Collaboration

Project partners

BIO-CONSULT OS (BIOCON)

BIO-CONSULT OS, based in Osnabrück/Belm, has been active as an office in environmental and landscape planning since 1994. The office has a focus on meadow bird conservation. In addition to the preparation of expert reports and monitoring programmes, it is also practically active in clutch and chick protection for many years.

BIOCON has carried out various projects on meadow birds in the past. This includes studies on hatching and breeding success, population trends, predation monitoring, radio telemetry and satellite tagging.

Two men sit at a small table. The man on the left is holding a Black-tailed Godwit and the... — Dr. Johannes Melter (BIOCON, left) and Christopher Marlow (NLWKN) prepare a Black-tailed Godwit for tagging in their mobile field office. Photo: H. Lemke/NLWKN

A man has a Black-tailed Godwit on his lap. It lays on its back. The man puts a ring on... — Dr. Johannes Melter puts colour rings on a Black-tailed Godwit. Photo: H. Lemke/NLWKN

Two hands hold a bird close to the camera. On its back is a small device with a solar... — A Black-tailed Godwit with a GPS tag. Photo: C. Marlow/NLWKN

Two men stand on a dyke in front of a very flat landscape. The man on the right holds his... — Jürgen Ludwig (NLWKN, left) and Dr. Johannes Melter release a Black-tailed Godwit that they just ringed and tagged. Photo: H. Lemke/NLWKN

A hand holds a young Black-tailed Godwit into the camera. It has three rings on each leg.... — A young Black-tailed Godwit that has just been colour-ringed. Photo: C. Marlow/NLWKN

A woman is standing in the open front left door of her car. In her right hand she is... — Nadja Hofmann (BIOCON) is using a portable radio antenna to trace chicks that carry radio transmitters. Photo: B. Hönisch/BIOCON

A Black-tailed Godwit stands on wet grassland. It has three rings on each leg and a black... — This Black-tailed Godwit carries clearly visible colour rings. Also, the antenna on its back indicates that it carries a GPS transmitter. Photo: O. Lange/NLWKN

Within the LIFE project GrassBirdHabitats, BIOCON is working on the following actions:

Colour-ringing of Black-tailed Godwits at the project area V39 Dümmer
Monitoring hatching success of Black-tailed Godwits, Curlews and Lapwings at the project area V39 Dümmer
Radio telemetry of meadow bird chicks at the project area V39 Dümmer
Satellite telemetry of Black-tailed Godwits at the project areas V18 Unterelbe and V39 Dümmer

BIOCON team

Dr Johannes Melter

Project coordination, telemetry, colour-ringing

Photo of Dr Johannes Melter.

Bettina Hönisch

Monitoring breeding and hatching success, telemetry

Photo of Bettina Hönisch.

Nadja Hofmann

Monitoring breeding and hatching success, telemetry, colour-ringing

Photo of Nadja Hofmann.

Marius Holtkamp

Monitoring breeding and hatching success, telemetry, colour-ringing

Photo of Marius Holtkamp.

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