Progress in the Conservation Project for the Eurasian Curlew

To provide the chicks with a protected area for hatching, it has almost become a tradition for us to work together with the LBV - Bavarian Society for the Protection of Birds - to set up a roughly 4.5-kilometer-long protective fence every March. At the beginning of the year, another team of 14 Audi employees actively helped to build a new fence. A special feature of this fence action in Wiesmet is the additional tarp at the bottom of the fence, which is designed to keep the chicks within the protected area.

To determine the locations of the curlew chicks and investigate causes of loss, they are equipped with telemetry transmitters in a further step. The data collected helps to develop, adjust, and evaluate medium- and long-term conservation efforts.

A big thank you to all the helpers in building the fence! At the end of June, when the young birds fledge, we hope for helping hands again to dismantle the fence.

As part of the ongoing conservation project for ground-nesting bird species, curlew chicks are more easily located and actively protected using telemetry. The Eurasian Curlew, a meadow breeder, prefers moist meadows and moorland as breeding grounds.

Underexpert instruction, a protective fence was erected to keep predators such as foxes and birds of prey at bay. The enclosed area of 25 hectares provides the breeding pairs with a safe nesting site during the summer until the young birds are fledged. During our work, we were accompanied by the chirping of the bird pairs. At the end of June, the protective fence will be dismantled, and we hope for a successful breeding season.