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EU LIFE Projects
Bittern recovery programme at the SPA Schorfheide-Chorin
With bitterns declining across much of Germany, the objectives of this project are to find ways of reconciling the interests of bitterns, local residents and visitors to Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere reserve.
Duration: 01-Oct-1999 ñ 30- Sep-2003
Contact:
Project Manager: Sebastien Koerner
Tel:49/3334/5822.88.
Fax:49/3334/5822.44
Email: monika.syhring@munr-lags.brandenburg.de
Restoration of biotope for Botaurus stellaris, Anas penelope and Limosa limosa in the SPA Ilperveld
The main objective of this project is to improve the breeding and foraging prospects for birds. Filled-in, dried-up and acidified former peat diggings will be excavated, to kick-start the natural dynamics of the system, allowing bitterns and wigeon to breed in greater numbers. Furthermore, 150ha of soft rush vegetation will be mowed and traditional manure spreading will be resumed for black-tailed godwits.
Duration: 01-Apr-2002 ñ 31-Dec-2005
Contact:
Project Manager: E.M. Kuiper
Tel:+31 251 362 730/737
Fax:+31 251 652 422
Email: e.kuiper@noordhollandslandschap.nl
Programme for the restoration and management of the habitats used by the Bittern in France
The objectives of the project consist in stopping the decline of the bittern and two associated species, purple HÈron and dwarf Blongios.
Within this framework, methods of management favorable to bitterns will be tested. The restoration of the reedbeds will be completed. Improvement of hydraulic management by repairing the infrastructure and clearing out the ditches will make it possible to restore the ecological functions of 2000 ha of reedbed.
Action for birds in the River Haine Basin
Reedbeds are generally threatened in north western Europe by the intensification of farming, natural succession, river management and rural drainage. Such is the case with the vast marshland areas of the Haine basin. The objectives of the project are to carry out a detailed hydrological study of the area in order to update the plans for the management and monitoring of the area. To purchase 60ha of private land which will be used in combination with land swaps to create new protected zones and to encourage bog vegetation and key bird species to re-establish through mattocking and tree felling.
Duration: 01-July-2001 - 30-June-2005
Contact:
Project Manager: JoÎlle Huysecom
Tel: 32/2/245.55.00
Fax: 32/2/245.39.33
Email: joelle.huysecom@rnob.be
Wise use of Flood plains
The WUF project was a transnational partnership involving government departments, research organisations and non-government organisations (NGOs) in six project areas throughout England, Ireland, Scotland and France.Five catchments were used as demonstration sites to develop and test a range of techniques from public participation through to the sustainability appraisals of floodplain management options.
Duration: 01-Apr-1999 ñ 01-Apr-2002
Contact:
Project Manager: Denise Roscoe
Tel: 01676 680551
Fax: 01676 692365
Email floodplains@rspb.org.uk
Other Projects
Needingworth Wetlands Project
Hanson Aggregates has been granted planning approval to create one of the largest new wetland habitats in Europe at Needingworth Quarry, Cambridgeshire. The site provides an exceptional opportunity to create a 700ha wetland, incorporating 460ha of reedbed representing 40% of the UKís target for reedbed, and to demonstrate best practice in implementing a panning consentfor extraction and restoration to nature conservation. The site will be managed by the RSPB
Reedbed Restoration in the Barton Clay Pits SSSI
Barton Clay Pits, which is managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, was a stronghold for bittern from the 1940ís to 1979. However, by the 1980ís the reedbeds at Barton were in an advanced state of decay, drying out and succeeding to scrub. All known management techniques were applied to restore and regenerate them and with the assistance of the Environment Agency, measures were taken to increase the eel population. Finally, in 2000, after a twenty-one year gap, the evocative call of the bittern was heard again. This was followed by two nesting attempts, one of which was successful with three chicks fledging.
The return of the bittern to Barton was a benchmark achievement reflecting the improvement in the reedbed habitat after more than a decade of radical management works.
