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International Bearded Vulture Monitoring

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ImprintAuthorMircoLauperVersion22/09/2017RecommendedformofcitationLauper,M.(2017):AnnualReport2016-InternationalBeardedVultureMonitoring(IBM);[email protected]


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PROJECTPARTNERSASTERS(CONSERVATOIRED'ESPACESNATURELSDEHAUTE-SAVOIE)

LPOGRANDSCAUSSESNATIONALPARKHOHETAUERNPARCNATIONALDELAVANOISE

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TableofContents

Abstract............................................................................................................................7

Reproductioninthewild...................................................................................................9Breedingseason2015/2016.......................................................................................................9Regionaldevelopmentofreproductiveunits............................................................................10Ageclassdefinition..................................................................................................................14

Releases2017..................................................................................................................15FirstreleaseinCorsica(FRA).....................................................................................................16

Monitoring......................................................................................................................17Markings2016..........................................................................................................................17Improvedringcodesystem......................................................................................................18Ringcodesystem2016.............................................................................................................19GPS-taggingofwildbornbirds.................................................................................................20Adonisontour.........................................................................................................................21Visualobservations..................................................................................................................22IOD2016..................................................................................................................................23

Dropouts.........................................................................................................................24Dropouts2016.........................................................................................................................24

Cazals...........................................................................................................................................24Larzac...........................................................................................................................................24Aigoual........................................................................................................................................25Kira..............................................................................................................................................25

Dropoutcauses........................................................................................................................25Dropoutsoverview...................................................................................................................26

UpgradeIBM-database....................................................................................................27

Administration................................................................................................................28Managementandfunding........................................................................................................28NewIBMcoordinator...............................................................................................................28

Annexe............................................................................................................................29Listofallrecordedbirds...........................................................................................................30Overview-UpgradeIBM-Database..........................................................................................35


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AbstractThemonitoringoftheslowlygrowingandexpandingbeardedvulturepopulationintheAlpsisonlypossiblethankstothehugeeffortofallIBMpartners.TheIBMwasconstitutedby11partnersin2016.TheleadpartnerwastheVultureConservationFoundation.During2016theIBMdatabasemanager (DominiqueWaldvogel andMirco Lauper)workedmore than900hours for the IBM database, on top of that administrativework carried out by FranziskaLörcherandJoséTavaresaddedmorehours.Thissumsuptobealmost2/3ofafulltimejob.Fortheexchangewiththepartners,oneSC-meetingbyphoneandonephysicalSC-meetingduringtheannualbeardedvulturemeetingwereheld.ThemonthlyshortreportsIBMUpdate&ReminderinformtheIBMpartnersabouttheactualdevelopmentofthebeardedvulturereproductioninthewild,themostrecentobservationsandimportantnewsregardingdatacollectionandadministration. SofartheIBM,whichhadatotalbudgetof49'820Eurosin2016,wasfinancedonlybythefeeeachpartnerpaidtocoverthecostsforadministrationanddatabasemanagement.Asthisprovedtobemoreandmoredifficultforthepartnersinthelastyearsweinvestedtimeinsearchingforotherfundingmethods.WeweresuccessfultogetadditionalfundsfromMAVAfor2017-2019whichallowstoreducethepartnerfeesubstantially.With the first release of bearded vultures in Corsica (FRA), the IBMwelcomes the "ParcNaturelRégionaldeCorse"asfuturepartnerforthemonitoringnetwork.Thisisanimportantsteptoexpandthemonitoringofthespeciestoameta-populationlevel.Theexpansionofthe IBM network, the increasing number of data and the increasingly sophisticated dataqueries require alsomore andmore efforts for the IBMadministration and coordination.Therefore,in2016,strongeffortshavebeentakentoautomatiseroutinedataqueriesandthustobeabletoprovidetheIBMpartnersmoreregularlywithupdatesaboutthekeyfiguresoftheIBMdatabase(9updatesin2016).Furthermore,amajorupgradeoftheIBMdatabaseincluding themigration to a new server, an update tomodern PHP-version andmultipleexpansionsofthefunctionalitiesweredevelopedandimprovenowtheusabilityandensurethatthevaluableinformationstoredintheIBMdatabaseiseasieraccessibleforallpartnersWith 25 bearded vultures that fledged in the wild a new record of bearded vulturereproductionwasachievedin2016.Amongthesebreedingunits4pairsbredforthefirsttimesuccessfully.However,preliminaryanalysesshowthatreproductivesuccessvariesbetweenregionsandissignificantlylowerinAustriathaninotherpartsoftheAlps.ThisandthefactthatsofaronlyfewbreedingpairsbredsuccessfullyintheEasternAlpsareimportantfindingsofthe IBMwhichshouldbeconsidered infutureplanningofrestorationandconservationmeasures for theAlpinebeardedvulturepopulation.Thereby ithastobeconsideredthatanthropogeniccausesareresponsiblefor50%oftheknownmortalitycases.Among18drop-out cases, collisions were involved in eight, shooting in five and lead intoxication, whichclusterintheEasternAlps,infourcases.


