The wild lily of the valley arrives for the traditional 1st May fête 2006

Wild animals & wild flowers around Annecy

The wild lily of the valley arrives for the traditional 1st May fête 2006

Monday 01 May 2006

No climate change in the Haute Savoie, the woodland lily of the valley arrived as usual for 1st May.
This year there were lots of buds, which turned into large bellflowers after a day in the restaurant of the Hotel Araclod in Doussard where they have been taking pride of place since 1947.

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Vultures in Aravis range (Monday 12 September 2011)
Three year ago, Vultures could be watched flying in Bauges ( pictures of Bernard Dubois), two years ago they were in Aravis and now they come again Thanks to Henri et Marie Noel Cannard for this ...
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Migratory pigeons on annecy lake (Monday 29 August 2011)
Migratory birds late in August 2011 FR Text: 29/08/2011 Near the River, flocks of pigeons were spread out in freshly mowed fields or in fields of wheat harvested in July ...
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sheep keepers and wolves (Saturday 30 July 2011)
Sheep keepers have won the right of shooting wolves in special conditions web site ...
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Fario Trout in doussard (Friday 03 June 2011)
Fabrice GRELIER a falli réaliser un exploit pour sortir de l'eau cette belle truite fario de 1500 g : avec de l'eau à hauteur des aisselles dans ses cuissardes, il a glissé dans ...
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Marmottes wake up under snow (Tuesday 01 March 2011)
Nice pictures given by the family Leclere ...
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The Red Kite at the Arcalod (Wednesday 29 July 2009)
A beautiful photo of the Red Kite taken by Olivier Broginni using his zoom. http://milan-royal.lpo.fr/espece/espece_bas.html http://www.hotelarcalod.fr/images/faune_de_haute_savoie/1248878600.jpg ...
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The Sabots de Venus are there! (Thursday 11 June 2009)
A secret location as the sabots de venus are protected flowers. 10th June 2009 is approaching the end of the flowering period which ended earlier than last year. thanks to Etienne & ...
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The massacre continues: 37 sheep killed by wolves (Thursday 11 June 2009)
On the Plateau de glières there were over 30 sheep killed by wolves at night due to the shepherd not being able to shut them in their enclosure. One of the ...
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Support committee for the shepherds against the wolves (Thursday 07 May 2009)
Wolves have the right to live and the shepherds as well. Let's keep the shepherd in the mountain pastures and create nature reserves for the wolves. the flocks make up the life ...
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One wolf for killing in haute Savoie!! (Friday 24 April 2009)
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Howl medium duke (Friday 31 October 2008)
In the zoom lens of my friend Roger Rothmuller, this owl did not blink of eyes. pretty job, because the owl is not often allowed to notice near houses ...
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Old world swallowtail butterfly (Tuesday 05 August 2008)
A mountain walk to Praz vechin , a magnificent un superbe machaon nous survole qui prend le frais à 1700 m d'altitude et qui se pose finalement pour le téléobjectif ...
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Sabot de Vénus in profusion in mid June (Thursday 12 June 2008)
The 'sabot de Vénus', to be seen in our photo gallery thanks to Isabelle Dagan's collection, is a rare protected flower around Lake Annecy. Jojo Lunelli also has some beautiful photos ...
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Marmots on the Marlens (Thursday 17 July 2008)
photos of Michel & Charlette, Joseph. A good idea to stop at the first car park : there's so much to see while walking. photos to come ...
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wolves and vultures in the Haute Savoie (Thursday 26 June 2008)
On a visit to chalet Deloche at the end of june we heard that there were a dozen or so vultures during the summer of 2007 The shepherd has been ...
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The wolf in the line of fire (Friday 06 June 2008)
The local press have brought up the burning issue : the wolf population is to be reduced in the country and the 2 Savoies. It's not too soon!!! This is an official ...
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Return of the European Honey Buzzard (Sunday 25 May 2008)
Often taken for the Common Buzzard, the Honey Buzzard arrives here in the middle of May and leaves in the middle of August. On 24th May 2008, 1500 have been ...
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Peacock butterfly (Tuesday 25 March 2008)
"Merci" to Louis Garin for this photo of this spring butterfly. the heavy snow falls have covered up the flowers but spared the butterflies : this specimen landed next to us ...
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Aconitum napellus (Monkshood, "aconite", "Wolf's Bane", Fuzi, and "Monk's Blood") (Thursday 23 August 2007)
Discovered in Papy's lovely bouquet 15th August, this magnificent blue flower the same size as the "ancolie" but in the shape of a helmet, turned out to be the famous ...
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CHAMOIS AUGUST (Thursday 16 August 2007)
Photos speak better than words: These photos were taken by my friend Roger Rothmuller, "the Bauges eagle", who accompanied us Tuesday 14th August had a brand new heart and 10kg ...
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Dianthus (Saturday 04 August 2007)
named for its stunning colour, the dianthus was spotted by Christophe on a walk to Entrevernes where he photographed the magnificent and rare "Sabots de Vénus". Thank you Christophe for ...
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Griffon Vultures seen above Rosay Mountains (Tuesday 24 July 2007)
One of the hotel clients who had been up to buy cheese, brought the news that Pascal Pan has seen several griffon vultures above his chalet. This is unusual as the ...
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Come back of wolf is not goof for Alpine countries (Tuesday 24 July 2007)
Experts are worrying of the consquences of the the necessity of gathering the flocks by night. In an item of the World of July 23 2007, Nathalie Grynspzan resumes the acts of ...
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the first rododendrons at the col du pré. 1700 m (Friday 15 June 2007)
The rhodendrons are in advance at the col du pré, 13th June 2007, photo Claye-Claessen ...
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Roger Janin 's Edelweiss . (Friday 21 July 2006)
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BERNARD'S "PATOU" PYRENEAN MOUNTAIN DOG (Wednesday 11 April 2007)
The superb and huge pyrenean mountain dog, known as a "patou", watches after the herds of goats and protects them from being attacked by a wolf while they are in ...
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Trout Fishing season opens in March. (Monday 12 March 2007)
With March floods, the rivers almost reached warning level (Eau morte, Bornette, Ire and Laudon) and the lake, a good omen for the start of the fishing season. Fly fishing, with ...
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Judges decided the shepherd who shot the wolf in the Bauges acted in self defence. (Friday 12 January 2007)
The shepherd in the Bauges mountains ,who killed a wolf thinking it was a dog, won his appeal in the court at Chambéry. This brought great satisfaction to the rural mountain ...
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The bear and the wolf in the Haute Savoie near the Lake of Annecy (Monday 01 May 2006)
If the last bear in the Haute Savoie is on show “stuffed” near the commune of Doussard where it was killed in 1893, the wolf, definitely alive, appeared in the ...
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The wild lily of the valley arrives for the traditional 1st May fête 2006