Arvo (2025) - former Eedi's nest (Karula NP)

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2026

Happy New Year!
enjoy our downloadable Black Stork Calendar viewtopic.php?p=53192#p53192

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January 07

weather forecast (https://meteofrance.com/)



Département Bouches-du-Rhône:
08., 09.01 - no special vigilance


(source: https://vigilance.meteofrance.fr/fr/bou ... one/demain)

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Arvo has been enjoying the marshlands and rice fields of the Camargue (France) since 28 September

DAY: mostly in the area of the rice fields with irrigation canals
NIGHT: mostly trees on the shore the Petit-Rhône

- The Camargue rice-growing cycle begins in late winter with ploughing. Gutters are then dug to regulate irrigation and drainage. In mid-April, the land is irrigated and seed-sowing begins. Thereafter, water management becomes crucial to crop management. Depending on climate and plant progression, the land is alternately drained and re-watered. Harvesting, which takes place just once a year, is from late September to early October using combine harvesters equipped to work in wet soils.
https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazin ... own/232115

- The rice is harvested from mid-September to the end of October. The paddy fields are drained to allow harvesters, equipped with caterpillar tracks to collect the rice, and transport it to nearby silos. ... During the rest of autumn and winter, each field is dried and levelled with the aid of a laser-guided blade as the surface must be as flat as possible. Canals and drains are repaired. ... The crop is in water from May to September and we drain the fields 15 days before we harvest it. ...
https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazin ... gue/460000)

https://en.lesbainsgardians.com/post/la ... -decouvrir

PHOTOS (river, rice fields, marshes)
wider view (viewtopic.php?p=52563#p52563):
- night roost - https://i.postimg.cc/j5f1wpZv/2025-10-1 ... iers-2.jpg
- marshland and rice fields https://i.postimg.cc/8cV0hZ0y/2025-10-1 ... margue.jpg



situation on 01.01.2026 - distance: 4539 km

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big circle: favourite feeding area
small circle: favourite night spot




source: https://www.symadrem.fr/actualites/2025 ... tit-rhone/

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FRANCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
Southern France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_France

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provence- ... e_d%27Azur
Department: Bouches-du-Rhône https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouches-du-Rh%C3%B4ne

Subprefecture and commune Arles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arles
the commune of Arles includes a number of outlying towns and hamlets, including Albaron, Gageron, Mas-Thibert, Moulès, Pont-de-Crau, Raphèle-lès-Arles, Saliers, Salin-de-Giraud and Le Sambuc.

SALIERS is a village of about 350 inhabitants located in the north-west of the Camargue in the commune of Arles.
(https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliers)

CAMARGUE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camargue
(more infos + map: viewtopic.php?p=52435#p52435)

Camargue Biosphere Reserve: https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/eu-na/camargue
Camargue (Ramsar Site) https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/346
Parc naturel régional de Camargue http://www.parc-camargue.fr/
Camargue IBA and KBA: https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/camargue

A further expanse of marshy plain, known as the "Petite Camargue" (Little Camargue; Occitan: Pichon Camarga), just to the west of the "Petit Rhône", lies within the department of Gard.
The Camargue was designated a Ramsar site as a "Wetland of International Importance" on 1 December 1986. The Petite Camargue received this designation on 8 January 1996.

PETITE CAMARGUE: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite_Camargue
(more info, map: viewtopic.php?p=52451#p52451)