Explore Nature, discover wildlife
In the mountains of Monts de Lacaune and around Lac de Laouzas, a rich and varied world of wildlife awaits discovery. From mammals and birds to insects and diverse plant life, nature here is full of surprises.
Throughout the year — and especially during the peaceful low season, when calm and quiet settle over the landscape — you may encounter a group of deer or spot a fox while out for a walk. Around Camping Domaine LaCanal, many other animals also make their home, including wild boar, badgers, and even hamsters.
If you look carefully, you might see deer, foxes, wild boar, weasels, stone martens, squirrels, dormice, wood mice, hedgehogs, and more.
And what about insects? In summer, crickets sing day and night, while grasshoppers leap away through the meadows at your feet. Near the water, dragonflies glide gracefully above the surface. You may also discover a wide variety of beetles, spiders, butterflies, glow-worms, and countless other fascinating creatures — far too many to name them all.
Animals in the wilderness
The area has a wide variety of plants, including many wild orchids, and fauna including mountain sheep, deer, golden eagles and wild boar.
The regional nature Park the Haut Languedocincludes the south western part of the Central Massif, actually made the transition of the high central part of France to the Mediterranean Sea. The climate and vegetation is influenced by both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
You might see wildlife in their natural setting
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The area has a large number of different plants, including many wild orchids, and a fauna including deer, mouflons, Royal Eagles and wild boars. Spotted animals at Domaine LaCanal a roe deer, fox, weasel, stone marten, squirrel, dormouse, wood mouse, wild boars, baggers and hedgehog.
Reptiles
In warmer periods, you see lizards here (like the small wall lizard, sand lizard, green lizard, slow worm) and brown toads (especially at night). Of course we have also seen (non-venomous) snakes: a smooth snake, a blocked grass snake and Aesculapian.
Hear the sounds of nature
Around the farm and behind the shutters you can find a pipistrelle in the summer months. The Common Pipistrelle is one of the smallest bats.
They’re the ones you’re most likely to see while you’re at the camping.
Most sounds the Common Pipistrelle makes are above the range of human hearing. The only exception might be their social calls which some children might be able to hear.
Wild boar
Squirrels
Creepy critters
To the water you see many dragonflies, including the blue-green glass maker and different kinds of damsels.
Insect lover
Do you like scratchy critters are you an insect enthusiast? There are many kinds of insects found on campsite Domaine LaCanal. Crickets you hear here in the summer, day and night and the grasshoppers jump for your feet away as you go through the meadows runs (among other things the warts biter and smasher Grasshopper).
Flying insects
Enjoy the outdoors
Ticklish critters are you an insect enthusiast?
- Green hourglass beetle
- Firefly
- Variable crab spider
- Single-day fly
- Edge wants, gendarme
- Spotted small bock
- Stone Bumblebee
Also for birdwatchers and Butterfly watchers is a lot to discover on camping Domaine LaCanal.
Regional nature Park du Haut Languedoc
The regional nature park du Haut Lanquedoc with its large forests, hills, lakes and streams that surround the Lake Lac du Laouzas has a combination of Atlantic and Mediterranean climate making the area has a great diversity of rare flora and fauna.
Many species of fauna in the nature park are protected including the hawk eagle, mouflons, otters and grass snakes. Protected plants include, golden garlic, orchids and drosera.
In the foothills of the surrounding mountains you will find the vineyards in the Gaillac wine regions and Saint Chinian. The Gorges de Heric, is a lovely gorge where you can walk, climbing and playing with water.
