Press coverage
Selected news items about our work
2022
OZY: The race to save 1 billion feathered friends. 7 December 2022. News article
La Radio del Somormujo: Programa 162 EN VIVO Delta Birding Festival. Audio interview with Weisshaupt N @ 50:40 (in Spanish). 24 September 2022. Audio interview
Science: Bright lights, big pity. 21 April 2022. News article
2021
The FINANCIAL: Changes to European Meteorological Data Policies Threaten Aerial Biodiversity Monitoring. 16 April 2021. News article
NRC: De trekvogels dreigen te verdwijnen uit de neerslagradar (in Dutch). 16 April 2021. News article
BirdCast: Weather radars’ role in biodiversity monitoring. 16 April 2021. Press release
University of Amsterdam: Changes to European meteorological data policies threaten aerial biodiversity monitoring (also in Dutch). 15 April 2021. Press release
BNNVARA: Radar telt vogels boven Artis. Audio interview/article with Shamoun-Baranes J (in Dutch). 11 April 2021. Audio interview
Het Parool: Deze vogelradar in Artis doet de inzet van vogelaars verbleken (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. News article
RTL: Les radars météo permettent de suivre les migrations d’oiseaux. Video interview with Noé N (in French). 17 March 2021. Video interview
Daily Science: La migration des oiseaux en mode 2.0 (in French). 15 March 2021. News article
RBINS: Ten weather radars detect bird migration across the Benelux, and you can watch in real time!. 11 March 2021. Press release
De Standaard: Verwachting voor vannacht: een zwerm trekvogels (in Dutch). 10 March 2021. News article
Le Dernière Heure: Les radars de l’IRM vont surveiller la migration des oiseaux (in French). 9 March 2021. News article
Knack Weekend: KMI brengt data over vogeltrek in kaart voor grote publiek (in Dutch). 9 March 2021. News article
vrtnws.be: Weerradars van het KMI maken nachtelijke vogeltrek zichtbaar (in Dutch). 9 March 2021. News article
HLN.be: Volg nu zelf de vogeltrek over de Benelux (in Dutch). 9 March 2021. News article
INBO: Tien weerradars detecteren vogeltrek over de Benelux, en jij kan meekijken! (in Dutch). 9 March 2021. Press release
Audubon magazine: A New Golden Age of Observation Is Revealing the Wonders of Night Migration. 23 March 2021. News article
2020
The Independent: Climate crisis could be causing bats to migrate earlier, study says. 13 November 2020. News article