Report of the month
Report of the month - March
History: The nature reserve "Schlammwiss" was founded in 1982 by the foundation"Hellef fir Natur" (HFN). Afterwards the group "Letzeburger Natur- a Vullenschutzliga" (LNVL) founded the station "Schlammwiss". The station is leaded by the "centrale ornithologique Luxembourg" (COL), a part of the asbl. Natur & Emwelt. Due to the fact that Luxembourg doesn't have its own bird ringing central, we work in cooperation with Royal Belgian Instutitute of Natural Sciences. Therefore, we use rings from the Belgian Museum of Natural Sciences.
Location: The bird ringing station "Schlammwiss" is located in Luxembourg, between the communities Schuttrange & Munsbach. The nature reserve is part of the 375ha big Syrvalley and is an extremely important Natura 2000 zone. The reserve is periodicly flooded due to the Syr river, which is an important generator of biodiversity.
Research area: Around 30ha are used for researche, on a length of 1km and a width of 30-120m. The main area is covered by reeds and wetlands (20ha). Furthermore, the resarch area is subdivided and caracterized by an orchard, a forest, several ponds distributed throughout the reedbed and a purification plant (SIAS). The main techniques employed are mist nets and rail traps in order to realize population estimates (i.e. breeding population, migration, overwintering population) and survival estimates by Capture-Mark-Recapture. There are several projects running in the nature reserve and visitation are possible.
Summary of the ringing activity this month
In March, our members who are mostly volunteers, have spent about 654 hours working at at the birdringing station
"Schlammwiss". This results in 514 hours ringing activities and 140 working hours at the station this month.
Thanks a lot for your help!
With this effort it was possible to capture 710 birds of 29 species (see the table left) this month at our station.
This number is subdivided in 300 E, 138 K and 1272 W. The total amount of individuals (E+K) is 438. This is lower (-10) than the mean number of birds caught at the station from 2001-2020 and higher (+194) than the number of last year.
None bird foreign origin has been caught.
E: first capture of this individual
W: recapture of an individual which was already captured this year
K: individuals which were ringed one or more years ago or individuals with a foreign country or station
TOP 5
| species | n | ||
| 1. | EMBSCH | Reed Bunting | 55 |
| 2. | EMBCIT | Yellowhammer |
52 |
| 3. | PHYCOL | Chiffchaff | 46 |
| 4. | ERIRUB | Robin | 45 |
| 5. | PARCAE | Blue Tit | 35 |
Interesting birds captured:
| species | n | |
| 1. | Accipiter nisus | 1 |
| 2. |
Luscinia svecica |
1 |
| 3. |
Passer montanus |
4 |
| 4. |
Rallus aquaticus |
2 |
| 5. |
Remiz pendulinus |
2 |
The first graphic below shows the current situation of birds captured this year in comparison of the median number of birds captured from 2001-2020. In addition, we include a new bar
chart with an more accurate time calculation. The bar chart is divided in the normal ringing activities, special ringing activities (e.g.: ringing Barn Owls, control of nest boxes,..) and time we
spent at the bird ringing station for further work or "other activities" (e.g.: replacing of nets, clearing net lines, visits,...).
In older calculations, only a time calculation was done on the basis of the ringing data. This time calculation was retained for graphs 2 and 3 so that the results can be compared with recent years.
The number of birds captured this year and working time this year (old calculation) in comparison of the mean number of birds caught in the years 2001-2020 and the mean working time from 2018-2020 is shown in the second graph below left.
In the second graph below right you can find a comparison of this year with the last three years.
In the graph on the left you can see the course of the ringed species compared to the days with open nets of each month. Furthermore, the mean value of species and the open nets days from 2018-2020 are displayed. The distribution of birds ringed and working time per day are illustrated in the graph on the left. The number of birds ringed is separated in E, W and K.