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In2016,fivefemaleandfivemalebeardedvultureshavebeenreleasedintehAlps(N=6),intheregionoftheMassifCentral(N=2)andinCorsica(N=2).Unfortunately,oneofthebirdsreleased in Grands Causses died due a viper bite before it fledged. The total number ofsuccessfullyreleasedbirdswithintheIBMareaamountsthereforetonineindividuals.Allofthem have beenmarkedwith a solar powered GPS/GSM tag. Thismonitoringmethod isessential to better understand movement patterns and habitat use of bearded vultures.Furthermore,itcanrevealunusualmigrationeventsofreleasedbirdsasinthecaseoftheyoungbeardedvultureAdonis,which left theAlpsandcrossedduringhisexcursionCzechRepublic,Slovakia,Poland,Belarus,Ukraine,Hungary,SerbiaandRomania.ThisyearandforthefirsttimeintheAlpsourpartnerASTERSequippedtwowildhatchedbeardedvultureswithGPS-tagsinordertoincludethisincreasingpartoftheAlpinebeardedvulturepopulationinthispartofthemonitoringprogram.Inordertoimprovelegibilityoftheringcodesandthusfacilitateindividualidentificationatwo-digit code system was implemented in 2015. It has been recognised, that this bi-directionalcodesystemcausesproblems in termsofdatamanagementandunambiguousattribution.Therefore,anewcodesystemwithuniquecodesperindividualwasdevelopedfor2016inclosecoordinationwiththenationalringingschemes.More than1'300occasionalbeardedvultureobservationshavebeen reported in the IBMdatabase.37%of theobservedbirdscouldbe identifiedon individual level.Thankstothemulti-level monitoring system of the IBM, including a yearly reproduction survey, theInternational Bearded Vulture Observation Days (IOD), regular visual observations andtelemetrydata,169differentbeardedvulturescouldbedistinguishedduringthemonitoringyear2016,116ofthemonthe individual level. Individualbaseddata ishighlyrelevantforsurvival analysis and modelling the population to assess the outcome of reintroductionefforts.Therefore,theIBMputmucheffortinthecompilationofasurvivalmatrixwhichhasbeentransferredtotheDivisionofConservationBiologyoftheUniversityofBernforfurtheranalyses.

Keyfacts§ 10beardedvultures(BV)releasedintheAlpineregionandnearbyareas,Alps(N=6),

MassifCentral(N=2)andinCorsica(N=2).Aigoual(BG901)releasedinGrandsCaussesdieddueaviperbitebeforeitfledged.

§ AllreleasedbirdshavebeenmarkedwithasolarpoweredGPS/GSMtag.§ NewrecordbreedingseasonintheAlps–43territories,25fledgedyoungbirds(mapp.9).§ 4newbreedingpairsbredsuccessfullyforthefirsttime.§ Reproductivesuccessvariesbetweenregions-lowersuccessintheeasternparts(AUT).§ Database:1300newrecordsobservationsofbeardedvulturesin2016,37%ofthe

observedbirdscouldbeidentifiedonindividuallevel.§ 169differentbeardedvulturescouldbedistinguishedduringthemonitoringyear2016,

116ofthemontheindividuallevel.§ 18casesofconfirmedmortalitywithanthropogeniccauseuntil2016:collisions(8),

shooting(5)andleadintoxication(4).§ TwowildhatchedBVequippedwithsolarpoweredGPS/GSMtagintheFrenchAlps.§ ~500observationsreportedduringtheInternat.BeardedVultureObservationDays(IOD).§ 9updatessenttoallpartnersabouttheactualdataintheIBMdatabase.§ MajorIBMdatabaseupgrade(migrationtonewserver,expansionoffunctionalities).


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Reproductioninthewild

Breedingseason2015/2016During the breeding season 2015/2016 the IBM partners reported 43 territorial pairs ortriplets respectively that showed nesting behaviour. 34 of them successfully produced aclutch with a total of 29 birds that hatched from these eggs. Finally, 25 young beardedvulturesfledgedbytheendofthesummer(11inSwitzerland,7inItaly,2inAustriaand5inFrance)(Table2).Despiteof9breedingfailures,thisyear'sreproductionisanewrecordwith5fledglingsmorethaninthepreviousyear2015.Theproductivityof61%isslightlyhigherthaninthelastyearwith58%(Table1).Table1:Overviewbreedingseason2015/2016.Thepercentageoffledglingsisreferringtothenumberoffledglingsperhatchedbirds.Productivity isestimatedbytheratiooffledglingsoverallbreedingunitswithbirdsolderthan4years.

