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Golden Brentgoose Feather Award 2012 to Andrew St Joseph, Hallig Hooge, Germany Local Communities, NGOs and the National Park authority of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea since 15 years are celebrating the annual "Brentgoose Days", which 2012 coincided with the Wadden Sea Climate Training. The Gol...

By Peter Prokosch

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany Different migratory bird species were studied when 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important int...

By Peter Prokosch

Barnacle Geese (branta leucopsis), Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, Germany 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Color-ringed Brentgeese (Branta bernicla bernicla), Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Cloud of Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica), Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. C...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Life's tidal flat (video) The distinctive feature of Korean tidal flats on the southwest coast has attracted global attention. International discussions about and national protests against the recent embankment of 41 000 ha of tidal flats at Saem...

By Ju Yung Ki

Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) on its breeding site, Meinypyl'gino, Chukotka, Northeast Siberia This charismatic species is listed as Critically Endangered because it has an extremely small population which is undergoing an extremely rapid population reduction. This is because of a number of factors, including habi...

By Christoph Zöckler

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), Costa Rica Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds and exist only on the American continent, including the Caribbean. Here in the rainforest of Costa Rica, there are reported to be over 50 different hummingbird species. The birds...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

heliodoxa jacula peter prokosch 124 Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds and exist only on the American continent, including the Caribbean. Here in the rainforest of Costa Rica, there are reported to be over 50 different hummingbird species. The birds...

By Peter Prokosch

African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) in the Dzanga Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic The African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Grey Parrot, is a medium-sized parrot found in the primary and secondary rainforest of West and Central Africa. Experts regard it as one of the most intell...

By Peter Prokosch

Dammed Geumgang Estuary, South Korea West Coast The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one of less than 10 regions globally that have “megatidal environments” . As such the Yellow Sea i...

By Peter Prokosch

Geumgang tidal flats, South Korea The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one of less than 10 regions globally that have “megatidal environments” . As such the Yellow Sea i...

By Peter Prokosch

White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), Seamangeum, South Korea The embanked Seamangeum tidal flats turned partly into fresh-water habitats, where large flocks of East-Siberian Greater White-fronted geese spend their winter.

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Saemangeum embanked tidal flats to be converted into agriculture and other use, South Korea The Saemangeum Seawall, located on the southwest coast of the Korean peninsula, is the world's longest man-made dyke, measuring 33 kilometres. It runs between two headlands, and separates the Yellow Sea and the former Sa...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Embanked Tidal Flats South of Incheon International Airport, South Korea The Incheon International Airport, the largest airport in South Korea and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world, and its surrounding was build on the costs of huge space of internationally important tidal ...

By Peter Prokosch

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