Tailing the Montagu's Harrier
Migrating Montagu’s harriers face a host of dangers, from changes in farming practices to illegal hunting in the Mediterranean. The key to saving this graceful raptor could lie in its little-known wintering range, the African Sahel. In 2014 a small team of researchers from the Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation travelled to Senegal to shed light on the birds' enigmatic wintering behavior with a cutting-edge tracking system.
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Nest protection
A staffer and a volunteer of the Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation install a wire fence around a nest in Groningen to protect it from predators and harvest. The status of the breeding populations in the Netherlands and the UK is so precarious that each nest must be individually monitored and protected, and locations are kept secret.
