Parcours découverte loir et cher, oiseaux de nos fermes et de nox vignobles , Val de Loire
lpo loir et cher

FERME DE PRUNAY
FOUCHAULT Michel
Camping Ferme Pédagogique de Prunay - 41150 Seillac



Sign 1 - Présentation

 

Dear Friends
Thank you for deciding to come and take a look around this farm, using a marked path which will allow you to become better acquainted with this peaceful environment in which birds develop and plants grow, some of which are of species which you may not know.

Don’t forget that you are a guest of nature and should respect it by observing a silence which will
enable you to listen to the melodious songs of our friends the birds, getting to know more about their behaviour.

Your host will give you all the information you need to better understand the world of agriculture and viticulture and the efforts being made to work in harmony with the environment.

This action has a number of objectives:

  • Rebuild the links between the people of town and country
  • Make the greatest number possible of people aware of the flora and fauna, and improve their knowledge of them.  
  • Make people aware of the fragile equilibrium of biodiversity.
  • Let people know about the ways used by certain actors in the rural world to conserve the countryside and enable them to discover an agricultural environment which remains little known and possibly much misunderstood by townspeople.
  • Encourage conventional farmers to embrace the same efforts as used by their colleagues in organic agriculture and “agriculture raisonnée” (in which chemical inputs are used minimally) in order to preserve biodiversity.
  • Maintain or develop family farms’ direct (‘farm-gate’) sales. 

VERDIER D’EUROPE / EUROPEAN GREENFINCH

(Carduelis chloris)

The male performs a mating flight, fluttering his wings with the tail spread, bringing out the bird’s yellow markings.

MORPHOLOGY / FLIGHT

Length: 16 cm - weight: 25 to 34 gr - longevity: 13 years

The greenfinch has an undulating flight

HABITAT

The greenfinch lives at the edges of forests, in coppices, large hedges,  and wooded countryside, as well as parks and gardens.

FOOD

Mainly seeds but also insects and berries. Young are fed  on insects.

NEST

The nest of the  greenfinch can be located in various places, such as small trees, ivy climbing along a wall or evergreen shrubs in parks and gardens.

The nest is often in a fork or very close to the trunk.

It is built by the female.

STATUS

Protected species

MIGRATION

Northern populations may migrate south in winter, others are sedentary.

PRESENCE

All year

BECOMING

Species in decline.

Species on the Red List of "Breeding Birds of Metropolitan France".

SIZE: Small

Chant :

Hear the song on Oiseaux.net: http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/verdier.d.europe.html

CORNOUILLER SANGUIN / COMMON DOGWOOD

CORNUS sanguinea L.

Family of Cornaceae
Common names: Dogwood. Female dogwood (compared to the CORNUS male dogwood dog L. which has edible red fruits of the size of olives, and is frequently found in Burgundy’s hedges. It can not be found in the wild state here.)

The dogwood has reddish twigs, a red foliage in autumn. The white flowers are grouped at the top of the branches and give astringent and inedible black fruits.

It prefers calcareous soils. The wood was used to make herdsmen’s sticks and the fruits contain an oil for the oil lamps.

Shrubs of composite and living hedges: flowers in spring, fruits and attractive colours in autumn.




 

Have a very nice walk

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