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

Ferme Les Gougets
MERILLON Jean-Luc
La Gougetière - 41270 Le Gault du Perche



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

BERGERONNETTE GRISE / WHITE WAGTAIL

(Motacilla alba)

Walks constantly swinging its tail and runs after the insects it captures.

Sometimes perches on the back of a cow or a horse.

MORPHOLOGY / FLIGHT

Length : 16 to 18 cm - weight: 23 to 24.5 gr - longevity: 10 years

Flight slightly undulating. Very long tail.

HABITAT

Open denuded areas , cultivated areas, short grass. Likes to be close to water.

It is often seen in meadows, along roads and around puddles.

FOOD

Essentially insects captured on the ground, caterpillars and larvae, small mollusks and worms, sometimes seeds.

It can survey floating vegetation which it gathers from the surface of the water.

NEST

5 to 6 eggs - The Grey Wagtail makes its nest in a hole or crevice.

It is sometimes installed in a hole in the soil in a nest consisting of twigs, moss, leaves and often lined with horsehair and wool.

STATUS

Protected species

MIGRATION

Sedentary in France.

Individuals in northeastern Europe overwinter in southern Europe.

PRESENCE

All year

BECOMING

Stable species.

This species is not currently threatened, due to its adaptability to various habitats.

SIZE : Small

Taille-petit

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/bergeronnette.grise.html

 



 

Have a very nice walk

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