The Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of sunshine, but with global warming the French reservoir has become an attractive ...

The recent spell of sunny weather in the Dordogne has encouraged cranes, known in French as grues cendrées, to start their ...

4. France - Lac du Der - Tom Dove and Neil Spooner team up to take on their biggest challenge to date as they head to Lac du Der in search of the biggest known wild carp in the world. More info ...

The Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of sunshine, but with global warming the French reservoir has become an ...

Lac du Der was created in the 1970s to stop flood waters heading down the River Seine towards the Paris region. For much of the time since, small islands in the lake were frozen over in the winter ...