First recovery
One of the 2024 released chicks is observed in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria. Photo: Miguel Angel Hernandez
Anuual report for 2023
In 2023, the project really took off and in the annual report you can read about what we achieved during the past year.
Projektets första ungar släpps ut
For the first time in Sweden, "headstarted" birds have been released into the wild, in a collaboration between Nordens Ark and BirdLife Sweden. There are four litters of the endangered subspecies southern dunlin that have been raised at Ottenby on Öland in an attempt to increase the number of individuals in the wild.
Research trip to England
Nordens Arks’ Emma Nygren and Dick Liljegren travel to England to learn how nature organisations there work with headstarting on different wading birds. Important knowledge from their practised methods and achievements is brought back to Sweden.
The first survey conducted
The work to save the southern dunlin begins with conducting a census at the Schäferi meadows in Ottenby on Öland.
The launch of the project
The Swedish Postcode Lottery surprised Nordens Ark and BirdLife Sverige with the good news that our joint Dream Project had been approved. 13.2 million kronor was awarded to save this endangered species and its habitat.
#projektsydligkärrsnäppa #sydligkärrsnäppa #nordensark #birdlifesverige #calidrisalpinaschinzii #balticdunlins #postkodlotteriet #postkodeffekten
The last stand for the southern dunlin
With financial support from the Swedish Postcode Lottery
© 2022 All Rights Reserved. Nordens Ark & BirdLife Sverige