{"id":21127,"date":"2024-03-22T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/birdwatching-along-the-canals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:06:43","slug":"birdwatching-along-the-canals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/blog\/birdwatching-along-the-canals\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdwatching along the canals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To introduce you to the birds that can be seen along the canals, here is an interview with Sarah Dujardin from the Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Introduce us to the LPO:<\/span><\/h2>\nThe LPO is an association founded in 1912 in Brittany to protect puffins (which have since become our logo), victims of oil spills and still present today on the 7 Islands nature reserve (22). Today, the LPO is present throughout France. There is the LPO en France, which acts directly in several departments and has its head office in Rochefort, and local LPOs such as the LPO Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, which has its head office in Dijon. This branch was created in 2021 from the merger of the regional delegations.\n\nThe aim of the association in the Bourgogne Franche-Comt\u00e9 region is to take action or promote action in favour of nature and biodiversity, in the fields of knowledge, expertise and research; protection, conservation and defence; management and recovery; education and promotion. The association contributes to the observation, understanding and monitoring of the evolution of nature and biodiversity by proposing all actions that would be favourable to it.\n

What are the association’s missions?<\/span><\/h2>\nThe LPO’s missions fall into three main categories:\n