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

Domaine Colin
Patrice Colin
5 impasse de la Gaudetterie - 41100 Thoré La Rochette



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. 

LINOTTE MELODIEUSE / COMMON LINNET

(Linaria cannabina)

Often bounds into flight, landing quickly in the same place. Lively and active with a joyful song.

The couples remain close during the summer.

MORPHOLOGY / FLIGHT

Length : 14cm - weight: 15 to 20g – life expectancy: 9 years

Irregular and undulating flight with occasional «dancing» motions.

HABITAT

Lives in a great diversity of open areas, wooded countryside, bushy moorland, also vineyards, parks and gardens.

FOOD

Essentially granivores (wild seeds), and some invertebrates during the reproductive period.

NEST

The first clutch of about 5 eggs is laid at the end of April, followed by a second during the month of June.

Several couples may group and nest in a small flock. The nest is lined with grass, hair or feathers.

STATUS

Protected species

MIGRATION

Partial migrant. Populations in northern and central Europe winter in south-western France and along the Mediterranean.

PRESENCE

All year

BECOMING:

Species in decline.Due to the scarcity of grassland, where it finds its food.


SIZE : Small

Chant :

Hear the song on Oiseaux.net: http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/linotte.melodieuse.html

LIERRE / IVY

HEDERA helix L.
Family of Araliaceae
Common names: Ivy. St. John’s Grass.
Latin origin: Haedere = to attach and helix = in spiral form.

It is a vine that runs  on the plant or support with clip-like spikes but without sucking the sap of the support. Leaves are alternate and persistent, they can be lobed or whole at the time of flowering and the formation of fruits.

Fruits, known as‘Bluish Druids’ are TOXIC to humans, but are liked by  pigeons. They have purgative properties.
Some species are decorative.

Ivy was the emblem of youth among the ancient Greeks. They were used as ornaments for their God BACCHUS.




 

Have a very nice walk

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