International cooperation, January to October 2011

Besides carrying out field work during the research trip in Spain, contacts with potential project partners were established. The SEO (Spanish Ornithologists Association) is interested in a collaboration as project partner and will be of great importance when doing work in Spain, e.g. by providing support with data recording, with applications for authorisation of admission to the disposal sites, etc. Cooperation has also been initiated with the experts in the European stork village Malpartida de Caceres. Further contacts, for example with stork conservation experts in France, have also been made. The goal is to expand the project internationally, in collaboration with experts from Spain, France and all other countries in the distribution area of the western White Stork population.