France began to protect the raptor osprey in the 1980s. There are about a hundred pairs of this species in France. Most of them live along the banks of the Loire River and feed on fish.
This is an osprey photographed in Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher department of France on July 2. Xinhua News Agency /France
This is an osprey photographed in Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher department of France on July 2. Xinhua News Agency/AFP
This is an osprey photographed in Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher department of France on July 2. Xinhua News Agency/AFP
html On July 2, in the Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher province of France, staff attached a metal ring to the talon of an osprey as a mark. Xinhua News Agency/AFPThis is an osprey photographed in Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher department of France on July 2. Xinhua News Agency/AFP
html On July 2, in the Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher province of France, staff attached a metal ring to the talon of an osprey as a mark. Xinhua News Agency/AFP html On July 2, in the Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher province of France, staff attached a metal ring to the talon of an osprey as a mark. Xinhua News Agency/AFP html On July 2, an osprey flew over the Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher department of France. Xinhua News Agency/AFP html On July 2, staff inspected the wings of an osprey in Chambord National Park in the Loire-et-Cher province, France. Xinhua News Agency/French News