Status CHE ITA FRA AUT TotalNesting 15 10 14 4 43Nesting>4y 15 9 14 3 41

Clutch13 9 10 2 3487% 100% 71% 67% 79%

Hatch 12 8 7 2 2992% 89% 70% 100% 85%

Fledge 11 7 5 2 2592% 88% 71% 100% 86%

Failure 2 2 5 0 915% 22% 50% 0% 26%

Productivity2016** 73% 78% 36% 67% 61%Productivity2015** 67% 44% 67% 33% 58%

Figure1:Reproductionstatusin43occupiedterritories intheAlpinearcattheendofthebreedingseason2015/2016.SofarthereisnoreportofreproductiveunitsintheMassifCentral.Thecolouredrectanglesrepresentthe5monitoringzones:brown=MassifCentral,yellow=south-westernAlps,red=north-westernAlps,blue=centralAlpsandgreen=easternAlps.

Overview oftheAlpinereproduction2016.Thecoloursrepresentthefiveregions(green:Eastern,blue:Central,red:North-Western,yellow:South-Western,brown:corridorregion).


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RegionaldevelopmentofreproductiveunitsThebeardedvulturereproductionisgenerallyhigher inthecoreareasofthealpinerange(central, north-west) compared to the periphery (east, south-west). Nevertheless, thenumberofreproductiveunitswithclutchisdevelopinginasimilarpatterninthethreesectorscentral-,north-western-andsouth-westernAlps.IntheeasternAlpshowever,thenumberofegg-layingunitsincreasesveryslowlyandremainsonalowlevelwithonly3egg-layingunits16 years after the first reported clutch (Fig. 2).Additionally, it hasbeen found thatboth,hatch-andfledgeratearelowerintheeasternAlps.Thesefindingsindicatethatthebeardedvultures have difficulties to settle in this sector and that the reproductive success of thepresentbreedingunitsisloweringeneral(thebreedingpairGastein/Raurisinparticular)(Fig.3).FurtherinvestigationsshouldassessthecausesforthisreducedbreedingactivityintheeasternpartsoftheAlps.

Figure2:Developmentofthenumberofegg-layingunitsovertimeperalpinesector(central-,eastern-,north-western-,south-westernAlps).Anegg-layingunitisdefinedasanoccupiedterritorywhereaclutchhasbeenreportedwithinthelasttwoyears,asitisnotuncommonthatsomebreedingunitspausetheirreproductionforoneyeareventhoughtheyoccupyabreedingterritoryforthatspecificyear.Thenumberofegg-layingunitsisassessedforeveryyearafterthefirstyearwithareportofaclutchwithinthesector.

Figure3:LowerbreedingsuccessintheeasternAlps. In comparison to the three sectors,central-, north-western- and south-westernAlps,both,thehatch-andthefledgerate,arelowerintheeasternAlps.

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Table2:Detailsaboutthebeardedvulturereproductioninthewild.Subadultterritorialbirdsaremarkedwithanasterisk(*),newterritorieswith**.

Territo

ry

Male

Female

Other

Clutch

Hatch

Fled

ge

Failu

re

Chick

Firstclutch

Firstfledg

e

East

4 2 2 2 0 2 2003 2010

AUT

Gastein/Rauris AndreasHofer unknown - 05/01(±5) 29/02(±3) 05/07 - Kruml4(W201) 2003 2010

Gschlöß Pinzgarus Glocknerlady* - - - - - - 2014 -

Katschberg Hubertus2 Romaris - 17/01(±2) 12/03(±2) 20/07 - Katschberg2016(W202) 2010 2012

Mallnitz** unknown Escalero - - - - - - - -

Central

17 16 15 13 4 15 1998 1998

CHE

Albula Tantermozza Diana-Stelvio - 29/12 22/02 - 01/03(±1) Albula2016(W182) 2008 2008

Bergün unknown unknown - 28/01(±1) 01/04(±3) 22/07 - Bergün2016(W187) 2016 2016

Foraz unknown unknown - 06/01(±7) 01/03(±7) 22/06(±8) - Foraz2016(W189) 2012 2014

Maloja Rurese Folio - 04/01(±2) 24/02 10/06 - Ecureuil-Maloja(W184) 2015 2016

Ofenpass Livigno Ortler - 12/01(±10) 13/03(±6) 06/07 - Ofenpass2016(W206) 2007 2007

Pontresina** unknown unknown - - - - - - - -

Poschiavo unknown-bornwild unknown-bornwild - 19/01(±1) 14/03 30/06(±6) - Poschiavo2016(W190) 2013 2013

Sinestra Samuel Moische-Livigno - 10/01(±6) 09/03(±4) 07/07(±2) - Furbaz-Sinestra(W197) 2012 2013

Spöl unknown unknown - 10/01(±4) 20/03(±5) 29/06(±2) - Spöl2016(W192) 2014 2014

Tantermozza Zebru Martell - 24/12(±2) 15/02(±3) 26/07(±2) - Tantermozza2016(W195) 2007 2007

