The Tour du Valat and its scientific partners in the Netherlands are trying to better understand the migratory behaviour of Eurasian Spoonbills as they travel between their breeding areas in Europe, and their wintering areas in southern Europe and Africa.
While some individuals in this species can make migratory journeys of several thousand kilometres in the autumn and spring, the environmental and genetic factors that regulate their behaviour, and will enable this species to better adapt to the global changes already occurring, are still not yet well understood.
You can now participate in this major participatory project by following the movements of Eurasian Spoonbills equipped with GPS tags in real time, observing them in the field, and sending your sighting observations to the Tour du Valat and its Dutch partner (learn more on this page [1]).
Thank you for participating!