Foret Caperdu

30/08/2026

For most people in Normandy, beavers feel like an animal from somewhere else. Perhaps from the Loire, eastern France, or one of the growing number of rewilding projects in Britain.But the European beaver, Castor fiber, is a native Norman animal.It lived in our rivers until the 18th century, when int...

21/08/2026

Animals down by the river

It's been a hot Summer which means a lot of activity at the river ...

16/08/2026

Believe it or not, this is a moth! Counting the frames in this 240 fps video puts this hummingbird hawk-moth’s wingbeat rate at roughly 70 beats per second as it feeds on lavender.

13/06/2026

Spring sights - How many can you name? 🤗

22/02/2026

Peek-a-boo! Wild boar looking for acorns 🌰

18/02/2026

A wild boar by Toutatis! 🐷

17/02/2026

A badger doing badger things! It took a while but finally got one on camera

13/02/2026

Swipe right on biodiversity 🌿

Excited to announce we’ve expanded by an additional 2 hectares (4.5 acres).

Forêt Caperdu now spans 21 hectares (52 acres) of evolving habitat, birds and wilderness.

29/12/2025

When one of our Ash trees succumbed to “Ash Dieback” fungus, 100 new ones sprouted in its place

15/11/2025

Build a bat box, mount a bat box, get bats!