La Tour du Valat

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Titre :	Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus: Breeding on the Mainfraenkische Platten
Auteurs :	Ralf M. Krueger, Auteur ; Herbert Klein, Auteur ; Edgar Hoh, Auteur ; Otmar Leuchs, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornithologischer Anzeiger (38(1) March, 1999)
Article en page(s) :	1-9
Résumé :	Between 1994 and 1998 a Montagu's Harrier population became established on the Mainfraenkische Platten (Northern Bavaria). The population increased from 2 to 28 pairs. In this time a total of 51 successful out of 77 breeding pairs produced 160 young. All nests were in cereal fields (mainly winter barley). The main dangers are heavy and/or long rainfall, sometimes with strong winds, and collisions with cars. To prevent the destruction of the nests during the harvest process, strips of 1500 to 2000 square meters remain unharvested. A colonisation from Lorraine/France seems possible.

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