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Grotte de Lavaud

This cavity occasionally hosts small numbers of bats in winter, notably Lesser Horseshoe Bats and Greater Horseshoe Bats.

Montbron 245m

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Grotte de Lavaud

This cavity occasionally hosts small numbers of bats in winter, notably Lesser Horseshoe Bats and Greater Horseshoe Bats.

Montbron

Length: 245 m

Updated record

https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/grotte-de-lavaud-montbron

Information can change. Always verify coordinates, access, weather, and cave conditions before setting out.

This cavity occasionally hosts small numbers of bats in winter, notably Lesser Horseshoe Bats and Greater Horseshoe Bats.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Montbron
  • Length: 245 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

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Entrances

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  1. Grotte de Lavaud

    45.678279, 0.499549
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Bio

This cavity occasionally shelters bats in winter, but their numbers are small[ref]« Etat initial projet éolien de Vouthon, Saint-Germain Montbron et Vilhonneur - Etude incidence Natura 2000 » : http://www.charente.gouv.fr/index.php/content/download/27480/175804/file/8a_Etude%20%C3%A9cologique%20compl%C3%A8te_Segment%20010.pdf[/ref].

These are Lesser Horseshoe Bats and Greater Horseshoe Bats[ref]Document d'objectifs Natura 2000 - Site n°6 « La Vallée de la Tardoire » (FR 54 00 408) : https://www.sigena.fr/upload/gedit/1/Patrimoine%20Naturel/Natura/docob/FR5400408_Synthese.pdf[/ref].

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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/35212 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Faune) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/35212 · data as of 2026