Data acquisition and monitoring

Profound assessment of the flora and fauna inventory is essential in environmental planning and research. We use a variety of innovative methods to carry out faunistic surveys and biotope mappings in marine, limnic and terrestrial areas with a professional focus on birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. Further areas are covered through cooperation with our partners.

• Ship transect surveys to record birds and marine mammals in the North and Baltic Sea
• Radar and visual surveys as well as night-time recording of flight calls on- and offshore
• Acoustical monitoring of harbour porpoises using different passive acoustic devices (C-PODs, WDS)
• Aerial surveys
• Digital aerial surveys of marine mammals and birds (HiDef)
• Aerial photographs and 3D terrain models using drones
• Visual surveys of birds and harbour porpoises
• Use of professional laser rangefinders to create 3D flight sequences
• Bat surveys using detectors, bat recording boxes and continuous detection systems
• Breeding and resting bird as well as bird migration surveys
• Telemetric monitoring

Project examples:

• Seal monitoring
• Offshore wind farms
• Breeding bird monitoring in the Wadden Sea
• Mussel monitoring