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BirdExperience Folder 2010 (PDF)

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The Programme (in short)

Thursday, 22^nd April

17.00 – 20.00 Grand Opening Ceremony, introductory lectures

Friday, 23^rd April

9.00 – 18.00 Exhibitions Lectures & Workshops

• 9:00 digiscoping workshop – Digital Camera & Telescope
• (Registration required, maximum 25 pers.!)
• 10:00 National Fertö-Hanság – Bird life on the South Bank
• of Lake Neusiedl and Hanság
• 11:00 Neusiedler See – Seewinkel – Waders, coastal inhabitants inland
• 12:00 R. Giefing, NN – The cross-border World Heritage Site
• Neusiedler See
• 13 – 16.00 VTNÖ – Workshop nature photography: Knowledge for better images (Registration required, max 14 pers.!)
• 14:00 BirdLife Austria – From bird watching to bird conservation: Monitoring Projects
• 15:00 J. Fowler – Bird Ringing in Europe (English with translation)
• 16:00 National Orség – Avifauna of the forests and meadows aside river Raab
• 17:00 Donau Auen National Park – Bird habitats aside Danube and March

Excursions

• 10:00 Excursion 1 (until 13.00) – Habitat saline lakes –
• a short Birdwatchingtour Seewinkel. Registration required.
• 10:00 Excursion 2 (until 18.00) – From the south bank of the steppe
• the Sopron Mountains and Geschriebenstein / Irrotko. Registration required.
• 13:00 Excursion 3 (until 18.00) – The reed belt of Lake Neusiedl: Breeding and feeding ground for many bird species. Registration required.
• 10:00 to 12:30 / 14:00 to 16:30 Excursion Swarovski digiscoping. Registration required, free donation.

Saturday, 24^th April

9.00 – 18.00 Exhibitions Lectures & Workshops

• 9.00 Digiscoping Workshop – Digital Camera meets Telescope (Registration required, maximum 25 persons!)
• 10.00 BirdLife Slovakia – Bird Conservation Projects from the Danube up to the High Tatra Mountains
• 11.00 R. Raab ? The Great Bustard – Outcomes of the LIFE project in AT, HU und SK
• 12.00 MME / S. Solt – Red-footed Falcon and Rook in Hungary (Hungarian with translation)
• 13.00 MME / M. Horvath – Imperial Eagle in Hungary (Hungarian with translation)
• 14.00 Balaton Uplands National Park – The Kis-Balaton – an Insider‘s Tip for Birdwatchers
• 15.00 A. Kirschner, Th. Zechmeister – Aquatic Botulismus – a Fatal threat to Waterfowl?
• 16.00 T. Appleton – The Return of the Osprey to England (English with translation)
• 17.00 Th. Waldherr, J. Pöllmann – E-Bikes – the best Side of Cycling

Digiscoping-Workshop 10.00 – 12.30 / 14.00 – 16.30 Excursion Swarovski Digiscoping. Registration required, attendance free. Guided Field Trips

• 10.00 Excursion 1 (– 13.00) – „Free as a Bird can be!“ – Examples of Environmental Education at WWF-Seewinkelhof, Apetlon. Registration required.
• 10.00 Excursion 2 (– 18.00) – Habitats along Danube and Morava rivers: Szigetköz (HU), Hrusovska zdrz (SK), Danube Floodplains (AT). Registration required.
• 13.00 Excursion 3 (– 18.00) – Hanság und Parndorfer Terrace: Habitats and Population of the Great Bustard (LIFE Project). Registration required.

Sunday, 25th April

9.00 – 18.00 Exhibitions Lectures & Workshops

• 9.00 Digiscoping Workshop – Digital Camera meets Telescope (Registration required, maximum 25 persons!)
• 10.00 Neusiedler See National Park – The Phenomenon of Bird Migration, and the Stepping Stone Function of Lake Neusiedl.
• 10 – 13.00 VTNÖ – Nature Photography Workshop: How to make the better picture (Registration required, maximum 14 persons!)
• 11.00 Thayatal National Park – Black Storks and Birds of Prey at the Border River to the Czech Republic
• 13.00 Austrian Nature Conservation Association (Burgenland) – Habitat Conservation Projects
• 14.00 NGO Pisztráng Kor – Avifauna of the Szigetköz Area (Danube, Hungary)
• 15.00 WWF Austria – Activities, Projects and Environmental Education in the Pannonian Region
• 16.00 Th. Böhm – Experiencing Nature in 6 Nature Parks of Burgenland
• 17.00 BirdLife Austria – Today‘s Challenges in Bird Protection in Austria

Excursions

• 10:00 to 12:30 / 14:00 to 16:30 Excursion Swarovski digiscoping. Registration required, free donation.
• 10.00 Excursion 1 (– 13.00) – The Birds of the Cultural Landscape: A short Excursion to Marsh Areas and Pastures. Registration required.
• 10.00 Excursion 2 (– 18.00) – All around Lake Neusiedl: Roosting and Nesting Areas between the Banks and the forested Hills. Registration required.
• 13:00 Excursion 3 (until 18.00 ) – Hanság and Parndorfer plate: Habitats and population of the Great Bustard (LIFE Project). Registration required.