Counting campaign for winter birds in Herne - join in and discover nature!

Counting campaign for winter birds in Herne - join in and discover nature!

The Nabu Herne organizes the "Hour of Winter Birds 2025" on Sunday, January 12, 2025. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Biological Station of the Eastern Ruhr area at Vinckestraße 91, 44623 Herne. This action begins with the nationwide NABU winter bird counting, the nature lover for counting birds on feed houses, in gardens, on balconies or in parks.

As part of the event, Norbert Kilimann will run professionally, and the participants are encouraged to take their own binoculars with them. The bird observations are carried out in the weather -protected foyer with panoramic windows. In 2024, 21 species of birds and a total of 72 birds were already counted at the all-year feed system, which underlines the interest in the count, as HalloHerne.de

action in context

The "hour of winter birds" is a joint action by Nabu and the Landesbund for Bird and Nature Conservation (LBV). The aim of the event is to encourage the population, to count familiar and widespread bird species such as titles, finches, robin and sparrows. The next nationwide count will take place in the period from January 10th to 12th, 2025, with a registration deadline on January 20, 2025. Virgin observations can be reported online, via the "Vogelwelt" or post app, whereby no telephone reporting hotline will be offered from 2025. In addition, materials such as coloring pages and puzzles for action are available, such as nabu.de Notice

Future counting campaigns have already been announced, including the hour of garden birds, which takes place from May 9th to 11th, 2025. Another event for the winter birds is planned for the period 9 to 11 January 2026.

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