First spring arrivals captured:
| Species |
Latin Name |
Date (2021) |
Date (2020) |
Date (2019) |
Late or early |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | 23.1 | 23.2 | 31.3 | +31 |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | 13.2 | 17.2 | 31.3 | +4 |
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | 20.2 | 2.3 | 10.3 | +10 |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecia | 27.3 | 16.3 | 25.3 | -11 |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | 28.3 | 27.4 |
7.4 |
+30 |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | 20.3 | 3.3 | 17.3 | -17 |
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | 16.3 | 9.4 | ||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | 23.3 | / | ||
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | 24.3 | / | ||
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | 30.3 | 1.4 | ||
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | 31.3 | / | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 5.4 | / | ||
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | 6.4 | 10.5 | ||
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | 19.4 | / | ||
| Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | 19.4 | 8.4 | ||
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | 21.4 | 1.5 | ||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | 21.4 | 14.4 | ||
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | 21.4 | / | ||
| Garden Warbler | Syvlia borin | 28.4 | 22.4 | ||
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | 28.4 | / | ||
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | 18.5 | 22.4 | ||
| Red Backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | 17.5 | 10.5 | ||
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | 10.5 | 13.5 |
The distribution of the age is shown in the pie chart below. You can find the exact amount in the table right. Birds with the age code 1 or 3 are considered as juvenile and birds with an age code of 4 or higher are registered as adults. Note that the age of birds with the code 6 or higher is (in the most cases) only possible to tell by recaptured birds (K). The age of birds with the code 2 is unknown.
| Code | Amount | Definiton | |
| C | 1 | older than four years | |
| B | 4 | born four years ago | |
| A |
7 |
older than three years | |
| 9 | 8 | born three years ago | |
| 8 | 9 | older than two years | |
| 7 | 20 | born two years ago | |
| 6 | 35 | older than one year | |
| 5 |
166 |
born last year | |
| 4 |
188 |
age unknown, but not born this year | |
| 3 | / | born this year | |
| 2 | / | age unknown | |
| 1 | / | nestling |
Foreign birds that we controlled this year:
| Month | Species | Country | Central | |
| March | Phylloscopus collybita | Germany | Radolfzell | |
All our sightings are registered by ornitho.lu
Thanks to everyone who was observing at our station and put the data online!
Photos of this month
Some photographers sent us their photos which we included into our report.
All other photos are provided by Jim Schmitz.
Thank you for the photos!
Did you take any photos at the station, a visit or of any birds with a ring that could be from our station and want to publish those in the next report of the month?
Extra story:
In order to support the expansion of the Hoopoe (Upupa epos) and hopefully the natural reintroduction of breeding birds in Luxembourg, we installed about 30 new nest boxes this year!
We cross our fingers!
Thanks to the editiors of this report:
Charel Klein
Photos: Jim Schmitz
Providing the data: Cédric Brodin:
Report of the month - February
History: The nature reserve "Schlammwiss" was founded in 1982 by the foundation"Hellef fir Natur" (HFN). Afterwards the group "Letzeburger Natur- a Vullenschutzliga" (LNVL) founded the station "Schlammwiss". The station is leaded by the "centrale ornithologique Luxembourg" (COL), a part of the asbl. Natur & Emwelt. Due to the fact that Luxembourg doesn't have its own bird ringing central, we work in cooperation with Royal Belgian Instutitute of Natural Sciences. Therefore, we use rings from the Belgian Museum of Natural Sciences.
Location: The bird ringing station "Schlammwiss" is located in Luxembourg, between the communities Schuttrange & Munsbach. The nature reserve is part of the 375ha big Syrvalley and is an extremely important Natura 2000 zone. The reserve is periodicly flooded due to the Syr river, which is an important generator of biodiversity.
Research area: Around 30ha are used for researche, on a length of 1km and a width of 30-120m. The main area is covered by reeds and wetlands (20ha). Furthermore, the resarch area is subdivided and caracterized by an orchard, a forest, several ponds distributed throughout the reedbed and a purification plant (SIAS). The main techniques employed are mist nets and rail traps in order to realize population estimates (i.e. breeding population, migration, overwintering population) and survival estimates by Capture-Mark-Recapture. There are several projects running in the nature reserve and visitation are possible.
Summary of the ringing activity this month
In February, our members who are mostly volunteers, have spent about 479 hours working at at the birdringing station
"Schlammwiss". This results in 382 hours ringing activities and 97 working hours at the station this month.
Thanks a lot for your help!
With this effort it was possible to capture 544 birds of 32 species (see the table left) this month at our station.
This number is subdivided in 245 E, 150 K and 149 W. The total amount of individuals (E+K) is 395. This is higher (+264) than the mean number of birds caught at the station from 2001-2020 and higher (+221) than the number of last year.
None bird foreign origin has been caught.
