Fauna and flora
Our estate is located in the heart of the Dropt valley. This major drainage area supports numerous threatened and protected species. Since 2015, it is included in the Natura 2000 Network.
Aware of our responsibility and anxious to protect our environment, we endeavor to leave as much space as possible to birds, orchids, dragonflies, butterflies and more broadly to all the plant and animal species which colonize the vineyard, the woods, the grasslands or the waterbodies of the property.
This page is dedicated to the fauna and flora which is around us all year long and that we wish to protect. Through the seasons, you will discover the nature news as well as some of the most fascinating species.
The migration of common cranes...
Every year, from August unti November, we can witness the fabulous spectacle of migrating birds.
They leave for Spain or for the African continent, where it will be much easier for them to find their food during the winter time.
Eastern Gironde is at the Hear of the migratory corridor of the common cranes which leave the Scandinavian countries where they have nested to reach their wintering sites in the Landes de Gascogne and in Spain.
During the months of October and November, the flights -which may count several hundred birds- follow one another over our property.
We first hear them, because common cranes are calling throughout their migration to stay together. A few minutes later, ca can see the V-shaped formations appearing. What a nice show !
Most of the thousands of cranes that flew over Aquitaine in fall stay in the vast "dehesas" of southern Spain at the moment. In February and March, we will admire them again during their prenuptial migration to the Swedesh or Finnish wetlands.
