Cambridgeshire Bird Club Partnership with Oursi: Common Crane and White Stork observed at Oursi

Thursday 20 March 2008

Common Crane and White Stork observed at Oursi

Photo © Oursi Bird Club

We have just heard the news that, with Common Crane, a new species has been observed at Lake Oursi by the Oursi Bird Club - please see the photo of the birds. Common Cranes are rare at the southern fringes of the Sahara. Also, a sighting of White Storks has been remarkable. Thanks to Oursi Bird Club for letting us know about this news.

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Many of our birds in Cambridgeshire migrate south in autumn to spend the winter in Africa, building a natural link for birds and birdwatchers between Europe and Africa. Burkina Faso is a sub-Sahelian country which harbours many European birds, and even a number of birds ringed in Cambridgeshire have been recovered in this African nation.

Lake Oursi is one of only ten Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Burkina Faso, located in the very dry north close to the borders with Niger and Mali (See Google Map and a PDF Map). This site, made up of a series of lakes interspersed with sand-dunes, grassland and stands of trees, is very important for wetland birds.

We hope to regularly exchange information with the Oursi Bird Club and let our members know when birds from Europe arrive, how the numbers of typical ‘Cambridgeshire birds’ such as the Black-tailed Godwit are doing at Oursi, what other species do occur there etc.

If you wish to find out more about this partnership please contact peterherkenrath(AT)yahoo.co.uk of the Cambridgeshire Bird Club.

Cambridgeshire Bird Club Partnership with Oursi

Thursday 20 March 2008

Common Crane and White Stork observed at Oursi

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