Allier river and Vallée de Chaudefour
central France - May 2004
Trip report John van der Woude  www.jvanderw.nl


Allier river near Tissonières, NE of Clermont-Ferrand.
Common Sandpiper, but no Kingfisher when we were there.


Same spot, lush meadows, Golden Oriole in trees at the back.


Double rainbow from our hotel room (Les Mouflons) in Besse, in the volcanic region.


Upper part of open area in Vallée de Chaudefour. A fine wooded valley in the volcanic region SW of Clermont-Ferrand, halfway between Besse and Mont-Dore. Territorial Dipper here.


Open area in Vallée de Chaudefour.


Goudveil/ Alternate-leaved golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium) inside forest of Vallée de Chaudefour.