Je Me Ressource Grace Aux Oiseaux Credit Otgtm Lea Guillotte 37620 1920px 8Sébastien, a passionate ornithologist guide, will tell you where to meet when you register. You will meet in Carolles, close to the Cliffs and the Lude Valley. After introductions, you’ll follow Sébastien first into the undergrowth near your meeting point. At your first stop, you open your ears to listen to the sounds around you. The sounds of nature surround you, branches rustling, perhaps the mooing or neighing of nearby livestock. Sébastien will explain which species the different sounds you hear belong to. You can also observe them with binoculars loaned by Sébastien. Sébastien then takes you to somemajestic trees, some of which offer you hospitality by their branches at your level. You then enter into communion with him, hoisted up on a branch, and let yourself be emptied. As you continue your walk, you begin to hear the sounds of the sea, which is never far away, and then you approach some oak trees. These oaks have the particularity of having relatively short trunks, but their branches spread out, almost enveloping you like a dome… You remain below, listening to and observing the birds hanging from the branches when they are not hidden by the foliage, in a moment of personal meditation.
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Je Me Ressource Grace Aux Oiseaux Credit Otgtm Lea Guillotte 37620 1920px 9You then take the GR223 coastal path and the immensity of the sea stretches out before you. The sound of the waves, coupled with the songs of the seabirds, envelops you. You can also smell the iodine of the sea and the scent of gorse (you’ll be surprised to notice that gorse smells a lot like coconut), which lines the path, among other essences. Sébastien takes you as far as the Cabane Vauban, where Mont-Saint-Michel comes into view. With theworld of birds never far away, Sébastien continues to punctuate these moments of contemplation with information about the species that fly over you or that you see offshore, the observation of which will be enhanced by the use of binoculars and a spyglass.
Finally, you return to your original rendezvous point, near Sébastien’s Birding Bus, where you can listen to birdsong with pinpoint accuracy thanks to its parabolic microphone. You’ll then take the Birding Bus to the nearby beach of Saint-Jean-Le-Thomas, to enjoy a different kind of landscapeand birdlife, as close as possible to the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. The Wonder of the world will seem closer, although still out of reach…
As you reach the end of the trail, Sébastien will help you record the different songs you heard and the corresponding species. You’ll leave feeling at peace, with a new knowledge of the world of birds.
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