Strandtellingen van aangespoelde vogels tijdens de winter 2006/2007

This report presents the results of the beached bird surveys performed along the Flemish coast during winter 2006-2007 under the authority of the Flemish Agency for Maritime and Coast Affairs (AMDK-AK) and in close cooperation with the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ).During the past winter almost 451 km coastline was inspected for beached birds. A total of 447 birds were found washed ashore being 0.99 birds per km coastline. This figure is comparable to the mean numbers that stranded on the Flemmish beaches since 1992. Auks and gulls were the dominant species found, while the proportion of oi... Mehr ...