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Lockdown bird count for French residents

ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
edited March 2020 in Wildlife gardening
For anyone living in France at the mo and a bit stuck for occupation, the league for the protection of birds is urging people to do a bird count:

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/France-invited-to-count-birds-for-Ligue-Protection-Oiseaux-LPO-during-confinement-period 

@Papi Jo @floralies @jaquimcmahon
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • ecocordlessecocordless Posts: 6
    Sounds like a great idea...unfortunately I m not in France but would have gladly volunteered if I where :blush:
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Sounds ideal for any country to do this, would be novel to do a spring count end of April/May and ask for not just visitors but who has brought young too. 😁
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Something for @Dordogne Damsel and Charlie too perhaps.

    The thing about the French is that they are still allowed, in some areas, to shoot and/or trap birds as well as losing many to loss of habitat, agricultural practices, house building and the challenges of seasonal migration and global warming so a bird count now should be informative.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Just had a look... like the idea. It’s been an interesting few weeks since the lockdown as I’m seeing birds and butterflies on my terrace that I don’t normally see here.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Charlie is very interested, he's spotted a robin already!  B)
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