Where to Watch Birds in France

Rarely it is possible to find a naturalistic guide with this abundance of information on the roads to drive or to walk and the bird species that may be observed. The novelty of this book is that all the sites are geolocated in a file that can be downloaded from the publisher’s website and loaded onto any GPS device. … Everybody who has planned a naturalistic trip to France must place in the luggage this book!

-- Bruno Massa * Avocetta *

Extremely well documented, detailed and illustrated, this new guide, created by three well-known French ornithologists, covers all the sites of France interesting to one degree or another for the birds.

-- Jean Marc Thiollay * Ornithos *

A great solution is to download a GPS file from the publisher's website, which makes it easier to navigate to destinations. The GPS file opens in Google Earth and Google Maps; Maps.me, recommended by the authors, is a great application for accessing and editing on your smartphone.

-- Matti Sillanpaa * Linnut *

I would highly recommend Where to Watch Birds in France as a well thought out book that collates and easily directs you to interesting bird spots that you might not have found outside of local guides or websites. The authors and contributors have definitely written something that they would want to use themselves and this certainly feels like a guide designed by bird watchers for bird watchers!

-- Katharine Bowgen * British Trust for Ornithology *

This new guide to birdwatching in France .... wins with its modern layout and sophisticated combination of printing and electronic information. 312 of the best observation areas are presented in 466 clearly arranged maps, on which the most important places are marked as "waypoints". These can be downloaded from the internet to a GPS device. .... The references to specific observation sites are very precise.

* Ornis *

All you could want in a birdfinding guide, with lots of maps and just the right level of detail, all in a very compact package.

-- Grant McCreary * The Birder's Library *

A must have for those birding France.

-- Ian Paulsen * Birdbooker Report *

There is no doubt that a huge effort has gone into this book, which can now be considered the definitive resource for the country’s travelling or visiting birders.

* Fatbirder *

An ideal tool for any trip to France, whether for the specific aim of birdwatching or for some other purpose that allows a quick escape.

-- José Luis Copete * Ardeola *

A monumental step in making more of this country’s bird life accessible to visitors… The amount of detailed information for each site is a marvel… A major contribution to the bird-finding literature for western Europe.

-- Rick Wright * American Birding Associati