E: first capture of this individual
W: recapture of an individual which was already captured this year
K: individuals which were ringed one or more years ago or individuals with a foreign country or station
TOP 5
| species | n | ||
| 1. | PARCAE | Blue Tit | 66 |
| 2. | EMBCIT | Yellowhammer |
65 |
| 3. | ANTSPIN | Water Pipit | 43 |
| 4. | PARMAJ | Great Tit | 40 |
| 5. | PASDOM | House Sparrow | 36 |
Interesting birds captured:
| species | n | |
| 1. | Accipiter nisus | 2 |
| 2. | Alauda arvensis | 3 |
| 3. | Anthus pratensis | 1 |
| 4. | Athene noctua | 1 |
| 5. | Carduelis spinus | 3 |
| 6. | Garrulus glandarius | 1 |
| 7. | Rallus aquaticus | 1 |
The first graphic below shows the current situation of birds captured this year in comparison of the median number of birds captured from 2001-2020. In addition, we include a new bar
chart with an more accurate time calculation. The bar chart is divided in the normal ringing activities, special ringing activities (e.g.: ringing Barn Owls, control of nest boxes,..) and time we
spent at the bird ringing station for further work (e.g.: replacing of nets, clearing net lines, visits,...).
In older calculations, only a time calculation was done on the basis of the ringing data. This time calculation was retained for graphs 2 and 3 so that the results can be compared with recent years.
The number of birds captured this year and working time this year (old calculation) in comparison of the mean number of birds caught in the years 2001-2020 and the mean working time from 2018-2020 is shown in the second graph below left.
In the second graph below right you can find a comparison of this year with the last three years.
In the graph on the left you can see the course of the ringed species compared to the days with open nets of each month. Furthermore, the mean value of species and the open nets days from 2018-2020 are displayed. The distribution of birds ringed and working time per day are illustrated in the graph on the left. The number of birds ringed is separated in E, W and K.
First spring arrivals captured:
| Species |
Latin Name |
Date (2021) |
Date (2020) |
Date (2019) |
Late or early |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | 23.1 | 23.2 | 31.3 | +31 |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | 13.2 | 17.2 | 31.3 | +4 |
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | 20.2 | 2.3 | 10.3 | +10 |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | 3.3 | 17.3 | ||
| White Spotted Bluethroat | Luscinia svecia cyanecula | 16.3 | 25.3 | ||
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | 16.3 | 9.4 | ||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | 23.3 | / | ||
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | 24.3 | / | ||
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | 30.3 | 1.4 | ||
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | 31.3 | / | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 5.4 | / | ||
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | 6.4 | 10.5 | ||
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | 19.4 | / | ||
| Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | 19.4 | 8.4 | ||
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | 21.4 | 1.5 | ||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | 21.4 | 14.4 | ||
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | 21.4 | / | ||
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | 27.4 | 7.4 | ||
| Garden Warbler | Syvlia borin | 28.4 | 22.4 | ||
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | 28.4 | / | ||
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | 18.5 | 22.4 | ||
| Red Backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | 17.5 | 10.5 | ||
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | 10.5 | 13.5 |
The distribution of the age is shown in the pie chart below. You can find the exact amount in the table right. Birds with the age code 1 or 3 are considered as juvenile and birds with an age code of 4 or higher are registered as adults. Note that the age of birds with the code 6 or higher is (in the most cases) only possible to tell by recaptured birds (K). The age of birds with the code 2 is unknown.
| Code | Amount | Definiton | |
| C | 2 | older than four years | |
| B | 3 | born four years ago | |
| A |
5 |
older than three years | |
| 9 | 5 | born three years ago | |
| 8 | 9 | older than two years | |
| 7 | 22 | born two years ago | |
| 6 | 40 | older than one year | |
| 5 |
175 |
born last year | |
| 4 |
134 |
age unknown, but not born this year | |
| 3 | / | born this year | |
| 2 | / | age unknown | |
| 1 | / | nestling |
Foreign birds that we controlled this year:
All our sightings are registered by ornitho.lu
Thanks to everyone who was observing at our station and put the data online!
Photos of this month
Some photographers sent us their photos which we included into our report.
All other photos are provided by Jim Schmitz.
Thank you for the photos!
Did you take any photos at the station, a visit or of any birds with a ring that could be from our station and want to publish those in the next report of the month?
Extra story:
Thanks to the editiors of this report:
Charel Klein
Photos: Jim Schmitz
Providing the data: Cédric Brodin:
Report of the month - January
History: The nature reserve "Schlammwiss" was founded in 1982 by the foundation"Hellef fir Natur" (HFN). Afterwards the group "Letzeburger Natur- a Vullenschutzliga" (LNVL) founded the station "Schlammwiss". The station is leaded by the "centrale ornithologique Luxembourg" (COL), a part of the asbl. Natur & Emwelt. Due to the fact that Luxembourg doesn't have its own bird ringing central, we work in cooperation with Royal Belgian Instutitute of Natural Sciences. Therefore, we use rings from the Belgian Museum of Natural Sciences.
Location: The bird ringing station "Schlammwiss" is located in Luxembourg, between the communities Schuttrange & Munsbach. The nature reserve is part of the 375ha big Syrvalley and is an extremely important Natura 2000 zone. The reserve is periodicly flooded due to the Syr river, which is an important generator of biodiversity.
Research area: Around 30ha are used for researche, on a length of 1km and a width of 30-120m. The main area is covered by reeds and wetlands (20ha). Furthermore, the resarch area is subdivided and caracterized by an orchard, a forest, several ponds distributed throughout the reedbed and a purification plant (SIAS). The main techniques employed are mist nets and rail traps in order to realize population estimates (i.e. breeding population, migration, overwintering population) and survival estimates by Capture-Mark-Recapture. There are several projects running in the nature reserve and visitation are possible.
Summary of the ringing activity this month
In January, our members who are mostly volunteers, have spent about 325 hours working at at the birdringing station
"Schlammwiss". This results in 282 hours ringing activities and 43 working hours at the station this month.
Thanks a lot for your help!
With this effort it was possible to capture 383 birds of 23 species (see the table left) this month at our station.
This number is subdivided in 183 E, 159 K and 41 W. The total amount of individuals (E+K) is 342. This is higher (+113) than the mean number of birds caught at the station from 2001-2020 and lower (-128) than the number of last year.
None bird foreign origin has been caught.
E: first capture of this individual
W: recapture of an individual which was already captured this year
K: individuals which were ringed one or more years ago or individuals with a foreign country or station
TOP 5
| 1. | PARCAE | Blue Tit | 102 |
| 2. | PASDOM | House sparrow |
44 |
| 3. | ANTSPIN | Water Pipit | 30 |
| 4. | PARMAJ | Great Tit | 27 |
| 5. | EMBCIT | Yellowhammer | 24 |
| ERTRUB | Robin | 24 |
Interesting birds captured:
| species | n | |
| 1. | Anthus pratensis | 1 |
| 2. | Rallus aquaticus | 1 |
| 3. | Turdus iliacus | 17 |
The first graphic below shows the current situation of birds captured this year in comparison of the median number of birds captured from 2001-2020. In addition, we include a new bar
chart with an more accurate time calculation. The bar chart is divided in the normal ringing activities, special ringing activities (e.g.: ringing Barn Owls, control of nest boxes,..) and time we
spent at the bird ringing station for further work (e.g.: replacing of nets, clearing net lines, visits,...).
In older calculations, only a time calculation was done on the basis of the ringing data. This time calculation was retained for graphs 2 and 3 so that the results can be compared with recent years.
The number of birds captured this year and working time this year (old calculation) in comparison of the mean number of birds caught in the years 2001-2020 and the mean working time from 2018-2020 is shown in the second graph below left.
In the second graph below right you can find a comparison of this year with the last three years.
In the graph on the left you can see the course of the ringed species compared to the days with open nets of each month. Furthermore, the mean value of species and the open nets days from 2018-2020 are displayed. The distribution of birds ringed and working time per day are illustrated in the graph on the left. The number of birds ringed is separated in E, W and K.
The distribution of the age is shown in the pie chart below. You can find the exact amount in the table right. Birds with the age code 1 or 3 are considered as juvenile and birds with an age code of 4 or higher are registered as adults. Note that the age of birds with the code 6 or higher is (in the most cases) only possible to tell by recaptured birds (K). The age of birds with the code 2 is unknown.
| Code | Amount | Definiton | |
| C | 3 | older than four years | |
| B | 2 | born four years ago | |
| A |
3 |
older than three years | |
| 9 | 6 | born three years ago | |
| 8 | 6 | older than two years | |
| 7 | 33 | born two years ago | |
| 6 | 42 | older than one year | |
| 5 |
212 |
born last year | |
| 4 |
72 |
age unknown, but not born this year | |
| 3 | 3 | born this year | |
| 2 | 1 | age unknown | |
| 1 | / | nestling |
Foreign birds that we controlled this year:
All our sightings are registered by ornitho.lu
Thanks to everyone who was observing at our station and put the data online!
