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For the Black-tailed Godwit, March is all about new beginnings: large-scale migrations and the first signs of spring in the breeding grounds…

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A bird stands in a green meadow with white flowers. A small antenna can be seen on its back.

Where do migratory birds spend most of the year? For Black-tailed Godwits, the answer lies far beyond their breeding grounds. For a new scientific…

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In February, the LIFE Godwit Flyway managers Andreas Barkow and Ulf Bauchinger from NLWKN visited the Portuguese partners from the Tagus Estuary…

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EVOA hosting a meeting on World Wetlands Day

On World Wetlands Day, EVOA hosted a meeting celebrating the convergence of active land management and international scientific recognition. The event…

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In November, the days are short, cold and dark, and the meadow bird breeding grounds in Germany are deserted. This makes it a good time to follow the…

In the framework of the LIFE IP GrassBirdHabitats and LIFE Wiesenvögel NRW projects, we are announcing an exciting postdoc vacancy at the University…

Wet grasslands are vital ecosystems, home to iconic bird species like the Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa limosa), Eurasian Curlew (Numenius…

A bird with a long beak and an orange head stands in shallow water. Grass is reaching out of...

In July, Andreas Barkow and Ulf Bauchinger from the Lower Saxony LIFE Godwit Flyway team were able to observe the tagged Black-tailed Godwit ‘Werner’…

A map showing Europe and northern Africa. A green line connects Germany and Senegal.

Yesterday, a delegation of the LIFE Wadden Sea Birds project has visited the Dümmer. The aim of this LIFE project is to establish and manage bird…

Twelve persons standing on a road next to a grassland. They hold a LIFE and a Natura 2000 flag.

After a nine-month journey, the Black-tailed Godwit ‘Werner’ has returned to his breeding grounds at the Lower Elbe. Last year the bird was ringed by…

A Black-tailed Godwit standing on a grassland. Its beek is open. On each of its legs, there are...

LIFE Godwit Flyway protects Black-tailed Godwits through habitat optimisation in the breeding area and also in the staging and wintering areas. To be…

Six people standing in very tall grass in a flat landscape. Two of them use binoculars.

Project member Georgette Lagendijk (University of Groningen) and eleven contributors, of which many are also associated with the LIFE IP…

Two fluffy bird chicks stand on muddy grassland.

Stepping stones of the LIFE Godwit Flyway project will be recorded in a documentary film that is to be broadcasted on public television in Portugal by…