10 9 9 8 1 9 2007 2007

ITA

Livigno Cic Moische - 08/01(±4) 02/03(±4) 23/06(±1) - Livigno2016(W205) 1999 2000

Ortler unknown* Jo* - 28/02(±4) 22/04(±4) - 11/05(±1) Ortler2016(W208) 2016 -

Planeil unknown unknown - 03/01(±3) - - 03/03 - 2013 -

ValMartello unknown Temperatio - 08/01 02/03 07/07 - Val_Martello2016(W203) 2015 2015

ValledelBraulio Tell Stift - 13/12(±2) 04/02(±1) 03/06(±1) - Braulio2016(W186) 1998 1998

Zebru Heinz-Serraglio Felice - 29/12 21/02(±1) 19/06(±1) - Zebru2016(W204) 2002 2002

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Territo

ry

Male

Female

Other

Clutch

Hatch

Fled

ge

Failu

re

Chick

Firstclutch

Firstfledg

e

North-West

19 19 19 5 17 14 12 7 14 1996 1997

CHE

Bagnes unknown* unknown - 23/01 11/03 16/07 - Dimitri(W183) 2016 2016

Derborence_down Swaro Gilbert - 27/01(±3) 27/03(±10) 10/07 - Anzère-Down(W188) 2012 2012

Derborence_Vérouet Pablo Guillaumes Gildo 22/12 - - 11/03(±15) - 2007 2007

Leukerbad Diana-Valais unknown unknown - - - - - 2013 2015

Zermatt Smaragd* unknown - 01/02(±20) 01/04(±20) 02/08(±1) - Matti_zermatt(W207) 2016 2016

5 4 3 3 1 3 2007 2007

FRA

Andagne NonnoBob Beaugosse - 18/02(±1) - - 04/03 - 2011 2014

Aravis GT028 GT046 - 31/12(±3) 03/03(±1) 21/06(±1) - Neige(W198) 2006 2009

AravisSud** unknown unknown - - - - - - - -

Bargy Balthazar Assignat - 12/01(±9) 09/03(±2) 15/07 - Gemapi(W196) 1996 1997

BargyBIS unknown unknown - 09/01(±5) 15/03(±2) - 20/03 Bargy_BIS2016(W199) 2016 -

Bourg-Saint-Maurice unknown unknown - 28/01(±7) - - 10/03(±8) - 2016 -

Passy** unknown unknown* - - - - - - - -

Peisey-Nancroix unknown unknown - 15/01(±2) 11/03(±1) 08/07 - Pirou(W185) 2005 2005

SixtFiz Montblanc Veronika - 19/01(±1) 14/03(±1) - 01/04(±2) Sixt_Fiz2016(W200) 2007 2009

Termignon Stelvio Gelas - 19/12(±1) 13/02(±1) 03/06 - Eleven(W181) 2002 2002

Vald'Isère unknown Jausiers - - - - - - 1999 2002

11 8 6 4 4 6 1996 1997

ITA

Chamoussière Michegabri unknown-bornwild - 24/01 18/03 10/07 - Bellaciao(W194) 2011 2012

ValdiRhemes unknown unknown unknown 28/01 24/03 01/08 - Voilà(W193) 2010 2013

Valnontey unknown unknown - 13/01 11/03 04/07 - Vera-Valnontey(W180) 2015 2015

3 3 3 3 0 3 2010 2012


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Territo

ry

Male

Female

Other

Clutch

Hatch

Fled

ge

Failu

re

Chick

Firstclutch

Firstfledg

e

South-West

5 3 2 2 2 2 2008 2008FR

A

Chambeyron-Ubayette Stephan* unknown* - 26/01(±1) - - 17/04(±1) - 2016 -

SourcedelaTinée Rocca Girasole - 30/01(±2) 27/03(±2) 24/07(±3) - Tinee(W191) 2013 2015

SourcedelUbaye Sereno GT036 - - - - - - 2008 2008

3 2 1 1 1 1 2008 2008

ITA

unconfirmedpair** unknown* unknown* - - - - - - - -

Total 43 34 29 25 9 25 1996 1997

AgeclassdefinitionAge is a key life history trait and therefore the use of a consistent and standardised agedefinitioniscrucialforourmonitoring.Theuseofrealagealwayscausesuncertainty,iftheageofabirdisexpressedinyearswithoutdeclaringwhether thisagerefers to theperiodbetweenJanuary toFebruaryor toa laterphaseoftheyear(Table3)andshouldthereforebeavoided.Theuseofcalendaryears(Jan-Dec)hasbeenwidelyacceptedbecauseofitscleardefinitionandsimpleuse.Therefore,theIBMcoordinationremindsalltheIBMmemberstoindicatetheagealwaysincalendaryearsandalsodeclareitatanytimeadequatelyascalendaryearsinordertoavoidanyconfusion.In case of uncertain age, itmight be easier to age individuals in terms of their life stage(juvenile,immature,subadult,adult).However,itmustbeensuredthateverybodyworkswiththesamedefinitions.Table3:Calendaryears(cy)shouldbeusedasIBM-standardforageclassification.ThistableshouldserveasageneralstandardfortheagedeterminationofunknownandknownbirdsrecordedintheIBMdatabase.