Photos of this month
Some photographers sent us their photos which we included into our report.
All other photos are provided by Jim Schmitz.
Thank you for the photos!
Did you take any photos at the station, a visit or of any birds with a ring that could be from our station and want to publish those in the next report of the month?
Extra story:
Thanks to the editiors of this report:
Charel Klein
Photos: Jim Schmitz
Providing the data: Cédric Brodin:
Report of the month - August
History: The nature reserve "Schlammwiss" was founded in 1982 by the foundation"Hellef fir Natur" (HFN). Afterwards the group "Letzeburger Natur- a Vullenschutzliga" (LNVL) founded the station "Schlammwiss". The station is leaded by the "centrale ornithologique Luxembourg" (COL), a part of the asbl. Natur & Emwelt. Due to the fact that Luxembourg doesn't have its own bird ringing central, we work in cooperation with Royal Belgian Instutitute of Natural Sciences. Therefore, we use rings from the Belgian Museum of Natural Sciences.
Location: The bird ringing station "Schlammwiss" is located in Luxembourg, between the communities Schuttrange & Munsbach. The nature reserve is part of the 375ha big Syrvalley and is an extremely important Natura 2000 zone. The reserve is periodicly flooded due to the Syr river, which is an important generator of biodiversity.
Research area: Around 30ha are used for researche, on a length of 1km and a width of 30-120m. The main area is covered by reeds and wetlands (20ha). Furthermore, the resarch area is subdivided and caracterized by an orchard, a forest, several ponds distributed throughout the reedbed and a purification plant (SIAS). The main techniques employed are mist nets and rail traps in order to realize population estimates (i.e. breeding population, migration, overwintering population) and survival estimates by Capture-Mark-Recapture. There are several projects running in the nature reserve and visitation are possible.
Summary of the ringing activity this month
In August, the bird ringing station "Schlammwiss" caught about 11 567 birds of 63 species. This number is subdivided in 8967 E, 2466 W and 134 K. 38 bird foreign origin has been caught.
The total amount of birds for the month August is higher (+398) than the average amount of birds caught at the station from 2001-2018 and higher (+5380) than the number of last year. The graphic below shows the average amount of birds for each month during the years 2001-2018 in comparison of the numbers of this years, 2018 and the working time for this and last year at the station Schlammwiss.
E: first capture of this individual
W: recapture of an individual which was already captured this year
K: individuals which were ringed one or more years ago or individuals with a foreign country or station
Top 5
| 1. | HIRRUS | Barn Swallow | 3 331 |
| 2. | ARCSCI | Reed Warbler |
2 772 |
| 3. | ARCPAL | Marsh Warbler | 501 |
| 4. | SYLAT | Blackcap | 341 |
| 5. | ARCSCH | Sedge Warbler | 278 |
Interesting birds captured:
-
60 Luscinia svecica
- 50 Delichon urbicum
- 22 Saxicola rubetra
- 16 Actitis hypoleucos
- 13 Locustella luscinioides
- 11 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- 9 Anthus trivialis
- 5 Coturnix coturnix
- 5 Hippolais icterina
- 5 Motacilla flava
- 5 Sylvia curruca
- 3 Riparia riparia
- 2 Parus montanus
- 2 Hirunda rustica x Delichon urbicum
- 1 Accipiter nisus
- 1 Buteo buteo
- 1 Passer montanus
Summary
Distribution of the age:
| Code | Amount | Definiton |
| C | 2 | older than four years |
| B | 2 | born four years ago |
| A | 1 | older than three years |
| 9 | 3 | born three years ago |
| 8 | 6 | older than two years |
| 7 | 16 | born two years ago |
| 6 | 9 | older than one year |
| 5 |
33 |
born last year |
| 4 |
1722 |
age unkown, but not born this year |
| 3 | 7212 | born this year |
| 2 | 94 | age unknown |
| 1 | / | nestling |
Distribution of nestlings - Code 1
| Species | Name | Quantity | ||
| May | June | July | ||
| Coloeus monedula | Western Jackdaw | 1 | ||
| Parus caeruleus | Blue Tit | 10 | ||
| Parus major | Great Tit | 139 | 39 | |
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | 2 | ||
