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LPO Aquitaine Harrier Group (France)

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We can really help you mainly for Montagu's harrier prospection in 2008 to join local groups tracking the harriers in:

* 24 , Dorgdogne: Verteillacois. We already ahve volonteers,

Plaine de Faux: We have local people tracking

* 40 Landes: We are looking for volonteers

* 47 Lot et Garonne: We have some volonteers around Duras.

Meeting and trips we'll be held for those groups.

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Nice picture of a tagged Marsh Harrier taken at Poitevin’ marsh the 8/3/2008 on the commune of Billaux - Gironde - spot "Les Prés de Maneret" by Franck Taboury.

16/3/08 First field trip with Dominique, François et Rémi, members of Harrier Group - 47, near Duras.

Trip to the "Verteillacois"

On Saturday, April 26th, we were 7 people of the Harrier’s group Gironde in Cherval ( 24 ), although there was nobody from Dordogne and it was a pity.

In the morning we split in three teams to cover a greater area, and in the afternoon all together we made a rather complete tour of the zone, but unfortunately we tracked down no Montagu’s harrier in spite of our efforts.

On the other hand we located two couples of Hen harriers in high density bushes in the middle of the cultures rather than than in wheat / barley or colza crops. Another male and two other females of Hen harrier were separately observed

Skylark, woodlark, crested lark, tawny pipit, corn and cirl bunting, rock sparrow , whinchat, satisfied us as well as the stone curlew; we were also delighted by some orchids as the ophrys spider in full bloom or the orchis apes.

The Montagu’s harrier was the big absentee in our area as well as in plain of Faux where JC Bonet was the same day.

We face most likely a late arrival on these places where the Montagu’s harriers are not anyway very numerous but where in 2007, birds were present and reproductive.

Let us not discourage, as for sure they will show up!

MF Canevet for the Harrier Group.

A female 4 years old Hen Harrier has been controlled the 5/05/08 at the Réserve naturelle des Marais de Séné (Golfe du Morbihan) more than 350 Km away from his hatching site. Ringed and tagged as a chick at St Ciers sur Gironde the 19/06/05 , this bird wasn’t seen since that time.!
It was chassing over a little marsh area.

Interestings controls of Montagu’s Harrier lately:
- 1 Femalle chicken ringed at Hourtin on the 12/07/07 has been spotted in the Canton du Valais in Switzerland the 3/05/08 ....(red dots)
- 1 Chicken ringed at Salaunes the 5/07/07 has been controlled at Codo in Spain (near Zaragoza) the 26/05/08 (blue dots)

COVA, a femalle Montagu’s Harrier with an Argos satellite transmitter installed, is nesting (4 chicks) in the sourroundings of Marmande. Transmitter was installed in Spain (Castellon) by R. Limiñana.
Travel history can be followed at http://www.seaturtle.org, and her origin and nesting zones can be seen on the map (pink dots)