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  Chausey Island Among those to enjoy this exceptional location are birds, such as herring, lesser black-backed and great black-backed gulls, shag, shellduck and oyster catchers, which nest in the archipelago. Terns, gannets and guillemots are faithful visitors. Occasionally, one can see the bottle-nosed dolphin and the grey seal.
Partners in the management of Chausey (The non-trading property company of the Chausey islands, owner of the Grande île and all the small islands, the Conservatoire du littoral (coastal protection organisation), the town of Granville, the SyMEL, and all those taking part in Chausey life) work together to ensure that the growth in the number of people visiting this marine paradise does not endanger its matchless qualities.
Chausey The Chausey archipelago streches over approximately 5,000 ha of sea, in which about a hundred islands and islets form 68 hectares of land, 9 miles to the west of Granville. Formerly worked for its granite, part of which was used in the building of Mont Saint-Michel, then later for the production of soda from seaweed, Chausey now lives from the fishing and tourist industry. If Chausey is so well-known for its fishing (seashore and lobster pot), this is because the archipelago has particularly favourable natural conditions. The alternation of the tides, the immensity of the uncovered shore, the currents and the rugged profile of the coast all result in very varied environments, which are particularly favourable to marine life, such as channels of seagrass beds, underwater dunes, brackish mudflats, etc Play of light in the archipelagoOn the surface land of the Grande Ile and the small islands, the vegetation clings to the rock and grows in sheltered areas where the topsoil covers the granite sufficiently. This is a moorland area cohabiting a few fragile dunes, and grasslands encircled by a real bocage in the centre of the island. |
