Tracking bird movement and behaviour at multiple scales in space and time is no easy task. A team at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have worked together to develop a flexible, state of the art, Bird Tracking System, the UvA-BiTS.
The system includes a solar-powered, light-weight GPS tracker with rechargeable batteries, a tri-axial accelerometer, two-way data communication to a ground station network, automated data processing and visualization in the Virtual Lab. Researchers from multiple organizations are working with this system to study migration, navigation, foraging strategies on land and at sea. The system is available for collaborative research and will continue to develop and foster the research needs of a diverse community.
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Sinagote: The life story of a spoonbill, by Theunis Piersma, Willem Bouten, Carl Zuhorn and Petra de Goeij
Latest Highlights
Overwintering and foraging areas used by a 24-year old Eurasian spoonbill
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
Lesser Black-backed Gulls from Schiermonnikoog enjoy their winter holiday
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Oystercatchers returning from inland breeding grounds
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
GPS tracker with SMS messaging
Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Ronny found back, three years after deployment of the UvA-BiTS GPS-tracker
Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
Egyptian Vulture, Red Kite, Verreaux's Eagle, Montagu's Harrier, Griffon Vulture, European Honey Buzzard
Barnacle Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Spoonbill, Brent Goose, Oystercatcher, Crab Plover
Northern Bald Ibis
Caspian Gull, Sandwich Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Skua
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Contact person
Willem Bouten, IBED-UvA, w.bouten@uva.nl
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Caspian Gull
de KreupelSandwich Tern
Texel Wagejot, The NetherlandsNorthern Bald Ibis
Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, AndalusiaEgyptian Vulture
Fuerteventura, SpainBarnacle Goose
Kololkolkova Bay, RussiaYellow-legged Gull
Marismas del Odiel, SpainHerring gull
St Ives, Texel, the NetherlandsBlack-tailed Godwit
Southwest Friesland, the NetherlandsRed Kite
Tuscany, ItalyEurasian Spoonbill
Schiermonnikoog, The NetherlandsVerreaux's Eagle
Western Cape Province, South AfricaBrent Goose
Schiermonnikoog, The NetherlandsMontagu's Harrier
East Groningen, The NetherlandsGriffon Vulture
Vallée d’Ossau, French Pyrenees, Grands Causses, FranceEuropean Honey Buzzard
Migration, Veluwe, The NetherlandsLesser Black-backed Gull
IJmuiden, Ribble, Schiermonnikoog, Bristol, Skokholm, Walney, Zeebrugge, Texel, Orford NessOystercatcher
Vlieland, The Netherlands, Dutch Wadden Sea, Balgzand, The NetherlandsGreat Skua
Foula, Shetland, UKCrab Plover
OmanOther projects