| Passer montanus | Tree Sparrow | 4 | ||
| Sitta europea | Eurasian Nuthatch | 8 | ||
| Athene noctua | Little Owl |
8 |
||
| Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | 12 | 3 | |
| Passer montanus | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 5 | ||
| Tyto alba | Western Barn Owl | 6 | ||
| Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover | 2 | ||
| Σ | 167 | 70 | 5 |
Foreign birds that we controlled this year:
| Month | Amount | Species | Country | |
| January | 1 | Cyanistes caeruleus | France | FRP |
| February | 1 | Parus major | Belgium | BLB |
| March | 1 | Turdus merula | Belgium | BLB |
| 1 | Troglodytes troglodytes | Belgium | BLB | |
| 1 | Erithacus rubecula | Sweden | SVS | |
| April | 1 | Parus major | Belgium | BLB |
| 1 | Sylvia atricapilla | Belgium | BLB | |
| 1 | Spain | ESI | ||
| May | 1 | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Spain | ESI |
| 4 | Belgium | BLB | ||
| June | 1 | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Belgium | BLB |
| July | 2 | Acrocephalus palustris | Belgium | BLB |
| 2 | Parus major | Belgium | BLB | |
| August | 3 | Acrocephalus palustris | Belgium | BLB |
| 1 | Germany (Radolfzell) | DFR | ||
| 3 | Acrocephlaus schoenobaenus | Belgium | BLB | |
| 1 | Germany (Radolfzell) | DFR | ||
| 1 | Great Britain | GBT | ||
| 10 | Acrocephlaus scirpaceus | Belgium | BLB | |
| 1 | Czech Republic | CSP | ||
| 2 | Germany (Helgoland) | DFH | ||
| 2 | Germany (Radolfzell) | DFR | ||
| 1 | Spain | ESA | ||
| 2 | France | FRP | ||
| 1 | Netherlands | NLA | ||
| 1 | Poland | PLG | ||
| 1 | Sweden | SVS | ||
| 5 | Hirunda rustica | Belgium | BLB | |
| 1 | Spain | ESA | ||
| 1 | Sylvia communis | Sweden | SVS |
The team of the bird ringing station Schlammwiss are mostly volunteers who did an excellent work this month!
We say thank you for everyone who was helping this month!
In summary we spent around 290 hours during 30 days working at the station.
We also welcome the visitors on our station:
All our sightings of this month are saved in ornitho.lu
Observation
Compute total number of birds
Compute total number of observation
Photos of this month
Some photographers sent us their photos which we included into our report.
All other photos are provided by Jim Schmitz.
Thank you for the photos!
Did you take any photos at the station, a visit or of any birds with a ring that could be from our station and want to publish those in the next report of the month?
Extra story:
Thanks to the editiors of this report:
Charel Klein
Photos: Jim Schmitz, Kelly Kieffer
Providing the data: Cédric Brodin:
Report of the month - July
History: The nature reserve "Schlammwiss" was founded in 1982 by the foundation"Hellef fir Natur" (HFN). Afterwards the group "Letzeburger Natur- a Vullenschutzliga" (LNVL) founded the station "Schlammwiss". The station is leaded by the "centrale ornithologique Luxembourg" (COL), a part of the asbl. Natur & Emwelt. Due to the fact that Luxembourg doesn't have its own bird ringing central, we work in cooperation with Royal Belgian Instutitute of Natural Sciences. Therefore, we use rings from the Belgian Museum of Natural Sciences.
Location: The bird ringing station "Schlammwiss" is located in Luxembourg, between the communities Schuttrange & Munsbach. The nature reserve is part of the 375ha big Syrvalley and is an extremely important Natura 2000 zone. The reserve is periodicly flooded due to the Syr river, which is an important generator of biodiversity.
Research area: Around 30ha are used for researche, on a length of 1km and a width of 30-120m. The main area is covered by reeds and wetlands (20ha). Furthermore, the resarch area is subdivided and caracterized by an orchard, a forest, several ponds distributed throughout the reedbed and a purification plant (SIAS). The main techniques employed are mist nets and rail traps in order to realize population estimates (i.e. breeding population, migration, overwintering population) and survival estimates by Capture-Mark-Recapture. There are several projects running in the nature reserve and visitation are possible.
