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| For visitors to our website who would like to find other websites which have more information about birds, bird migration and the March-Thaya-Auen, a selection of links to other interesting pages on the Internet is offered here.
On this page you can find links about the March-Thaya-Auen in general, more information about birds in Austria, migration in Europe and addresses of partner organisations in bird research, nature tourism and nature protection. |
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March-Thaya-Auen
• Bird protection
• Birdwatching
• Bird ringing and migration
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 www.birdlife.at
The address for birdwatchers and ornithologists in Austria is BirdLife Austria - society for ornithology. The group is dedicated to the promotion of ornithology and bird protection, and offers for these purposes guided excursions and talks, publishes numerous magazines and carries out numerous ornithological research activities and bird protection programs. |
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www.bird.at
The pages for the ambitious birder are at bird.at, where prompt recent information about birds in Austria can be found, your own observations and questions can be entered in the Forum to be discussed and experiences can be exchanged.
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Club 300 Österreich
Here, you can find the actual ranking of Austria' s birders and the latest rarity news from Austria. |
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birdnet.de
Information about recent bird records in Central Europe can be found on the German BirdNet. |
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vogelruf.de
Much information about birding, ornithology and useful links can be found at the homepage of Vogelruf. |
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www.bavarianbirds.de
On the homepage of the Bavarian birder, there is a very informative bird identification quiz! |
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www.gefiederkunde.de
When you find a bird feather, and you don't know from which species it comes, compare it with a view in the feather collection. You will need some patience, as the high resolution pictures take a long time to load. |
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www.vogelzug.net
Little is known about the nocturnal passage of migrating birds across Austria. To provide some basic information about this phenomenon, simultaneous observations of bird movements in front of the moon were conducted by the Nocturnal Migration Network Eastern Alps. |
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Vogelwarte Radolfzell
If you want more intensive information about the use of bird ringing, visit the homepage of the Vogelwarte Radolfzell, who are also the administrators of the ringing data from the vogel.schau.plätzen. |
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www.euring.org
Access to the rest of the European observatories and ringing centres is best found through the ringing centre EURING.
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www.cr-birding.be
Have you seen a colour-ringed bird - for instance a swan or goose with a neck-collar, or a wader with coloured leg-rings? An overview of the complete current colour-ringing programmes in Europe may help you find the origin of the bird you have seen! A report to the national ringing centre (in Austria, Birdlife) should still also occur! |
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Distelverein
The most important nature-protection and regional-development organisation in the area of the March-Thaya-Auen is the Distelverein, carrying an alliance of nature-conservation, hunting and agriculture. The Distelverein has already carried out two LIFE-Nature projects in the March-Thaya-Auen and is presently developing a concept for a tri-lateral "Morava Biosphere Reserve". |
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Daphne
On the Slovakian side of the March, the society Daphne (founded in 1993) is active. Their aim is the improvement of biodiversity and the renewing of the harmony between man and nature. The most important focus of their work lies in the restoration of the habitat and in the area of public relations. |
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Berg- und Naturwacht Hohenau an der March
Active for a long time in the region of Hohenau is the Berg- und Naturwacht, who are also involved with the society AURING in the area of the vogel.schau.plätze - particularly with the construction of the breeding raft for gulls and terns on the Kühlteich. |
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Kuling
An important wader research organisation is the Polish society "KULING". The ringing station of the vogel.schau.plätze is also involved with their Europe-wide project, studying Wood Sandpipers: "Tringa 2000". |
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herpetofauna.at
Are you interested in other animal groups? The Austrian amphibian and reptile study group presents on their Austrian Herpetofauna pages many useful facts about these animals, i.e. the start of their spawning season. |
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Forschungsgemeinschaft Lanius
The Homepage of the Forschungsgemeinschaft Lanius offers plenty of information about projects and events concerning regional faunistics and applied nature conservation. |
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www.regenwald.at
Nature protection must work across borders, especially for wandering animal species. A remarkable example of overseas activity is found in the 'Austrian's Rainforest' in Costa Rica - here there is a lot of information about the unique rainforest habitat. |
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www.adamah.at
The awareness of and careful dealing with the environment begins with our food - much can be achieved by buying local produce from organic farming! An excellent source for this is for instance the Biohof Adamah in Marchfeld. |
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bernsteinstrasse.net
Immediately beside the vogel.schau.plätzen runs the old commercial route of the Bernsteinstraße. A society to care for the cultural opportunities along the Bernsteinstraße which is well worth a visit too. |
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Museumsdorf Niedersulz
With the Museumsdorf Niedersulz , the eastern Weinviertel has a very unique thing: Austria's only museum village, and the largest open-air museum in the state of Lower Austria, which together with the natural world in and around the village offers a fairytale-like view of the Weinviertel villages in the pre-industrial age. As the museum village lies only 20km away, it could be the pleasant completion of a visit to the vogel.schau.plätze!
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Nationalpark Donauauen
At the southern border of the March-Thaya-Auen lies the extensive floodplain forests of the Danube. Those wishing to visit this area or seeking further information, can visit the Nationalpark Donau-Auen. |
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