whereas, at the height of the overwintering period, large numbers of birds that have migrated from northern Europe are to be found on the French coast, whereas the collection, emergency treatment and de-oiling centres set up by nature conservancy associations have received over 20 000 birds, and whereas scientists estimate that more than 100 000 birds belonging to 23 species have been affected, in particular open-sea species (guillemots, razorbills, puffins, gannets, kittiwakes, storm petrels, etc.), coastal species (great crested, Slavonian and little grebes, red-breasted mergansers, common scoters, dunlins, purple sandpipers and sanderlings) and estuarine species (such as little egrets and kingfishers),
kehottaa komissiota etsimään yhteistyössä EU:n rahoittamien ja Euroopan tasolla toimivien kansalaisjärjestöjen kanssa luovia tapoja, jotka mahdollistavat pienimuotoisen rahoituksen jakamisen pienille kansalaisjärjestöillenot-set not-set