As part of the implementation of the National Action Plan for the Balearic Shearwater, the French biodiversity agency (OFB) and its partners have successfully carried out a monitoring operation of this species in southern Brittany.

Environmental inspectors from the French Biodiversity Agency carried out searches as part of an investigation into the death of a Bonelli's eagle, a rare and protected species. They have seized insecticide products that may have been responsible for the death.

CM2 pupils from the Louis Pasteur school in Wimereux - accompanied by the Communauté d'Agglomération du Boulonnais (CAB) - are promoting good practices to protect gravelots and their habitat. They are helping to set up a temporary quiet zone in the Slack estuary.

The interreg funding of the CARI'MAM project ended on 30 November. Assessment and prospects after more than 3 years of work.

To refine and simplify population monitoring, traditional counting methods can now be supplemented by the use of drones.

The Temporal Monitoring of Common Birds (STOC) programme has been surveying French birdlife according to a protocol performed every year by a network of volunteer ornithologists throughout the country for over 30 years. The summary report that just been produced confirms that too many species have sharply declined over the last three decades

To better understand the functioning of Common Bottlenos Dolphins in Iroise sea, a genetic study was launched in partnership with the National Museum of Natural History, an opportunity to test a new protocol with little impact on the animals.

On Wednesday August 26th, in the morning from 6 to 9 am, the first loggerhead turtle hatchlings were seen heading toward the sea. At the end of the morning, another dozen of hatchlings reached the sea, under the close monitoring of biologists and site managers. At 11 pm, the emergence process started up again and a second group reached the surface and crossed the 8 meters separating them from the sea. This hatching occurred after 46 days of incubation (usually between 45 to 65 days).