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Posts Tagged → Embouchure du Var

Birding reports from the Embouchure du Var, a stretch of wetland and marsh where the Var River meets the Mediterranean in Nice, France.

Embouchure du Var Birding Report #6 – July 2026

posted in Birds on August 9, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean.

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Embouchure du Var Birding Report #5 – June 2026

posted in Birds, France on July 1, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A monthly review in 27 photos: Kentish Plovers, Eurasian Moorhen, Black-winged Stilts, a Mute Swan family and more.

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Embouchure du Var, Nice – Birding Notebook #4, May 2026

posted in Birds on June 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 4 Comments

Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean. This month: Whimbrels, Squacco Herons, Stilts and more.

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Embouchure du Var Birding Notebook #3 – 6-7 December 2025

posted in Birds on December 9, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Birding report from where the Var River meets the Mediterranean Sea.

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Embouchure du Var Birding Notebook #2 – 22 November 2025

posted in Birds on December 5, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 15 Comments

Three months, almost to the day, had passed since my last (and first) visit to what is undoubtedly the best birding spot in southeast France. I won’t let that happen again.

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The Embouchure du Var: an Introduction to the Best Birding Hotspot in Nice

posted in Birds on September 30, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

The Embouchure du Var, or mouth of the Var River, the best birding hot spot in southeastern France.

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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