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The Nature Reserve of the Saint-Ladre Pond Fiche 7 - La réserve naturelle de Boves Towards Towards Cagny Amiens Longueau Longueau Station Towards Roye A29 Paris A1 Sewage Treatment D 934 Plant Fortmanoir Nature ponds Reserve e r v 'A L Towards Boves ponds Water Prussian Bridge Balisage Continuité d'itinéraire Mauvaise direction Changement de direction Reed beds Tow ard s C Boves Town ag 0 125 250 375 500 m Wooded areasD 116 ny Centre © B. Teissedre © B. , Starting point Turn right Be careful: Starting at: Car Park Please respect the regulations of The Nature Reserve of at the entrance to the the Nature Reserve displayed on Nature Reserve Car park Take the turning to the right to panels (keep dogs on leads, do at the entrance to the reserve follow along the side of the road not leave the trail...) the Saint-Ladre Pond Time: 30 mins Turn right Follow alongside the River Avre This trail is maintained Boves, 11km from Close to Amiens, the capital city of for 400 metres by the Conservatoire Distance: 1,6km Information point d’Espaces Naturels de Amiens Picardy, “dive” into the untouched Picardie surroundings of the Saint-Ladre Pond, National Nature Reserve. Route: very easy Sign posts Route continues Wrong direction Change of direction For more information: • Tourist Office: Amiens métropole : 03 22 71 60 50 www.amiens-tourisme.com 0 125 250 375 500 m • Somme Tourist Board: www.somme-tourisme.com Abbeville www.somme-nature.com Spring • This walk has received the: Péronne “Tourism and Handicap National Label” Amiens This leaflet was created by Summer Boves the Somme County Council 43, rue de la République - 80026 Amiens cedex 1 Autumn 03 22 71 80 80 www.somme.fr Winter Managers of the site: Walk Exploring the natural sites Summer 2012 Summer Updates and printing: imp. Cg80 - Translation: C. Carnel - - Carnel C. Translation: - Cg80 imp. and printing: Updates Written by: Nathalie Saillard - Design: L’Agence par A Propos A Propos par L’Agence Design: - Saillard Nathalie by: Written 7 © B. Teissedre Teissedre © B. The Nature Reserve of the nature of its habitats. Following A Guide Booklet is the trail along the banks of the available at the Town hall The reed beds host many species. It constitutes a huge choice of food River Avre you will discover the or at the Conservatoire. Saint-Ladre Pond for insect-feeding birds, such as the rich fauna and flora that it has Bluethroat. You will also see warblers, 5km south-east of Amiens, the Saint-Ladre Pond, National Nature Reserve at Boves, to offer (read the following text martins in the autumn and noisy tits managed by the Conservatoire d’Espaces Naturels de Picardie, stretches over 13 hectares box). As you leave the River in the winter. of the peaty Avre Valley. This discovery trail will allow you to explore a great variety of Avre, you will turn right across habitats. Be curious, prick up your ears: this is a walk that will awaken your senses. the Fortmanoir grasslands towards the Saint-Ladre Ponds. Gaëtan Rivière, The marshlands and the Floating vegetation can be “Chargée de mission” men and women who seen: this indicates the good © CEN Picardie for the Conservatoire have marked them quality of the water. Much d’Espaces Naturels de Picardie Rendez-vous at Boves. The walk floating vegetation is visible starts just after the entrance to at the surface of the water: > Be careful! “This is a site that This site is fragile. I know well, as the village, when coming from be careful, these “natural Help protect the fauna and flora © CEN Picardie I’ve been working Cagny, after the Prussian bridge mattresses” are not stable and by respecting these simple rules: here for 10 years. What I like about crossing the River Avre. The cannot take the weight of a these marshlands is the play of light - stay on the paths © CEN Picardie throughout the seasons over the discovery trail starts from the © CEN Picardie person. Marshlands, reed beds, - keep dogs on leads grasslands, the reed beds and the reception-post. As the reserve the grasslands and reed beds willow thickets and birch - watch animals from a distance silver birches. There is a light to be was the first site in Picardy regressed, allowing the thickets woods alternate along your and do not pick flowers 274 plants have been counted on found here - so typical of the region - the site, of which 25 are rare and to have received awards for and woodlands to grow. At the way. Panels will give you more - do not litter that creates an atmosphere that can’t exceptional to Picardy and 10 are be found anywhere else.” being accessible to all four beginning of the 1970’s, the information along the trail. - camping and caravanning is not protected. Along your way you may types of disability (mobility, ecological interest of the site was allowed After walking around the pond, discover the remarkable Marsh About the site visual, hearing, and cognitive revealed and the site was classed - do not introduce foreign species Gentian, with its large blue flowers. the return journey is made on and learning difficulties), it Nature Reserve of the State on of animals or plants Many species of peat moss thrive on > Proprietor: Municipality of Boves the right, along a little road. > Size: 13.4ha is perfectly suited to people the 11 September 1979 - the the floating vegetation of the Saint- > Managed by: Conservatoire d’Espaces suffering from disabilities. first site in Picardy to be classed Ladre Pond and have made this site Naturels de Picardie (management agree- one of the richest of the region. in this way. The Conservatoire, ment between the Conservatoire and the You are on the site of an old peat Apart from the vegetation, the reserve managers of the site since State) bog, where peat was extracted is also home to many species of > Maintenance partners: Municipality 1993, combine a scientific animals: birds nest in the marshlands until the 1920’s. This is how the of Boves, Lycée Agricole de Parcelet approach to the maintenance alongside 35 different types of ponds were created: scything > Financial partners: Europe, State, and protection of the site. dragonfly, 14 types of grasshoppers Regional Council of Picardie, Somme the long grasses and drying and crickets, and 20 species of County Council, Amiens Métropole, out the peat in the meadows A mosaic of habitats extremely rare butterflies. Agence d’Eau Artois-Picardie, EDF Keep your eyes open! Foundation, Regional Tourism Board, created the marshlands. Then, The Nature Reserve is charac- Conservatoire d’Espaces Naturels de when the activity stopped, terised by the greatly varied © CEN Picardie Picardie. .
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