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“In Charente-Maritime, in the early 1990s, we counted a single wintering stork. The 2000s marked a turning point, as everywhere else in France. We now have 130 wintering individuals,” summarizes Nicolas Gendre. Responsible for several “Avifaune” programs at the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), this professional follows the populations of white storks passing through or settled in Charente-Maritime, one of the French departments where most of these storks are concentrated. waders, with the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin.