Baden-Baden (dpa/svs) – Endangered bird species are soon to breed again in a nature reserve near Baden-Baden – a small herd of water buffalo is helping among other things. With their burrowing and rolling, the animals created puddles and watering holes for meadow breeders such as the common snipe or the extremely endangered lapwing, according to the Nabu Nature Conservation Union and the State Hunting Association.
Meadow and ground breeders in Baden-Württemberg
In the Bruchgraben nature reserve – the small remnant of a once huge, permanently wet fen and meadow area – it is shown in an exemplary way “how sensible, important and necessary our joint efforts are for the meadow and ground breeders in Baden-Württemberg,” said the Nabu state chairman Johannes Enssle. Together with the LjV and representatives of the Regional Council (RP) Karlsruhe, he got a picture of the progress of the measures for the threatened birds on Monday. “Field and meadow breeders are among the most endangered bird species in our country,” said LjV chairman Jörg Friedmann. Nationwide, the population of the lapwing has declined by about 92 percent since 1995. The snipe lost 82 percent.
More wetlands created
According to a spokeswoman for the regional council, among other things, more wetlands are gradually being created and small bodies of water created in the area. By mowing areas and supported by the grazing buffalo, the landscape should be kept open and the habitat of the birds should be improved. The buffalo and some cattle have lived in the area for two years. Results of the project are not yet available, as the spokeswoman said.
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