A quick picture post to announce that the Fritillaries are flowering....
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| One of the pale ones |
Yes, the ditch has plenty of these... and more to come.
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Aigronne Valley Wildlife pages
Blogs we like to read.
Wildlife in the Aigronne and Touraine du Sud
Based at our house near Le Grand Pressigny, we are centrally placed between The Brenne & The Loire Anjou Touraine National Parks and the Sologne, enabling us to observe wild events and discover new [to us] insects, plants and birds.
We started this record in 2003, when we bought La Forge and from time to time we will be publishing the odd species list of what we've seen here at La Forge and in the immediate vicinity.
We've also been building a collection of finds, mainly from prehistory... we record those as well on the blog Touraine Flint.
As well as pictures on this site, we've been posting to flickr.
We started this record in 2003, when we bought La Forge and from time to time we will be publishing the odd species list of what we've seen here at La Forge and in the immediate vicinity.
We've also been building a collection of finds, mainly from prehistory... we record those as well on the blog Touraine Flint.
As well as pictures on this site, we've been posting to flickr.
Guided Tours in a lovely limo!
Susan&Simon from Days on the Claise have another blog, Loire Valley Nature, which is "designed to be used as an English language natural history web resource for lowland central France."
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They also run Loire Valley Time Travel and can arrange one or two day tours with a knowledgeable guide. They have a blog linked to that site at Loire Valley Time Travel
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They also run Loire Valley Time Travel and can arrange one or two day tours with a knowledgeable guide. They have a blog linked to that site at Loire Valley Time Travel
About our other, more occasional, bloggings... and other resources
We havent made any recent changes on our website....
but there you will find a nice web album of photos from around the house.
Click on the Deptford Pink to start the slideshow.
From there you can also find links to our other blogs...
Our 'foodie' blog De la bonne bouffe, where we are posting recipes, local taste discoveries and snippets on life in Touraine du Sud...
Our occasional blog Touraine Flint which focuses on the pre-history of the area and Man's effect on the land and the environment up to present times.
Also there Art en Saule, which is a record of the of the attempts at management of our six acre meadow.
And now the "Her Majesty" is at it at.... It's a Cat's Life!!
but there you will find a nice web album of photos from around the house.
Click on the Deptford Pink to start the slideshow.
From there you can also find links to our other blogs...
Our 'foodie' blog De la bonne bouffe, where we are posting recipes, local taste discoveries and snippets on life in Touraine du Sud...
Our occasional blog Touraine Flint which focuses on the pre-history of the area and Man's effect on the land and the environment up to present times.
Also there Art en Saule, which is a record of the of the attempts at management of our six acre meadow.
And now the "Her Majesty" is at it at.... It's a Cat's Life!!
Please note:
The early listings were only a few observations with an entry and usually no record of numbers!
They had been taken directly from our 'birders notebook'
Where there are further details from the book we keep at the house, they will be added later.
The weather in Tours at the moment:
They had been taken directly from our 'birders notebook'
Where there are further details from the book we keep at the house, they will be added later.
The weather in Tours at the moment:
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and things we've spotted on the web...
Also the occasional blog "Touraine Flint" for all that's Man and the land!
and things we've spotted on the web...
Also the occasional blog "Touraine Flint" for all that's Man and the land!
6 comments:
Super. Thanks for alerting me. I'd forgotten they could be out. I might be off to the Véron tomorrow, so might see some there.
Very beautiful, when we lived near Oxford we used to go to see the fritillary meadow at Magdalene College.
Philip... a famous drift!!
Nothing so large here... despite them being equally protected...
the French will happily pick wild flowers for church or home...
protected or not!
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that includes environment agency botanists...
who will pick a flower...
at the same time telling you it is "very rare"....
and "protected by law"...
and then passing it around the group!!
Thus cleverly ensuring that that one will not set seed!!
Good example... NOT!
Love these pretty flowers. We had them in the UK garden, but only a couple here in France.
I did not realise these were native flowers. They survived in the garden for one year but I have not seen them this year. Amelia
Amelia, both native to Europe and protected in most countries including France and the UK... drainage of wetlands, ploughing up of watermeadow habitat and picking being the biggest problems they contend with...
over mowing of haymeadow is also a cause of loss... round here, they like to get four cuts per year... so these survive in the ditch... but only a couple visible in the field!!
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