Publications

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Iberia, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 26 February 2024Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Iberia, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 26 February 2024

6 February 2025

Jos Hooijmeijer, Jacob Jan de Vries, Wim Tijsen, Maarten Hotting, Willem Brandhorst, Bob Loos, Marie Stessens, Arne van Eerden, Lisa Rose Haaksma, Kees de Jager, Wouter Vansteelant, Theunis Piersma

In this expedition from 1 to 26 February 2024 we visited the most important areas during northward migration for Black-tailed Godwits in southern Spain and Portugal. Our aim was to resight i...

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Spain; habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 9 October 2024

6 February 2025

Jos Hooijmeijer, Delip K. Das (Bisharga), Theunis Piersma

In this expedition from 1 to 9 October 2024 we visited the most important areas for wintering Black-tailed Godwits in southern Spain. Our aim was to resight individual colour marked birds, d...

Bohai Report 2024

6 February 2025

Katherine Leung, Chris Hassell, Zhengwang Zhang, Theunis Piersma

Most of the Yellow Sea intertidal mudflats are critical feeding areas for migratory shorebirds on their journeys to and from their breeding and non- breeding grounds. The areas used by migra...

Recherche sur les limicoles du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritanie

2 April 2024

Jan van Gils, Theunis Piersma, Tim Oortwijn, Mohamed Salem Hadiy, Mohamed Cheddad, Anne Dekinga, Luc de Monte, Kees Oosterbeek, Bartel Komin, Petra de Goeij, Bob Loos, Tom Versluijs, Marycha Franken, Hacen E.M. El-Hacen

Dans ce rapport nous décrirons les expéditions du NIOZ au Parc National du Banc d’Arguin en 2023. Cette année, nous avons effectué trois visites au Parc National pour nos travaux sur l...

Grutto landschap project: Jaarverslag 2023

17 February 2024

Jos Hooijmeijer, Egbert van der Velde, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Ruth Howison, Jeroen Onrust, Rienk Fokkema, Georgette Lagendijk, Clarisse Kraamwinkel, Renée Veenstra, Luis Barba Escoto, Marie Stessens, Michella Ligtelijn, Taylor Craft, Aafke Saarloos, Wouter Vansteelant, Ondřej Belfín, Natsja Zijlstra, Stijn Basting, Yvonne Verkuil, Theunis Piersma

De landbouw in Nederland staat voor een grote uitdaging: het produceren van genoeg, veilig en gezond voedsel zonder dat dit ten koste gaat van de leefbaarheid op het platteland voor plant, m...

Tagging 2023, Broome, Australia

2 December 2023

Adrian Boyle, Charlotte Burgoyne, Dianne Bennett, Franky O'Connor, Ho-bun Yu, Jasmin Pratt, John Curran, Ka-man Or, Kerry Hadley, Marcel Klaassen, Maureen Christie, Maurice O’Connor, Michelle Willie, Mike Dawkins, Mo Verhoeven, Naiwen Zhang, Roz Jessop, Shang-xiao Cai, Teagan Fitzwater, Val Burgess, Yang Wu, Ziyou Yang

Usually, the acknowledgements section goes at the end of the report. Here in Broome the work that happens would never happen without the input of the volunteer team and therefore to us it m...

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Spain, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 5 – 13 October 2023

26 October 2023

Wouter Vansteelant, Theunis Piersma, Jos Hooijmeijer

In this expedition from 5 to 13 October 2023 we visited the most important areas for wintering Black-tailed Godwits in southern Spain. Our aim was to resight individual colour marked birds,...

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Iberia, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 26 February 2023

25 October 2023

Jos Hooijmeijer, Jacob Jan de Vries, Wim Tijsen, Maarten Hotting, Willem Brandhorst, Bert Zijlstra, Arne van Eerden, Jan de Jong, Kees de Jager, Theunis Piersma

In this expedition from 1 to 26 February 2023 we visited the most important areas for Black-tailed Godwits in southern Spain and Portugal during northward migration. Our aim was to resight i...

Recherche sur les limicoles du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritanie

31 March 2023

Jan van Gils, Theunis Piersma, Petra de Goeij, Anne Dekinga, Luc de Monte, Roeland Bom, Tim Oortwijn, Bob Loos, Jacob Jan de Vries, Maarten Brugge, Jantine Koning, Martinus Goeman, Hacen E.M. El-Hacen, Ahmed Amarejeyat, Mohamed Salem Hadiy, Mohamed Cheddad

Cette année, c'était notre 21eme expédition hivernale consécutive de recherche sur les limicoles dans le Parc Nationale du Banc d’Arguin. La première expédition a eu lieu en novembre...

Grutto landschap project: Jaarverslag 2022

8 February 2023

Jos Hooijmeijer, Egbert van der Velde, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Ruth Howison, Jeroen Onrust, Rienk Fokkema, Georgette Lagendijk, Clarisse Kraamwinkel, Yuhong Li, Renée Veenstra, Luis Barba Escoto, Marie Stessens, Michella Ligtelijn, Taylor Craft, Timo Keuning, Rixt Wildschut, Wytse de Haan, Theunis Piersma

Jaarverslag 2022 “On the way to Godwit-proof…” De staat van ons landschap: Biomonitoring van duurzame landbouw innovatie De landbouw in Nederland staat voor een grote uitdag...

Recherche sur les bécasseaux maubèches du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritanie

8 February 2023

Jan van Gils, Job ten Horn, Anne Dekinga, Tim Oortwijn, Kees Oosterbeek, Marie De Wilde, Nicolas Goudeau-Monvois, Ahmed Amarejeyat, Ba Abdoul, El Bastamy Ebnou, Mohamed Abou, Niang Diagaraf Abdoulay, Sall Abderrahmane, Mohamed Salem Hadiy, Mohamed Cheddad

En mar et avril 2022 nous sommes allés au Banc d'Arguin pour attraper des bécasseaux maubèches pour la recherche par satellite. L’objectif était d'équiper bécasseaux maubèches avec ...

Land-use intensity impacts habitat selection of ground-nesting farmland birds in The Netherlands

25 January 2023

Yuhong Li, Theunis Piersma, Jos Hooijmeijer, Ruth Howison

Post-war intensification of agriculture has extensively modified the countryside of Europe, transforming most semi-natural grassland habitats into homogeneous fields, characterized by mecha...

Mapping Grassland Stability in the Netherlands

12 December 2022

Taylor Craft, Anne Beaulieu, Theunis Piersma, Ruth Howison

Grasslands that remain intact for many years become more naturally valuable for every year they are left untouched. These permanent grasslands are more valuable for biodiversity than grassla...

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Iberia, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 26 February 2022

2 November 2022

Jos Hooijmeijer, Theunis Piersma, Ruth Howison, Jacob Jan de Vries, Marie Stessens, Wim Tijsen, Luis Barba Escoto, Taylor Craft, Kees de Jager, Siebe Bonthuis, Marycha Franken, Bob Loos, Maarten Hotting

In this expedition from 1 to 26 February 2022 we visited the most important areas for Black-tailed Godwits in southern Spain and Portugal during northward migration. Our aim was to resight i...

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Spain, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 3 – 13 October 2022

2 November 2022

Jos Hooijmeijer, Theunis Piersma

In this expedition from 3 to 13 October 2022 we visited the most important areas for wintering Black-tailed Godwits in southern Spain. Our aim was to resight individual colour marked birds, ...

Vocal signalling by Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia in flocks before migratory departure

30 May 2022

Florent Lagarde, Theunis Piersma

We describe a vocal signal and associated postures shown by Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia leucorodia just before the departure of (part of) the flock from a site, but also occurrin...