References
- 1 2 "Forêts et étangs du PERCHE" (PDF) (in French). Ministère de l'écologie du développement durable.
- ↑ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description". Archived from the original on 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ↑ "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Forêts et étangs du Perche". eunis.eea.europa.eu.