EntryintheIBM(lifestage) Calendaryear(cy) Realage(years)

Jan-Feb|Mar-Dec Lifehistoryevent

juvenile(1.year) 1 - 0 hatchimmature(2.year) 2 0 1 non-territorialimmature(3.year) 3 1 2 non-territorialsubadult(4.year) 4 2 3 non-territorialsubadult(5./6.year) 5 3 4 potentialnestingadult(≥6.year) 6 4 5 potentialbreedingadult(≥6.year) ≥7 5 ≥6 potentialbreeding


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Releases2017

Figure4:Overviewreleasesitesofthe10beardedvulturesthatwerereleasedintheAlpinearc,GrandsCausses andCorsica.Onebird (Aigoual - BG901) thatwas released inGrandsCausses diedbeforefledgingbecauseofaviperbite.

Table4:Informationaboutthe10beardedvulturesthatwerereleasedin2016.*Aigoual(BG901)diedonthe3rdofJuly2016andwillnotbeconsideredforthestatistics.

Bird-ID Hatch Placebirth Placerelease Ringcode

Girun(f)-BG904 01/03 CCGuadalentín Baronnies,LéouxValley(FRA) JA

Volcaire(m)-BG905 07/03 RFZ Baronnies,LéouxValley(FRA) 75

Cimatella(f)-BG886 30/01 CCGuadalentín Corsica,NioloValley(FRA) KE

Muntagnolu(m)-BG890 06/02 RFZ Corsica,NioloValley(FRA) 53

Cayla(f)-BG897 17/02 CCGuadalentín GrandsCausses,Lozère(FRA) 64

Aigoual(f)-BG901* 24/02 CCGuadalentín GrandsCausses,Lozère(FRA) 1X

Cierzo(m)-BG899 21/02 CCGuadalentín Melchsee-Frutt(CHE) XTAlois(m)-BG900 23/02 CCGuadalentín Melchsee-Frutt(CHE) 0V

Lucky(m)-BG909 19/03 TPBerlin NPHoheTauern,Untersulzbachtal(AUT) 31

Charlie(f)-BG910 23/03 TPBerlin NPHoheTauern,Untersulzbachtal(AUT) 42


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FirstreleaseinCorsica(FRA)ThebeardedvulturepopulationofCorsicaisoneofthelastsurvivinggeneticpoolofaformermeta-populationincludingthePyrenees,Sicily,Sardinia,CorsicaandtheAlps.Duringthelast25yearsthebeardedvulturepopulationhasbeendeclininginCorsica,withthedeclinemostevidentinthelastfewyears-from10pairs10yearsagotocurrentlyonly4pairs.Thereleaseoftwobeardedvultureindividuals(BG886-Cimatella&BG890-Muntagnolu)fromthecaptivebreedingnetworkin2016isaoneoftheactionsinordertoaddressthedramaticdecreaseandsecurethesurvivingofthisuniquegeneticpool.

Figure5:ReleaseoftwobeardedvulturesCimatella(BG886)Muntagnolu(BG890)intheParcNaturelRégionaldeCorseonthe3rdofMay2016.

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MonitoringLong-termmonitoringformsthebasisforsuccesscontrolofreintroductionprogrammesandisarequirementbytheIUCNforallreintroductionprograms. It is importanttofollowtheindividualsovermanyyears,whichallowstogetinsightaboutthedemographicdevelopmentofthepopulationandtoestimatee.g.survivalrates.Thesearekeyinformationforpredictionsabouttheoutcomeofrestorationactionsandallowtooptimiseresourcesandmeasuresforthe future.Theperiodical short reports IBMUpdate&Reminder inform the IBMpartnersabout the actual development of the bearded vulture reproduction in thewild, themostrecentobservationsandimportantnewsregardingdatacollectionandadministration.Eachreleasedbirdhasanindividualmarkingpatternofbleachedfeathersandisringedwithan aluminium ring (right) and a plastic Darvic ring (left). This allows to identify specificindividualsandfollowtheirlife-historyoverseveralyears(Figure6).

Markings2016

Figure6:Markingpatternsof thebeardedvultures released in2016.Note:Aigoualdied inGrandsCaussesafteraviperbiteandisnotlistedanymoreonthisfigure.1

1Downloadthisfileon:www.gyp-monitoring.com-->Downloads-->Markingpattern

Ringcode:KE

Ringcode:53

Cimatella� – BG886CCGuadalentín– 30/01/2016

Muntagnolu� – BG890RFZ– 06/02/2016

FRA- Corsica

Ringcode:75

Ringcode:JA

Girun� – BG904CCGuadalentín– 01/03/2016

Volcaire� – BG905RFZ– 07/03/2016

FRA– LesBaronnies

R:5-6Tailleft

R:1-2L:17-19

Ringcode:64

FRA– GrandsCaussesCayla� – BG897

CCGuadalentín– 17/02/2016R L R L R L

Corsica

L:1-2,18,19,21Tailleft

L:22-24Tailleft

Ringscode:31

Ringcode:42 R:7-8L:1-2

AUT– Hohe Tauern

R:19-21;L:7-8,19-21;Tailright

R L

Charlie� – BG910TPBerlin– 23/03/2016

Lucky� – BG909TPBerlin– 19/03/2016

L:8-9;16-18

Ringcode:XT

Ringcode:0V

Alois� – BG900CCGuadalentín– 23/02/2016

CHE– Melchsee-FruttCierzo� – BG899

CCGuadalentín – 21/02/2016R L

R:5-6L:10-11,20-22

L:1-2,19-20Tailleft

Markings2016

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ImprovedringcodesystemTheringingsystemimplementedin2015shouldenhancelegibilityofthecodes(Figure7)andwasadoptedfor2016withsomefundamentalchangesofthecodingsystem.Uniqueringcodesperbeardedvultureindividualareessentialforallocatinginformationtoaspecific individual. As criticised by national ringing schemes, inverting the order of thecharacters in order to improve legibility of the codes results in two distinct codes perindividual(ringingsystem2015).Toovercomethisissuearevisedringcodesystemhasbeenimplementedin2016:

Figure7:Cierzo(BG899)ringedwithanIBMaluminiumringandaDarvicring.Bothcodes(XT)arereadablefromthephoto(©H.Weyrich).


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Ringcodesystem2016Inordertoavoidnon-uniqueringcodesperindividualandensureformaximallegibilityofthecodes,ithasbeendecidedtouseonlyauniquecodeperbirdandinsteadofchangingtheorderofthelettersonlytochangetheorientationofthecode(Figure8).

Ringcodesystem2015 Ringcodesystem2016

Figure8:Transitionoftheringcodesystemfrombidirectionalcodesin2015touniquecodesin2016.Left:In2015,eachbirdwasmarkedwithtwodistinctringcodesastheorderofthecharacterswasinvertedononeoftherings(resultingine.g.EAandAEseefigure9).Right:Since2016thereonlyexistsauniqueringcodeperindividualandtheringsonlydifferbytheorientationoftheringcodeonthering.

Figure 9: Ring system 2016: Two rings with inverted identical codes but in different orientationimproves legibility as it ismore likely to be able to read both characters of the code (left:writingdirectionupwards,right:writingdirectiondownwards).


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GPS-taggingofwildbornbirdsInordertofollowvisuallyindividualshatchedinthewildthefirstwildhatchedfledglingswereringedinHaute-Savoie,Francein2013.ForthefirsttimeintheAlpinereintroductionprojecttwoyoungwild-bornbeardedvultureshavebeenequippedwithGPS-tagsin2016.Asthenumberofwild-bornbeardedvulturesisgrowing,theyformanimportantpartofthebeardedvulturepopulationandtheaimofthisintervention istogain insight inthemovementpatternsofbirdsthathavebeenraisedbytheirparentsundernaturalconditions.Neige (W198) hatched in the breedingterritoryAravisinMarch2016.Onemonthbefore his first flight, a specialised teamfrom Asters climbed to the nest andequipped the younghatchlingwith aGPS-tagand ringed itwithaplasticDarvic ring(JT)andtheofficialaluminiumring(TY6030)inMay2016.Period:16.05-31.12.2016.

Gemapi (W196) is the offspring of thebreeding unit Bargy from 2016. On theevening after its first flight (15.07.2016)technicians from Asters were able tocapturethebirdandequipitwithaGPS-tagandaplasticDarvicring(SV)andtheofficialaluminium ring (TY6031). Period: 04.07-31.12.2017.


