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A new mink, named Roumia, identified in the marshes of Rochefort
A new European mink, called Roumia, was captured and tagged in the Rochefort marshes on Monday 24 February.
First telemetric monitoring of European mink as part of LIFE VISON
2020 has started off well! Two European mink, already known to LIFE VISON teams, were able to be equipped with a radio tracking transmitter. The objective? Follow these individuals in order to locate their daily resting places and their hunting sites.
European Mink on a new sector!
The various follow-ups undertaken as part of the LIFE VISON program have borne fruit in a new sector! The presence of a European Mink has thus been highlighted on the Bramerit, in the Natura 2000 sector, Middle Valley of the Charente site.
Two minks identified in the Rochefort marshes during the fall 2019 campaigns
Despite the bad weather in November and December which forced LIFE teams to cancel more than half of the planned catch campaigns, two european minks, including one marked during the spring, were caught in the Rochefort marshes.
LIFE Habitats Calanques, host of the 2019 Interlife meetings
The 2019 InterLifes meetings, bringing together the carriers of the LIFE Nature program launched in France, took place from September 30 to October 02 in Marseille within the Calanques National Park.
Bridges equipped for the European Mink
As part of the improvement of the crossing of road structures for the European Mink, work began this month in Ciré d’Aunis, in the Rochefort marshes.
European Mink seen on several occasions in the Rochefort marshes !
July 2019 was particularly rich in surprises for the employees of the LPO! Particularly fortunate, they were able to observe, on numerous occasions, European mink individuals in the Rochefort marshes on the LPO properties.
Birth of four European Minks in the Zoodyssée conservatory!
For the first time in France, four European mink babies were born in mid-July at Zoodyssée in the conservatory breeding opened in 2015.
Genetic hair analysis to identify and count minks
The genotyping of the hairs captured in the footprint tunnels made it possible to detect three new mink on the Charente
Detection of a marked mink thanks to an automatic chip reader
An automatic chip reader, powered by a photovoltaic panel, recorded the passage of a marked mink on May 14, 2019
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