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Hesse Informations : Martin Kraft et al.Saison 2023/2024
Date
Nombre
25/05/2024
7
24/03/2024
13
23/03/2024
561
21/03/2024
151
17/03/2024
94
16/03/2024
50
15/03/2024
15
14/03/2024
184
13/03/2024
1 000
12/03/2024
56
11/03/2024
270
10/03/2024
1 370
9/03/2024
6
8/03/2024
2 000
7/03/2024
355
6/03/2024
488
5/03/2024
5 492
4/03/2024
378
2/03/2024
155
1/03/2024
4 315
29/02/2024
625
27/02/2024
6
26/02/2024
85
25/02/2024
10 170
24/02/2024
4 025
23/02/2024
33 700
22/02/2024
430
21/02/2024
9 230
20/02/2024
4 250
19/02/2024
2 988
18/02/2024
4 010
17/02/2024
17 030
16/02/2024
10 350
15/02/2024
34 400
14/02/2024
515
13/02/2024
6 170
12/02/2024
27 750
11/02/2024
24 770
10/02/2024
418
9/02/2024
8 170
8/02/2024
500
6/02/2024
4 087
5/02/2024
3 772
4/02/2024
349
3/02/2024
1 255
2/02/2024
12 580
1/02/2024
2 730
31/01/2024
5 450
30/01/2024
4 582
29/01/2024
10 480
28/01/2024
2 975
27/01/2024
3 126
26/01/2024
365
24/01/2024
650
19/01/2024
12
6/01/2024
130
5/01/2023
120
1/01/2024
1 070
31/12/2023
391
30/12/2023
320
28/12/2023
291
Spring migration
13/01/2024
309
9/01/2024
666
8/01/2024
5 050
5/01/2024
150
16/12/2023
20
15/12/2023
375
14/12/2023
2 430
9/12/2023
130
7/12/2023
243
6/12/2023
290
4/12/2023
525
3/12/2023
570
2/12/2023
9 140
28/11/2023
17 400
22/11/2023
~ 62 140
21/11/2023
410
19/11/2023
163
18/11/2023
1 344
17/11/2023
104 600
16/11/2023
35 800
15/11/2023
2 120
14/11/2023
4 150
13/11/2023
8 600
12/11/2023
55 000
11/11/2023
2 440
6/11/2023
6 100
5/11/2023
> 5 000
4/11/2023
6 860
3/11/2023
9 300
2/11/2023
367
28/10/2023
313
26/10/2023
2 774
25/10/2023
1 874
24/10/2023
200
23/10/2023
25 700
20/10/2023
95
19/10/2023
623
18/10/2023
13 366
17/10/2023
12 086
16/10/2023
5 183
15/10/2023
183
10/10/2023
2 990
8/10/2023
58
24/09/2023
10
In the Hesse region, the migration of Common Cranes has been followed since 1987.
In Autumn and spring, 20 to 25 people count the migrating cranes every day. Martin Kraft sends the results of the counts to the migration specialists every evening through the list « grus-grus ».
These counts are very important for the survey of cranes in Europe and particularly in autumn for France as the birds which are seen in the Hesse region will normally then head towards the north-east of France (Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne).
To get an optimal visibility, the counts are made from several places situated on higher elevations, between 300 and 400 metres above see level around Marbourg, on a 70- kilometre long line roughly centred on Marbourg, between Alsfeld (40 km east of Marbourg) and Herborn (30 km south-west of Marbourg).
The most important of these places are the roof of the Department of biology in the Marburg Lahn mountain (some 400 metres above see level), the Marburger Hasenkopf, west of Marbourg (340 metres) and the Altenberg in Odenhausen in the Lahn valley, about 17 km south of Marbourg (300 metres).
Informations : Martin Kraft.