Vallée bocagère de l'Egray (ZNIEFF 540220143)

On Friday 22nd March 2024 at 10:52 UTC, Lucas ON3YB, a radio amateur from Belgium made contact with Daniel F6EOC/P, a radio amateur from France who was operating from Vallée bocagère de l'Egray (ZNIEFF 540220143) on the 40m amateur radio band.

Daniel made 137 contacts in total while he was in this reserve and was the first to activate it for the World Wide Flora & Fauna in amateur radio group.

The Egray Bocage Valley is a Type 2 ZNIEFF Area which covers 1,982 Hectares in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.

ZNIEFF is a scientific list of natural areas which are of interest ecologically for both fauna and flora. A Type 2 area is a landscape where the natural environment and human settlement are in greater balance than the wider area in which it is located.