NABU
has recently released a report on the status of birds in
the German Wadden Sea. The publication with the title “Status,
threats and conservation of birds in the German Wadden Sea”
contains an analysis of the conservation and ecological
status of the area, describes threats for birds, and identifies
gaps in knowledge and topics for future action. It is one
of a series of three, which similar reports have also been
published by the BirdLife partners Vogelbescherming Nederland
(VBN)
for the Dutch Wadden Sea and Dansk Ornitologisk Forening
(DOF)
for the Danish Wadden Sea.

Although large parts of the German Wadden
Sea are protected as National Parks, current developments
and future threats give cause for concern about the status
of many bird species that depend on the Wadden Sea as a
stopover site during migration or as a wintering area. In
spite of a number of trilateral publications on birds there
has been no up-to-date and comprehensive review of the status,
threats and conservation needs of migratory and breeding
birds of the German Wadden Sea. This report tries to fill
this gap and specifically aims to summarize the knowledge
of bird populations of the German Wadden Sea.

The report can be downloaded directly as a PDF - file
from here
or ordered as hard copy from:



http://www.nabu.de/en/themen/meere/wattenmeer/meldungen/12105.html