News Archive

14. Aug 2019

PODs deployed more than 4000 times in harbour porpoise monitoring

An important focus of monitoring harbour porpoises for research and construction projects in marine areas is on distribution patterns and reactions of harbour porpoises towards construction measures. But how exactly are these animals monitored?

31. Jan 2019

Basking shark and minke whale surveys in Scottish waters

Our HiDef Aerial Surveying Ltd colleagues in England have carried out a pilot study on the abundance of basking sharks and minke whales within the Sea of the Hebrides.

15. Jan 2019

5 years of HiDef – 300 flights – 2 million birds

Just in time for the fifth anniversary of our digital aerial surveys, an aircraft of our Danish partner Bioflight A/S has touched down for the 300th time with video footage recorded in a survey above the North Sea.

07. Jan 2019

Digital and visual – two survey methods in comparison

Since 2014, BioConsult SH has used high-definition aerial video technology to perform digital aerial surveys to record sea birds and marine mammals. There have been questions around the advantages and disadvantages of this method.To answer these questions, studies were carried out flying direct comparative surveys. The results of this are now published in the Journal of Ornithology.

27. Sep 2018

The eagle owl research project on television

BioConsult SH on television! The NDR television programme “NaturNah” features the eagle owl research project. Now you can stream the episode from the website of the NDR.

26. Sep 2018

New study on bird migration across the German North and Baltic Seas

A large number of birds migrate across the German part of the Baltic and North Seas every year. But how exactly does bird migration take place over the sea? How high is the risk that birds collide with wind turbines? These questions are addressed in a current BioConsult SH project.

05. Sep 2018

Tracking down the eagle owl – the eagle owl research project on television

BioConsult SH on television! The NDR television programme “NaturNah” features the eagle owl research project. The report is scheduled for broadcast on Tuesday, 25 September at 18:15 (rerun on Thursday, 27 September at 11:30).

19. Jul 2018

Climate change and birds breeding on the Halligen

What does the rise of the sea level mean for birds breeding on the Halligen in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea? This question was addressed in a current BioConsult SH study on behalf of the WWF Germany.

12. Jun 2018

The effects of the construction of offshore wind farms on harbour porpoises

We are delighted to announce that results from our GESCHA 1 study on the effects of the construction of seven offshore wind farms in German waters between 2010 and 2013 on harbour porpoises are now published in Marine Ecology Progress Series.

06. Jun 2018

Ecological effects of offshore-wind farms: An Interview with Dr. Georg Nehls

In a recent Interview, Dr. Georg Nehls, Director of BioConsult SH, talks about the ecological effects of offshore wind farms.