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AdonisontourEspeciallyyoungbeardedvulturesintheir2ndand3rdcalendaryearareknowntoflyforlongerdistances and to even explore areas outside of the mountain ranges where they werereleased or hatched. However, Adonis (BG794) is for sure an exceptional case travellingthousandsofkilometresacrosswholeEurope.AfterhisreleasedinGrandsCausses(FRA)in2014hestartedinMay2015withhisjourneytotheNorth,passingBelgium,NetherlandsuntiltheNorthofGermany.HethenspentthewinterintheAlps,mainlyintheareaaroundlesBaronnies.InMarch2016hestartedtoflyEast:hecrossedSwitzerland,AustriaandcontinuedtoSlowakia,Ukraine,Poland,Bellarus,HungaryandfurthersouthtoRomania.ThelastGPSsignalwasreceivedinSeptember2016fromRomania(Figure10).2

Figure10:TelemetrydatafromAdonis(BG794)betweenJune2014andSeptember2016.AdoniswasreleasedinGrandsCaussesinFrance(star)andinSeptember2016thelastGPS-positionwasreceivedfromsouthernRomania.Thelocationsofthelast30daysarehighlightedindark-orangebeforetheGPSstoppedworkingbecauseofbatterydrainage.

2AdoniswasobservedagaininDecember2016inVercors,theninBaronniesuntilmid-January2017andsincethenstayedinsouthernFrancenearParcNaturelRégionalduVerdon.


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Visualobservations1349visualbeardedvultureobservationshavebeenreportedintheIBMdatabasein2016.In37%(497)oftheseobservationstheindividualscouldbeidentifiedwithhighprobability,for12%(158)identificationwasuncertainandfor51%(694)itwasnotpossibletoidentifythe individuals. Themostobservationswere reported inMarch (205)while relatively fewobservationswere reported in June (65) andNovember (71) (Figure 11). A list of all 172beardedvulturesthathavebeenidentifiedin2016canbefoundintheannexofthisreport(Table5).

Figure11:Numberofobservationsreportedpermonthduring2016.

Figure12:497beardedvultureobservationsfrom2016wheretheindividualshavebeenidentified.


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IOD2016Between the 8th and 16th of October 2016, the International Observation Days (IOD) forbeardedvulturestookplaceforthe11thtime.ThisbirdwatchereventisorganisedonayearlybasisbytheInternationalBeardedVultureMonitoringnetwork(IBM)overthewholeAlpinearc and since 2012 in parts of theMassif Central. This year themonitoring networkwasexpandedtotheeasternpartsofthePyreneesinordertodetectpossiblemigrationsbetweenthe Alpine and Pyrenean bearded vulture populations. The simultaneous survey over thewholeAlpinearcshouldgiveanestimateaboutthenumberofobservedindividualsandtheirage class distribution. Furthermore, every yearmultiple sightings of identifiable birds arecollectedduringtheIOD.Thisinformationgeneratesthebaselinedataforsurvivalanalysisanddemographicmodellingwhichgivevaluableinsightaboutthereintroductionprogress.Finally,theIODsplayanimportantroleincreatingpublicawarenessfortheprojectandtheconservationofthespecies.In2016morethan770observersparticipatedattheyearlysurveyandreportedalmost500beardedvultureobservations.ApartfromtheeasternpartsoftheAlpsandnorthernItaly,almost80%ofthe528observationsitesreportedfavourableweatherconditionsandbeardedvultureshavebeenobservedat182sites. Localknowledgeandanoverviewof theactualsituationofthebeardedvulturepopulationenable localcoordinatorstocriticallyevaluatethe IOD-observation data and give an estimate about the population size in their region.Theseestimatesandtheobservationswerecompiled,evaluatedandsummarisedovertheentiremonitoringarea inordertogetanoverviewabouttheageclassdistributionandtocompare the estimates with the predicted population size from demographic modelling(Schaubetal.2009).3According to the assessment of the regional coordinators 149 to 178 different beardedvultureindividualshavebeenobservedduringthefocalday(2016/10/08).However,includingindividuals that have not been observed but are expected to be present in the region(territorialbirds, insomeexceptionalcasesalsotheirfledglings,GPS-taggedbirdsetc.)theestimatesrangebetween172and218birdswithconsiderableregionaldifferences.Mostoftheobservedbeardedvultureswereadults (52%), followedby immatures(19%), juveniles(17%), subadults (8%)and therewere<5%of thebirdswhereagedeterminationwasnotpossible. Furthermore, it was possible to identify 88 birds on an individual level, thusprovidingusvaluableinformationonthelifehistoryofthesebirds.Comparingourestimateswith thepredictions from thedemographicmodeldeveloped in2009 gives evidence that we could observe between 61% and 72% of the theoreticalpopulation.However,similarto2015onlyslightlymorethan50%oftheGPS-taggedanimalshavebeenobservedandidentified.Therefore,thisdatahastobereassessedperiodicallywiththehelpofupdateddemographicmodels.

**ThecompleteIOD2016reportcanbefoundonlineonwww.gyp-monitoring.com**

3Schaub,M.,Zink,R.,Beissmann,H.,Sarrazin,F.,&Arlettaz,R.(2009).Whentoendreleasesinreintroductionprogrammes:demographic ratesandpopulationviabilityanalysisofbeardedvultures in theAlps. JournalofAppliedEcology,46(1),92-100.


