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;
Ardelles Les Aspres Belforêt-en-Perche Belhomert-Guéhouville Bellavilliers Bizou Bonsmoulins Bretoncelles Champrond-en-Gâtine La Chapelle-Fortin La Chapelle-Montligeon Charencey Chuisnes Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais Corbon Les Corvées-les-Yys Cour-Maugis sur Huisne Crulai Digny Le Favril Feings La Ferté-Vidame Fontaine-Simon Fontaine-les-Ribouts La Framboisière Friaize Les Genettes Happonvilliers L'Hôme-Chamondot Irai Jaudrais Lamblore Landelles Longny les Villages Louvilliers-lès-Perche La Madeleine-Bouvet Le Mage Maillebois La Mancelière Manou Mauves-sur-Huisne Montireau Montlandon Moutiers-au-Perche Nonvilliers-Grandhoux Perche en Nocé Pontgouin La Puisaye Rémalard en Perche Les Ressuintes Saint-Ange-et-Torçay Saint-Aquilin-de-Corbion Saint-Denis-des-Puits Saint-Germain-des-Grois Saint-Jean-de-Rebervilliers Saint-Maixme-Hauterive Saint-Mard-de-Réno Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain Saint-Sauveur-Marville Saint-Victor-de-Buthon Saint-Éliph Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne Saintigny La Saucelle Senonches Soligny-la-Trappe Le Thieulin Thimert-Gâtelles Tourouvre au Perche 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;
Common kingfisher Northern shoveler Eurasian teal Common pochard Tufted duck European nightjar Black stork Hen harrier Middle spotted woodpecker Black woodpecker Merlin Common crane Red-backed shrike Woodlark Common merganser Osprey European honey buzzard Grey-headed woodpecker European golden plover Great crested grebe Black-necked grebe Water rail Eurasian woodcock
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