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

Ferme de la Touche
Christelle et Stéphane NEAU
12 rue de la Touche - 41 Chitenay



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.   

FAUVETTE À TÊTE NOIRE / EURASIAN BLACKCAP

(Sylvia atricapilla)

Remarkable singer, it remains shy and conceals itself in the foliage.

MORPHOLOGY / FLIGHT

Size: 14 cm - weight: 14 to 20 gr - longevity: 9 years

Undulating flight when it covers a certain distance, or jerky over a short distance.

HABITAT

You can meet this bird in undergrowth, coppice, hedges, parks and gardens.

FOOD

Insects, berries, larvae during the breeding season – In the winter an occasional visitor to feeders.

NEST

Two clutches (April / July) of 4 to 5 eggs. The nest is made of twigs, grasses and rootlets.

The interior is carpeted with fine herbs and hair.

STATUS

Protected species

MIGRATION

Partial migrant

Winters in Spain and North Africa.

PRESENCE

All year

BECOMING

It is one of the species on the increase in France and throughout Europe.

The Eurasian blackcap has adapted to urban areas and suburbs.

SIZE : Small

Chant :

Hear the song from the cd "Écouter pour voir les oiseaux" :



Merci au CORIF (Centre ornithologique Île-de-France) pour la mise à disposition des enregistrements. http://www.corif.net/

Read more on Oiseaux.net: http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/fauvette.a.tete.noire.html


ALOUETTE LULU / WOODLARK

(Lullula arborea)

The woodlark spends a lot of time on the ground, especially for feeding, or on low perches such as stumps.

It is a virtuoso of song. Its soft and melodious voice and flute-like trills have earned it its Latin name.

It is one of the loveliest songbirds of Europe.

MORPHOLOGY / FLIGHT

Size: 15 cm - weight: 20 to 35g - life expectancy: can live up to 5 years.

Gently undulating flight. Sings whilst circling and spirals downwards

HABITAT

It is a bird of uncultivated areas: sandy moors, dry hills.

FOOD

Feeds on insects and spiders; from autumn onwards, grains and seeds.

NEST

The nest is buried in the ground, sheltered by a plant or young shrub.

2 clutches of 3 to 4 greyish-white, finely spotted eggs.

STATUS

Protected species

MIGRATION

Non-migratory

PRESENCE

All year

BECOMING

The species is endangered by the disappearance and modification of habitat due to intensive agriculture and reforestation.

SIZE: Small

Taille-petit

Chant :

Hear the song on Oiseaux.net: http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/alouette.lulu.html


To Discover :


 

Have a very nice walk

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