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Oiseaux .Net, WHO ARE WE ?

Why this website ?

The purpose of the website oiseaux.net, managed by the French society "Ecopains d'abord"(that means �Friends first�), is to share passion for birds and nature generally.
"To share knowledge, to bring up a new look, to modify behaviours facing the Nature.", that is the ambition of this portal and avifauna encyclopaedic guide.
The website is managed by voluntary ornithologist or naturalists, contributing to its enrichment, and implicated themselves in eco-citizen reasoning.


History

In December 1995, Didier Collin, impassioned by computer science and very close to Nature, makes his first steps on Internet, and decides to set up the Website �Les Oiseaux du Moulin� (that means �mill�s birds�).
It starts and the author describes the Lorraine�s birds through Identification Records. The Website "Les hirondelles" (�the Swallows�) is born from his meeting with Jean Charennat, impassioned by Nature too, in collaboration with the LPO MOSELLE GROUP. (LPO means �bird�s protection League�); Lorraine and Moselle are areas in East of France.
With help from those who have contributed to its enrichment, "oiseaux.net" is today successful and recognized. Since its creation, the website got an ornithological directory, a books selection about Nature, and it allows having an access to the integral version of the bird�s natural story, from Buffon. (French naturalist-1707/1788)
In 2003, this project has increased in such proportion that creation of �Ecopains d�abord� society became necessary. It was being possible thanks to numerous people adhering to this adventure. Society�s purposes are to promote, to develop and to increase the image of ecology and cultural patrimony of the area.
Society also wishes to act for a better appreciation of biodiversity, and to help on Nature protection.


And tomorrow ...

Website attendance has such increased, that we had to rent an Internet server. This investment will allow to make the website more pleasant and interactive, but also to house others websites in harmony with Nature (Ypix).
Our purposes are to enrich contents with pictures and identification records about birds. Didactic games. Placing an activity schedule combining Nature discovery and cultural public demonstration. Opening towards schools. Creation of pedagogical identification records for kids.


Oiseaux.net is :

folders au 20/07/2005

  • 76 376 folders and et 15 195 html pages
  • 668 detailed identification records about birds.
  • 7 677 pictures and 1 246 birds� drawings
  • An ornithological directory with 365 links
  • A selection of 1 482 books about birds in French(*), 3 890 in English and 49 985 about Nature

Website
attendance

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Seen pages number

5.2 M

11.1 M

20.7 M

31.2 M

34.3 M

Visit number (in million/an)

0.5 M

1.1 M

2.2 M

3.2 M

4.0 M

Average daily receipts (visits/day)

1 422

3 132

6 055

8 632

11 001

Average daily receipts

Europe(62,3 %), North America(24,6%), Africa(1,8%), Asia(1,0%), South America(0,8%), Oceania(0,3%), others(9,1%)


The team : 109 people


Software, equipment


References

* All receipts coming from book�s sell are entirely reversed to Ecopains Society, to cover host�s charges and finance its projects. (See memorandum of association)

Created at 08/08/2005 by Didier Collin © 1996-2026 Oiseaux.net