Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 WADDEN SEA ECOSYSTEM No. 36 - 2016 1 Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 A review Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 2 Publishers Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS), Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Joint Monitoring Breeding Bird Group (JMBB) Editors Ole Thorup Amphi Consult, Forskerparken 10, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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[email protected] Cover photos Bernd Hälterlein Lay-out Gerold Lüerßen This publication should be cited as: Thorup, O. and Koffijberg, K. 2016. Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 A review. Ecosystem No. 36. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. www.waddensea-secretariat.org, Wilhelmshaven Germany. Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 3 WADDEN SEA ECOSYSTEM No. 36 Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 A review Ole Thorup Kees Koffijberg 2016 Common Wadden Sea Secretariat Joint Monitoring Breeding Bird Group (JMBB) Breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 4 Contents Summary - Resumé - Zusammenfassung - Samenvatting 5 1. Introduction and background 9 2. Methods 10 3. Breeding success of coastal breeding birds in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012 12 3.1 Spoonbill 14 3.2 Eider 15 3.3 Oystercatcher 17 3.4 Avocet 23 3.5 Black-headed Gull 26 3.6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 29 3.7 Herring Gull 31 3.8 Sandwich Tern 34 3.9 Common Tern 35 3.10 Arctic Tern 39 4. Conclusion and discussion 41 5. Recommendations 45 6. Acknowledgements 47 7.