News Archive

21. Feb 2020

Telemetry of divers (DIVER) – project completed

Within the framework of the DIVER-project, a total of 45 red-throated divers were fitted with satellite transmitters to investigate migration routes and movement patterns in especially the wintering area in the Eastern German Bight.

20. Nov 2019

Telemetric monitoring of eagle owls – project completed

Several eagle owls in Schleswig-Holstein were equipped with GPS transmitters within the framework of a BioConsult SH telemetry study. The results yielded interesting findings on the home range size and gave insight into which areas are used by eagle owls apart from the breeding site.

28. Oct 2019

Study on offshore wind energy use and marine protected areas in the Mediterranean

Within the framework of an international project BioConsult SH has carried out a study on wind energy development in the Mediterranean on behalf of WWF France.

17. Oct 2019

BioConsult SH surveys whales from space!

In collaboration with scientists from the UK and the USA, BioConsult SH has created a semi-automated process for whale detection from very high-resolution satellite images using deep learning artificial intelligence.

01. Sep 2019

Important: New phone number!

On Sept. 13th we'll get a new phone number and BioConsult SH will therefore only partly be reachable via landline. The new number is: +49 (0)4841 77937-0 Information on updated extension numbers for employees, can be found on our website from Sept. 12th. 2019.

28. Aug 2019

NDR report on seal counts in the Wadden Sea

A camera team of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk accompanied our biologists on a flight to survey the numbers of harbour seals in the Wadden Sea.

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.