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Saison 2024/2025

Arjuzanx

Information : Sophie Laugareil et Xavier Chauby
(Réserve Nationale d'Arjuzanx)

Date Nombre
12/11/2024 22 892
15/10/2024 400
10/10/2024 185
6/10/2024 62
5/10/2024   15

Saison 2023/2024

Arjuzanx

Information : Sophie Laugareil et Xavier Chauby
(Réserve Nationale d'Arjuzanx)

Date Nombre
22/02/2024 208
19/02/2024 1 511
15/02/2024 2 547
12/02/2024 5 574
08/02/2024 11 923
29/01/2024 11 287
25/01/2024 14 396
22/01/2024 14 362
18/01/2024 9 921
15/01/2024 12 004
11/01/2024 6 611
8/01/2024 5 524
4/01/2024 6 983
2/01/2024 6 015
28/12/2023 7 153
21/12/2023 4 977
14/12/2023 1 431
11/12/2023 2 042
7/12/2023 1 494
4/12/2023 3 369
30/11/2023 3 410
27/11/2023 6 638
23/11/2023 6 395
20/11/2023 1 545
16/11/2023 317
13/11/2023 193
9/11/2023 472
6/11/2023 358
2/11/2023 181
23/10/2023 247
19/10/2023 113
17/10/2023 270
 13/10/2023

The reserve of Arjuzanx, a favourite site and a stopover for the cranes drapeau france

A former mining area from which the French power company EDF extracted lignite, the site of Arjuzanx has become, after its restoration, a sensitive natural site of great value at European level.
From 1983, the first Common Cranes began to return to the area, which has since become a National Reserve ; every winter, several tens of thousands of cranes use it as migratory stopover while 25,000 to 30,000 of them seek shelter, from mid-October to mid-March, in what has become one of the main wintering sites for the Common Crane in Europe.

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The attractiveness of this place comes also from the fact that, nearby, there are huge farmlands areas (cornfields) which provide the cranes with the food source they need to stay there all winter long.
The area around Arjuzanx is crisscrossed by their daily journeys. From dawn, they leave their bedding areas in order to join the feeding grounds, and, at the end of the day, they find back the tranquility of Arjuzanx's rest places where they return until it gets dark.