Batéguier Pond
A salt pond where birds nest
The story
Batéguier is a salt pond on the western edge of the island. Here seawater mixes with fresh water from an artesian well. That’s a borehole where water rises from underground on its own. The pond is a bird reserve, and there is a birdwatching point on the trail. Don’t go near the banks of the pond or the islet in its middle: birds raise their chicks here.
On the trail
- Sainte-Marguerite Island — 4.5 km, 2 h
On the way
Photos
Sources
- Randoxygène, Alpes-Maritimes Department — “Ile Sainte-Marguerite” (4.5 km, +50 m, 2 h, easy)
- Côte d’Azur France — “Ile Sainte-Marguerite”: Batéguier pond, artesian well, bird reserve
- Order of September 26, 2006 on the biological reserve of Sainte-Marguerite Island (152.51 ha, rules for visitors)
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