Tag Archives: Ilon Marsh

Feathers and festivals

Posted on 14 May, 2022 by candawalley

The other week we headed over to the edge of the Camargue to visit the team at Mas Mireille, the rented terraced house that is the base for the science team of A Rocha France in the Vallée des Baux. … Continue reading →

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Mas Mireille

Posted on 17 October, 2020 by candawalley

We’ve mentioned before that the A Rocha France project in the Vallée des Baux near Arles was moving its base. For many years it had been running out of a big old house, Les Tourades. It was a much-loved setting … Continue reading →

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Travelling west part 1

Posted on 4 July, 2020 by candawalley

With the cautious ending of the confinement in France we had been planning to take something of a holiday. However, as so often the way with us, it got rather curtailed. The fact that Chris needed to go and check … Continue reading →

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Les Tourades

Posted on 16 February, 2019 by candawalley

The other Saturday we went to the first A Rocha France centre, Les Tourades, near Arles. It was for a meeting of the Board of Trustees/ conseil d’administration, of which Chris is a member. It was a particularly significant one, … Continue reading →

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Swallows and mosquitoes

Posted on 26 September, 2015 by candawalley

On the last night of the marine week Alison and I heard that there was going to be some bird ringing out at the Ilon Marsh which is a lake and wetland complex near to the A Rocha centre at … Continue reading →

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