Fauna in Corsica east of richest and varied. Then with your shoes, moving and especially do not forget your binoculars.
Disappeared since the Sixties, the stag of Corsica east now reintroduced in the middle of the regional natural reserve. This stag is originating in Sardinia close to the town of Quenza.
The mammal lord of the mountain remains the moufflon of Corsica. Protected, it was a long time the target of the poachers. The principal populations of moufflons are established with the needles of Bavella and to Cinto Goes up.
Obelix was mistaken: it is not a wild boar, it is a wild pig. But it is true that sometimes it does not hesitate to cross with the wild boar, which populates Corsica and who makes the joy of the hunters.
Not it is not a viper, it of does not have there in Corsica, it is a grass snake, are not afraid, because it is surely more afraid that you, and will very quickly take the powder of escampette.
Mr Jean de la Fontaine surely had to travel to Corsica before writing to his fable “hare and the tortoise”. And effect these two species populate the plains and the maquis. But with regard to the tortoise, that of river holds company with eels and the trouts which swim in all innocence.
The most picturesque animal of Corsica remains after the pig, the famous ass Corsica. T there are not not at the head this image of Epinal of old Corsica in velvet costume black and capped with his felt overlapping his mounting?
Go, with four legs! Look at the insects do not miss. Several species of ants dig their galleries. Grasshoppers, crickets and cicadas will not let themselves catch easily. And there on a rock, it is a lizard which takes the sun.
For the ornithologists amateurs or professionals, the area is a true paradise. Many species of birds elected residence in the maquis, the plain or the mountain; others simply prefer to make a halt in their migration. Indeed, Corsica from his geography and his rich person biotope is a haven of peace.
The plunger will find in the Corsica South an underwater world with the height of its wishes. The fish and another shellfish are not forgotten in the fauna which populates the island. Thus the murene keeps the rock funds, and watches for its prey. Rascasse, the mule, the sea-bream will préfèreront the passivity of the naturalist to the fisherman. But bathers attention, because the ratchets at the bottom of water shelter sometimes the peaceful sea urchins.
