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A lot of information about observations and data on the current state of Short-toed Eagle population in the Isère Department /map/ are available on the LPO Mission rapaces and Faune Isère sites. Foremost, the following article by Françoise Chevalier deserves a particular attention:

• Françoise CHEVALIER, 2014 – Quatorze ans de recherche et de suivi des couples de circaète Jean-le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus dans le sud-est du département de l’Isère [Fourteen years of research and monitoring of Short-toed Eagle in the southeast of the Isère Department] // Le Bièvre, tome 26: pp. 26-33. – (Fr).

Also, please refer to the latest annual review:

• Françoise CHEVALIER, 2015 – Circaète Jean-le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus. Etude et suivis en Isère (38). Bilan 2015 [Short-toed Eagle. Research and monitoring in Isère. Summary for 2015] : 4 p. – (Fr).

The 4^th meeting of the Short-toed Snake Eagle French national network is planned to be held: welcome to the Cathar Country!

The 4^th meeting of the network will be hosted by Nature Midi-Pyrénées and LPO Mission Rapaces in Roquefixade (the Ariège Department) /map/ on October 8^th & 9^th, 2016.

The sessions will be held in the town hall where the Eagle Owl meeting was held in 2014. Detailed information about food and accommodation of the participants will be available soon in the next announcement and the registration form.

As usual, the presentations cover various topics: general monitoring of Short-toed Eagle in various regions by local groups, various fields of biology or ecoethology, protection and conservation of the species… All your works are of interest and deserve to be better known.
The presentations should take not more than 20 minutes to allow 10 minutes discussion after each of them. Proposals of your speeches are expected from now on.
To be accepted, your submission must be sent in the form of a summary to one of us (emails below) by July 30^th in order to set the agenda for the two days of the meeting.

A registration brochure will be available very soon. Thanks in advance for retaining the date in your fall calendar!

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The regular annual review of Short-toed Eagle monitoring in the Alpes de Haute-Provence /map/ coordinated by Cédric Arnaud:

• Cédric ARNAUD, 2015 – Suivi du Circaète Jean-le-blanc dans les Alpes de Haute-Provence. Petit coup d’œil en arrière : résultats du suivi pour l’année 2015 [Monitoring of Short-toed Eagle in the Alpes de Haute-Provence. Results for 2015]: 19 p. – (Fr) {rough translation}.

The list of contents (Fr): Résultats du suivi 2015 – 3; Suivi de la reproduction – 6; Régime alimentaire – 10; Migration et dates de présence – 11; IInterventions d’information, de sensibilisation et d’échanges – 12; Centre de soins de la faune sauvage 04-05 Aquila – 12; Observations particulières – 13; Bases de données et sites de saisies de données en ligne – 15; Participants – 16; Campagne de suivi & objectifs 2016 – 17; Site de saisie de données en ligne en 2016 – PNRV – 18; Résumé – 19.

This article, which was published a year ago and was based on data collected in the Cévennes National Park (Parc national des Cévennes) /map/, is available now on the Le C.R.B.P.O. website:

• Jean-Pierre Malafosse, Pierre Maigre, 2014 – Dispersion post-natale des jeunes Circaètes Jean-le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus [Post-breeding dispersal of young Short-toed Eagles] // Alauda, 82 (2): 81-84. – (Fr).

Short-toed Eagles in Cévennes National Park /map/, review for the previous year:

• Jean-Pierre et Isabelle MALAFOSSE, 2014 – Le Circaète Jean-le-Blanc, résultats pour 2014. Suivi des Rapaces forestiers en Lozère et dans le Parc National des Cévennes [Short-toed Eagle, results for 2014. Monitoring of Raptors in Lozère and in the Cévennes National Park], rapport interne C.R.B.P.O./P.N.C.: 14 p. – (Fr) {rough translation}.

Thanks a lot to Jean-Pierre and Isabelle for sharing the remarkable results of their outstanding large-scale work in the region!

Please, see the next annual review of monitoring of Short-toed Eagle in the Alpes de Haute-Provence /map/ prepared by Cédric Arnaud with the participation of local observers:

• Cédric ARNAUD, 2014 – Suivi du Circaète Jean-le-blanc dans les Alpes de Haute-Provence. Résultats du suivi pour l’année 2014 [Monitoring of Short-toed Eagle in the Alpes de Haute-Provence. Results for 2014]: 13 p. – (Fr) {rough translation}.

The list of contents (Fr): Inventaires – 2; Reproduction – 4; Régime alimentaire – 7; Migration et dates d’arrivée/départ – 8; Interventions d’information, de sensibilisation et échanges – 8; Centre de soins de la faune sauvage 04-05 Aquila – 9; Campagne de suivi 2014 – 10; Observations particulières – 10; Campagne de suivi et objectifs 2015 – 11; Bases de données en ligne – 11; Participants – 12; Rendez-vous pour le suivi 2015 – 13.

We would like to bring to your attention the 5^th gallery of photos taken by Bernard Joubert at a nest of Short-toed Eagle in Haute-Loire /map/. Although the pair has eventually occupied another (last year’s) nest for the breeding, Bernard’s camera has captured scenes of the early nesting behaviour of the birds. Thanks to the researcher, we have a possibility to see unique moments of this eagles’ life once again.