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Forêts et étangs du Perche

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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.

Geography

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.

It is spread across 71 different communes all within the departments of the Orne and Eure-et-Loir;

  1. Ardelles
  2. Les Aspres
  3. Belforêt-en-Perche
  4. Belhomert-Guéhouville
  5. Bellavilliers
  6. Bizou
  7. Bonsmoulins
  8. Bretoncelles
  9. Champrond-en-Gâtine
  10. La Chapelle-Fortin
  11. La Chapelle-Montligeon
  12. Charencey
  13. Chuisnes
  14. Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais
  15. Corbon
  16. Les Corvées-les-Yys
  17. Cour-Maugis sur Huisne
  18. Crulai
  19. Digny
  20. Le Favril
  21. Feings
  22. La Ferté-Vidame
  23. Fontaine-Simon
  24. Fontaine-les-Ribouts
  25. La Framboisière
  26. Friaize
  27. Les Genettes
  28. Happonvilliers
  29. L'Hôme-Chamondot
  30. Irai
  31. Jaudrais
  32. Lamblore
  33. Landelles
  34. Longny les Villages
  35. Louvilliers-lès-Perche
  36. La Madeleine-Bouvet
  37. Le Mage
  38. Maillebois
  39. La Mancelière
  40. Manou
  41. Mauves-sur-Huisne
  42. Montireau
  43. Montlandon
  44. Moutiers-au-Perche
  45. Nonvilliers-Grandhoux
  46. Perche en Nocé
  47. Pontgouin
  48. La Puisaye
  49. Rémalard en Perche
  50. Les Ressuintes
  51. Saint-Ange-et-Torçay
  52. Saint-Aquilin-de-Corbion
  53. Saint-Denis-des-Puits
  54. Saint-Germain-des-Grois
  55. Saint-Jean-de-Rebervilliers
  56. Saint-Maixme-Hauterive
  57. Saint-Mard-de-Réno
  58. Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême
  59. Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain
  60. Saint-Sauveur-Marville
  61. Saint-Victor-de-Buthon
  62. Saint-Éliph
  63. Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne
  64. Saintigny
  65. La Saucelle
  66. Senonches
  67. Soligny-la-Trappe
  68. Le Thieulin
  69. Thimert-Gâtelles
  70. Tourouvre au Perche
  71. 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;

  1. Common kingfisher
  2. Northern shoveler
  3. Eurasian teal
  4. Common pochard
  5. Tufted duck
  6. European nightjar
  7. Black stork
  8. Hen harrier
  9. Middle spotted woodpecker
  10. Black woodpecker
  11. Merlin
  12. Common crane
  13. Red-backed shrike
  14. Woodlark
  15. Common merganser
  16. Osprey
  17. European honey buzzard
  18. Grey-headed woodpecker
  19. European golden plover
  20. Great crested grebe
  21. Black-necked grebe
  22. Water rail
  23. Eurasian woodcock

References

  1. ^ "Forêts et étangs du PERCHE" (PDF) (in French). Ministère de l'écologie du développement durable.
  2. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description".
  3. "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Forêts et étangs du Perche". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
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