By Laurent REBOURS
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The Center-Val de Loire Conservatory of Natural Spaces and the French Office for Biodiversity are organizing the Saturday, March 5, 2022 an animation on the preserved natural site of the Benette pondin Senonches (Eure-et-Loir), as part of the national operation Frog frequency.
Do you believe in the existence of charming princes hidden under a bad spell and want to try your luck? This outing is for you, just know that you can meet some at the Benette pond !
Toads, newts, salamanders…
Located in the municipalities of Senonches and of the Puisayeon the northern edge of the Senonches national forest, the Etang de la Benette has been owned by the Conservatoire since 1996.
At the end of winter, when the nights become milder, the charming princes who doze in the undergrowth wake up… the toads!
This is also the case for members of their family, called “amphibians”, which include newts, frogs and salamanders.
At this time, they begin their migration to reproduce in the water.
A dry pond this year!
In order to help them in their travels to the Benette pond, known to be a high place for their reproduction, several specific passages were set up in 2001.
These toadstools allow amphibians to reach the pond and the forest of Senonches, without the risk of being run over by cars.
But beware, this year the pond will remain dry. It was indeed drained a few days ago, which completely changes its usual appearance, the process takes place every ten years and it will stay like that for a year.
But, thanks to numerous ponds, hidden in the nearby undergrowth allowing them to reproduce, the amphibians will remain observable.
Faced with these challenges, the site has been protected by regulation by a prefectural decree for the protection of the biotope since 2016. The Conservatory invites you to discover these small inhabitants who inhabit the forest and the pond during an outing for the general public.
“Equipped with your knight’s boots you will be able to approach and learn to recognize the different species of amphibians”, which are all protected in France, thanks to various simple scientific inventory techniques which will allow you to observe them very closely.
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