Loos-en-Gohelle

Geography

It is a former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184 m & 182 m) spoil heaps in Europe are in Loos-en-Gohelle, those of pits 11 and 19, and are visible for miles around. They are part of the mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais region that have become the 38th French site on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "a living and changing landscape".

Most-observed species

• Bee Orchid

  Ophrys apifera Huds. · Liliopsida
  5,009
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,847
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,265
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,147
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  2,100
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,031
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,860
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,468

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2008-08-08
  1 km SSE of Boussu, Belgium
• M 3.2 — 2008-07-14
  1 km SW of Boussu, Belgium
• M 3.1 — 2005-02-27
  1 km NW of Libercourt, France
• M 2.5 — 2004-10-03
  0 km ESE of Maubray, Belgium
• M 2.7 — 2002-04-30
  0 km SSE of Waudrez, Belgium
• M 3.1 — 2001-07-02
  3 km NNE of Oostduinkerke, Belgium