Sites d'Ecouves

Sites d'Ecouves is a Natura 2000 site within the Orne department. The protected area is based on the Cance River.^[1]

Geography

The area is 1,630 hectares in size and is located on one of the last foothills of the eastern Armorican base, the Ecouves massif.^[2]

It is spread across nine different communes all within the Orne department;^[3]

1. La Bellière
2. Boischampré
3. Boucé
4. Le Cercueil
5. Fleuré
6. Francheville
7. La Lande-de-Goult
8. Montmerrei
9. Tanville

Some of the protected site is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[4]

Conservation

The conservation area has eighteen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;^[5]

1. Northern crested newt
2. European bullhead
3. Cottus perifretum
4. Brook lamprey
5. White-clawed crayfish
6. Marsh fritillary
7. Jersey tiger
8. European stag beetle
9. Eurasian otter

In addition the Natura 2000 site has 14 habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.^[5]

References

1. "Ecouves : le site Natura 2000 étendu". actu.fr. October 31, 2018.
2. "Site d'Ecouves" (PDF). ministère de la transition écologique.
3. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500100 - Sites d'Ecouves - Description".
4. "Du nouveau pour le site Natura 2000 d'Ecouves - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
5. "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Risle, Guiel, Charentonne". eunis.eea.europa.eu.