This ideal location set between the Camargue and the mountains of the Cevennes offers the best of all worlds for birdwatching.The great expanses of open land hosts a huge variety of wildlife, from  boar and deer to swallowtail butterflies and praying mantis..You are sure to see eagles and kites from your gite together with a host of other varied birds which gather in the trees around our meadows.There are also many orchids amoungst the wild herbs.
Below is a list of birds and butterflies, compiled with thanks to our guests, as seen from the gites; .
 

kingfisher  nightingale  honey buzzard  eagle owl  serin  chaffinch  house sparrow  goldfinch  golden oriole  golden eagle  booted eagle  cirl bunting  hoopoe  pied wagtail  white wagtail  grey wagtail  yellow wagtail  cirl bunting  great tit  blue tit  wren  woodchat shrike  swallow  swift  house martin  great and lesser spotted woodpecker  black redstart  redstart  blackbird  goldfinch  whitethroat  chiff chaff  mallard  turtle dove  blackcap  jay  lesser warbler  lesser whitethroat  lesser grey shike  calandra lark  purple heron  turtle dove

carrion crow  roller  longtailed tit  common buzzard black kite  night heron grey heron  purple heron  bee eaters  red footed falcon  greenfinch  black vulture  kestral  linnet  woodlark  celtis warbler  marsh warbler  hen harrier  montagues harrier  stonechat  whinchat  wheatear  dipper  short toed eagle  sparrowhawk  cuckoo  roller  alpine swift  long earred owl  scops owl  hobby  woodlark  house martin  melodious warbler  garden warbler  bonelli’s warbler  subalpine warbler  savi's warbler  firecrest  pied flycatcher

and of course the flamingoes of the Camargue and the Vultures of the Jonte Gorge await you.

Butterfies spotted in the grounds include;
 

Scarce swallowtail  Siver studded blue  Common  "  Monarch  Small white    "  heath    "  Copper  Cleopatra  Speckled wood  Lesser purple emperor  Wood grayling  Marbled white  Large   "     "   skipper  Wood   "  Bath   "  Gatekeeper  Southern "  Humming hawk moth

Wall brown  Meadow   "  Glanville fritillary  Clouded yellow  Pale  "  "  Grayling  Cardinal  Small heath  Grizzled skipper  Mallow   "  Common blue  Brown argus  Red admiral  Peacock  Spotted fritillary  Brimstone  European swallowtail  Southern white admiral  Two tailed pasha

You can also find preying mantis of various types, stick insects,orb spiders and a host of other bugs if you look for them!
Our thanks to guests in their help in compiling the above. Perhaps you could add to the list during your stay!