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.

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Developping management plans

Updated version of the management of the LPO’s plots in the Basses Vallées Angevines **Objective This action is to provide a review and update the first management plan for the properties of the LPO in BVA incorporating new plots acquired under the LIFE+ programme. **Description A (...)

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Restoration and management of grasslands

Management agreements for the maintenance of grasslands **Sites involved in the action The Basses Vallées Angevines and the Moyenne vallée de la Charente **Description The purchased parcels will be under management agreements or agro-environmental contracts with local farmers. The objective (...)

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Direct protection of nested by using a scaring bar

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 (...)

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