Choughs on the Sept Iles

Choughs at Bono, Sept Iles. December 2012. Photo by Armel Deniau - LPOUpdate from Regis Perdriat LPO Station at Île Grande in Brittany

There has been much interest in Jersey with the three choughs that appear to be setting up home in the Sept Îles Reserve. As potential colonists at the reserve, their choice of feeding habitat is interesting and is being monitored closely. The three birds move between two of the islands, Bono and Île aux Moines and Chough feeding site at Bono, Sept Iles. December 2012. Photo by Armel Deniau - LPOfeed mainly in the areas of maritime grassland or “silene maritima” lawn. There are still good areas of this habitat in patches along the Jersey coastline so it will be interesting to see if birds prefer this habitat in Jersey or whether they prefer something more agricultural. There are particularly obvious similarities between the photographs taken at the Sept Îles and Les Landes and Petit Plémont.

Chough feeding site on Ile aux Moines, Sept Iles. Photo by Gilles Bentz - LPO

Read more about the Sept Îles choughs here

 

 

 

Chough feeding site at Bono, Sept Iles. December 2012. Photo by Armel Deniau - LPO

 

 

 

 

Red-billed choughs on the Sept Îles Reserve, December 2012. Film by Armel Deniau – LPO