Direct protection of broods by the use of a scaring bar
**Sites concerned
The Basses Vallées Angevines, Moyenne Vallée de la Charente et Moyenne Vallée de l’Oise
**Description
Current operating conditions (earlier and faster mowing) no longer allow grassland species such as Corncrake to complete their breeding cycle and often cause direct destruction of broods when mowing. There is now an urgent need to establish effective protection tools such as scaring bar and develop this good practice. (...)
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Protection and management sites
To adapt management sites for Corncrake, 8 actions are included in the programme:
• updated version of the management plan of the LPO acquisitions in the Basses Vallées Angevines ;
• Implementing a management plans for land purchased by the CEN Picardie in the framework of the programme ;
• Management agreements for the maintenance of grasslands
• Conversion of 13 hectares of old poplar into permanent grassland in the Basses Vallées Angevines
• Management of 2 hectares of reedbeds and tall grass prairies as refuge area
• Protection of the broods through the use of a scaring bar set on the mower which enable the Corncrake to escape from the engine.