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Visit to the Marais aux Oiseaux Nature Centre

Leisure activities

Gratuit avec le La Rochelle Ocean Pass

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18.00 €

10% in your kitty


The trail is ideal for observing the 130 species of vertebrates found on and around the site. Discover, for example, a heronry containing dozens of pairs of Grey Herons, Little Egrets and Cattle Egrets.

In addition to these species, if you pay close attention you can see or hear such emblematic species as the European Kingfisher, the European Oriole and the Hoopoe.

A 9 m high observatory offers a panoramic view of the site. A binocular telescope (20 x 80) allows you to observe the herons, birds of prey, gulls and other small waders that frequent the site.

The Marais aux Oiseaux plays an active role in protecting and understanding nature in a variety of ways: raising awareness among the general public, environmental education for schoolchildren, inventories, etc.

Horaires

5 April to 30 June: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10am to 6pm; Saturdays and Sundays: 2pm to 6pm.

1 July to 31 August: daily from 10am to 6.30pm.

From 1st to 30th September: daily from 2pm to 6pm.

From 1st to 17th October: every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm.

From 18 October to 2 November: daily from 2pm to 6pm. Closed on Saturdays.

Ticket office closes 1 hour before the site closes.

Annual closure of the site on 3 November 2025.

Contact

https://www.marais-aux-oiseaux.fr

05 46 75 37 54



The Bird Marsh

The Marais aux Oiseaux is a property of the Charente-Maritime department located in the heart of the Ile d'Oléron, within some 130 hectares of deciduous woodland and former salt marshes pre-empted as sensitive natural areas. It is one of the sites in the Charente-Maritime department's Échappées Nature network, and is also a member of the Explore Oléron network set up by the Ile d'Oléron community of municipalities.