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News blog

What's new?

Our news blog offers insights into the latest advancements and activities that are related to the project. You will find the most recent blog entries in the green slider below.

5 people are standing on the left of the picture, two of them are carrying camera equipment. In front of the group is a spotting scope. The people are talking to each other, while a wide green area and a cloudy sky can be seen in the background.

Together with his colleague from the Nature Conservation Station Unterelbe, Jan-Henrik Junge, Hilger Lemke – site manager for northern Lower Saxony in…

Two birds on a damp meadow, one sitting on the other with its wings outstretched.

In our project areas in Lower Saxony, the Black-tailed Godwit breeding season slowly ends in late June: all known active nests already hatched.…

Three people standing in a darkened hut watching a lake outside the windows. Posters of birds are hanging on the walls in the background.

In a recent exploratory visit to the Special Protection Area Barnbruch, representatives from NABU Ecological Station Aller/Oker (ÖNSA), the district…

Two men stand in front of shallow water. Each of them has a tripod with a spotting scope.

We are announcing two exciting PhD positions to contribute to meadow bird conservation in West Africa within our project. This research is a…

The green vastness of the Ems dyke forelands is still home to highly endangered meadow bird species such as Lapwing, Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit.…

Open marsh grassland with a ditch on the left and a group of people walking away from the camera on the right. The meadow is being overflown by a flock of birds.

Meadow birds have a cultural significance in the Netherlands and play a key role in the Dutch ecosystems. Nevertheless, with the rapid decline in…

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On 18 April 2024 a lecture on “Meadow bird protection for Lapwings in East Frisia” took place at the Nature Conservation Station Ems. Joachim Schwane…

Two people in outdoor clothing standing with their backs to the camera. They are looking at open grassland. The person on the left is looking through binoculars.

Just in time for the start of the breeding season in the Workumerwaard, one of the most important meadow bird areas in Friesland, the annual partner…

Group photo of around 30 people standing in a sunny meadow.

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) recently published its 28th Artenschutzbrief, a magazine reporting about up-to-date information on current…

Close-up of a bird being held by a person.

A project-related study that has been published in ARDEA, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, investigated the impact of intensified predator control…

Hatched bird chicks sitting on eggshells in between grass.

Last year, more than 200 breeding pairs of the rare Black-tailed Godwit nested in the Dümmer marsh, and the species is still present in the Boller…

Corinna Langebrake, our newest team member, started working at the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park Administration (NLPV) last month. Her main…

Last week marked an early surprise as the first Black-tailed Godwit reached Lake Dümmer after spending the last few months in its wintering grounds.…

Portrait of a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit sitting on a post in front of blurry nature background.

In order to learn from the respective working practices of the project partners, members of the NLWKN GrassBirdHabitats team visited their project…

A group of people are standing in a cowshed. Cows can be seen in the background. On the right of the picture is a hand-painted wall with various birds.

News

News blog

What's new?

TV report on the Oste estuary

The meadow bird breeding season 2024

Project area visit to assess the bird habitats at Barnbruch

Two PhD job openings for meadow bird research

Meadow bird conservation between wet grassland and the tidal area of the Ems

Exchange of experiences at the Nature Conservation Station Ems

Report on meadow bird conservation in the Netherlands

Current status and future perspectives

Review of the "Lapwing Days" at the Nature Conservation Station Ems

Successful events on the bird of the year 2024

Annual face-to-face meeting held in Workum

Cross-national project partner meeting

Report on imminent threats to meadow birds in France

Hunting of Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwit in the French resting areas endangers the populations

Improving clutch and chick survival trough predator control

New scientific paper about predator management effects published

More space for Black-tailed Godwits and fellows at the Dümmer

New wood maintenance measures for grassland birds in nature reserves around Dümmer

Team growth in the project

Meet biologist Dr Corinna Langebrake

Early arrival

First Black-tailed Godwit at Lake Dümmer

Project workshop on agriculture and meadow bird conservation

Exchange between Frisian and Lower Saxon partners in Workum