Birds in sight: Rhineland-Palatinate counts winter birds like never before!

Birds in sight: Rhineland-Palatinate counts winter birds like never before!

The NABU Rhineland-Palatinate calls for participation in the "hour of Winter birds", which will take place from January 10th to 12th, 2025. The aim of this campaign is to record bird stocks in Rhineland-Palatinate through observations by volunteers. The initiative is carried out in cooperation with the Landesbund for Bird and Nature Conservation in Bavaria (LBV). According to NABU spokesman Torsten Collet, participation, regardless of the weather, is of great importance.

The "hour of winter birds" takes place for the 15th time. In the previous year, around 130,000 people took part in this observation campaign throughout Germany. The participants are asked to count birds in front of the window, in the garden or in the park for an hour and to write down the highest number of birds of all kinds that are visible at the same time. The birds are particularly clearly visible during this time of year because they hardly sing and the trees are unkind.

participation and conditions

During the campaign, the participants should observe and count the birds and report their results. However, the weather conditions can influence bird activity; In high fog, types such as blackbirds, titms and sparrows are often less active. The fog reduces the radius of activity of the birds and can reduce feed availability. The NABU therefore recommends that high -quality grain feed to be provided.

The "hour of winter birds" is not only the largest scientific hands -on campaign in Germany, but also offers the opportunity to collect data on bird population in settlements. The results can be submitted by January 20 at www.stundederwintervoegel.de and via the "Nabu Vogelwelt" app. In addition, the NAJU invites children to the "school lesson of the winter birds" from January 13th to 17th to observe and count domestic winter birds, as nabu reported.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien