From September 1st to November 15th 2021, members of the ICTS-RBD Natural Processes Monitoring team carried out the ringing of passerine birds during the post-breeding migration at the Manecorro Ringing Station (Doñana National Park). This campaign has been the number 28, although with a reduced sampling effort of 5 days a week and only in the mornings, due to the special conditions generated by COVID-19.

Our findings showcase the potential of predatory waterbirds as vectors of plants and invertebrates, and how they may facilitate connectivity between freshwater and terrestrial habitats.

A study led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) and the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC) concludes that stopping winter floods of rice field in the Ebro Delta, a management to control the invasion of the apple snail, have not had an impact to date on the abundance of many waterbirds species wintering in the area.
This apple snail control has been highly controversial due to its potential side effects on waterbird conservation. However, by assessing long series of...

The database, coordinated by two researchers from the Doñana Biological Station - CSIC, covers 48 commercial crops distributed across 3,000 locations on five continents and 32 countries over three decades. The data is open accessible and any person or institution - scientific or not - can access the information. In addition, any person or scientific institution that wants to contribute new data can do so in a simple way.

Scientists from Doñana Biological Station – EBD-CSIC have studied the role of waterbirds in the dispersion of invertebrates between habitats. The study has taken place in seven sites in Andalucia with different degrees of anthropogenization: Doñana ricefields, Celtina and Punta Entina saltpans in Almeria, Fuente de Piedra lake in Malaga, and three landfills sites in Huelva, Sevilla, and Córdoba. This new study shows the capacity of waterbirds to disperse freshwater invertebrates,...