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Ebro Delta, Spain

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Wetlands International global site. Ebro Delta, Spain. Map of Ebro Delta, Spain. Purple Herons which stopped in the area. Ebro delta - BirdLife IBA Factsheet. Salinas de Santa Pola (Ebro Delta) Ramsar Information Sheet. Ebro Delta, Spain. The Ebro delta has a variety of different ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, the latter making the area important agriculturally. At its peak around 1965, nearly 17,000 ha of the delta were under rice production, with the figure be...

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Linge, The Netherlands

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Wetlands International global site. Linge, The Netherlands. Purple Herons from Linge. Banks of River Linge - IBA Factsheet. The wet reedbeds along the small Linge River in the Netherlands host a small colony of some 30 pairs of Purple Herons. The area is a Natura 2000 site. Formerly, the birds bred in Nieuwe Zuider Lingedijk, another nearby Natura 2000 site. Follow the Bird Project. Migratory birds equipped with satellite-transmitters can be followed online. Implemented by Wetlands International.

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Maarten-Jan

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Wetlands International global site. Southward (autumn) migration to non-breeding (wintering) area. Maarten-Jan was captured as a young bird along the. River in the Netherlands. Maarten-Jan Baay is the winner of the youth photo contest of the Bird festival 2008. With a beautiful photo of a Grey Heron he won, amongst others, the opportunity to name one of these transmitter-marked herons. Follow the Bird Project. With support from the Shell Partnership.

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Baoma, Sierra Leone

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Wetlands International global site. Baoma, Sierra Leone. Marshes near to Baoma. Mustapha spent the non-breeding period near to Baoma village north of Gbab in the Bonthe District of Sierra Leone. This site is only about 30 kilometres from where Gerrit spent his time, but it is a completely different world. It is a less open landscape, a patchwork of forest and agriculture lands on sandy soil. A patchwork of marshes and slash and burn cultivation. Mustapha hidden in the peat swamp of Sierra Leone.

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Karen

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Wetlands International global site. Southward (autumn) migration to non-breeding (wintering) area. Northward (spring) migration to breeding area. Is a female that was captured in 2007 in a small colony of 30 pairs along the. Karen is named after Karen Krijgsveld, an enthusiastic researcher at. And actively involved in various research activities into the ecology and protection of Purple Herons. Follow the Bird Project. With support from the Shell Partnership.

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Inner Niger Delta, Mali

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Wetlands International global site. Inner Niger Delta, Mali. The Inner Niger Delta is an extensive seasonal floodplan and forest. Mali - Inner Niger Delta. In recognition of its international importance. The Delta has been declared as a Ramsar Site. Poaching the waterbirds that migrate to the Inner Niger Delta is one of these unsustainable methods of providing food for their families, and the purple heron is an easy target due to its fatigue from crossing the desert. Wetlands International has been worki...

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Loenderveense Plassen, The Netherlands

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Wetlands International global site. Loenderveense Plassen, The Netherlands. Map of Loenderveense Plassen. Purple Herons from Loenderveense Plassen. Oostelijke Vechtplassen - IBA Sheet. Follow the Bird Project. Migratory birds equipped with satellite-transmitters can be followed online. Implemented by Wetlands International. With support from the Shell Partnership.

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Gerrit

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Wetlands International global site. Southward (autumn) migration to non-breeding (wintering) area. Northward (spring) migration to breeding area. Gerrit was captured as an adult at the. In the province of Zuid-Holland. This bird is named after Gerrit Kok, the Director of the Waterschap Rivierenland that is managing a significant part of the polder areas of the Netherlands, including the important heron colonies of. The local water authority works with. And the province of. Follow the Bird Project.

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Terra Nova

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Wetlands International global site. Southward (autumn) migration to non-breeding (wintering) area. Terra Nova was caught near Loenen aan de Vecht, a part of the ". Management area in the Netherlands. . Terra Nova is named after the property where a breeding colony of Purple Herons is located and. Waternet is improving Purple Heron habitat. 23 March 2009 - We lost signals from Terra Nova so we do not know his current position. 15 January 2009 - Terra Nova was known to be present in the Inner Niger.

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Rudi

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Wetlands International global site. 160; Green Icon. 160; Red Icons. Southward (autumn) migration to non-breeding (wintering) area. 160; Purple Icon. 160; White Icons. Northward (spring) migration to breeding area. Rudi has been caught as an adult at the colony of Zouweboezem. 19 June to 29 August 2009- Rudi was in the breeding colony of Zouweboezem. 12 May - 19 June 2009 - Rudi has remained around the breeding colony. Follow the Bird Project. With support from the Shell Partnership.