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Dropouts

Dropouts2016

CazalsInDecember2015thefemalebeardedvultureCazals (BG832)wasrecaptured inRavindeValadasforthefirsttimeafterherreleaseinGrandsCausses(FRA)in2015.Thebirdhadtoberecaptured,assheshoweduncommonbehaviourandwasveryweak.Withthehopeofasuccessfulre-releaseCazalswassetfreeagainafteronemonthofrecuperationintheaviary.Thebird'sbehaviourwasobservedduringalongerperiodbutunfortunately,Cazalsdidnotrecoverwellandhadtoberecapturedthreetimeswithinthenextfivemonths.Thebirdwasnotflyingnormallyandspendalotoftimewalkingontheground.Shehadlostalotofweightandwasveryweakwhenshewasfinallyrecapturedonthe11thJuly2016.Afterthislastrecaptureitwasdecidedtokeepherincaptivityandincludeherinthecaptivebreeding.AlltherecapturescouldonlybecarriedoutthankstotheeffortsoftheLPOGCfiledteams,whichhasputalotoftimeandenergyintorecoveringCazals.

LarzacLarzac(BG831)wasfounddeadbelowapower-linenearNessendorfinnorthernGermanyonthe5thofJuly2016.Afterthereleasein2015inGrandsCausses,LarzacstayedinsouthernFranceflyingaroundwiththemalebeardedvultureLayrou(BG761)beforehesetofforalongjourneytotheNetherlandsandlaternorthernGermany.ThelastGPSsignalwasreceivedonthe4th Julyanddespite searches for Larzac it couldnotbe found.Only threeweeks laterLarzacwasfoundbychancebelowaswitched-offpowerline,leadingtotheassumptionthatthebirdmighthavediedfromcollisionwiththecables.(seeFigure13).

Figure13:Larzac'slastpositiononthe04.07.2016nearNessendorfinnorthernGermany.


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AigoualAigoual(BG901)wasreleasedinGrandsCausses(FRA)in2016.Aftershewasbittenbyaviperthebirdwaslimpingandthestaffmembersimmediatelycaughtandbroughtherintomedicalcare.Unfortunately,itwasnotpossibletosaveAigoualandshediedonthe3rdofJuly2016mostlikelyduetoanacuterenalinsufficiencycausedbythevipertoxins.

KiraThefemalebeardedvultureKira(BG629)wasreleasedin2010inCalfeisental(CHE).ThebirdwasGPS-taggedandthetelemetry-dataindicatedthatthebirdwasnotmovingforalongerperiodinJune2016.ThealarmedstafffromVanoisenationalparkdidafieldsearchonthe24thofJuneandunfortunatelyonlyfoundsomefeathers,bonesandtheGPStransmitter.Thefeathersarewereanalysedforleadcontamination.Thereasonofmortalityisunknown.

DropoutcausesWhenwearetalkingaboutdropoutsweincludeallincidentswherebeardedvultureshavebeenremovedfromthepopulation(mortality,recapture,re-relasese).Thisalsoappliesonbirdsthathavebeenrecapturedandcouldhavebeenre-releasedagain,becauseweassumethatthesebirdswouldnothavesurvivedwithouthumaninterventionandwouldhavediedundernaturalconditions.The four described dropouts from 2016 show that there are various threats for beardedvulturesthatcanbeclassifiedasanthropogenic,naturalorunknown.However,acompilationof47dropouts recorded in the IBM(statusNovember2016) indicates thatanthropogenicinfluencehasamajoreffectonbeardedvulturedropouts(Figure14).Ithastobeconsideredthatanthropogeniccausesareresponsiblefor50%oftheknownmortalitycases.

Figure14:Causesfordropoutsbyanthropogenic,naturalorunknownorigin.


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DropoutsoverviewWithin the IBMmonitoringarea collisionswith cables,direct shootingand leadpoisoningconstitutethethreemayoranthropogenichazardsforbeardedvultures(Figure15).Among18drop-outcases,collisionswere involved ineight,shooting in fiveand lead intoxication,whichclusterintheEasternAlps,infourcases.Sina(BG285)wasfounddeadwithleadbulletsinherbody-theactualcauseofmortalitycouldnotbeconfirmed:Eithershootingorleadintoxicationispossible.In order to guarantee for a sustainable development of the European bearded vulturepopulationthesethreatsshouldbeaddressedandintegratedintofuturemanagementplansontheregionalandinternationalscale.

Figure15:OverviewofdropoutswithanthropogeniccauseswithintheIBMmonitoringnetworkarea.Layrouwasinjuredfromshooting,recoveredandrereleasedwhileLarzacwasfounddeadoutsideofthemapextent-bothincidentswereaddedforthesakeofcompleteness.


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UpgradeIBM-databaseWiththemigrationoftheIBM-databasetoanewwebserverandthechange-overtomodernPHP-versionthedatabasehasbeenbroughtuptodatetothecurrentstandardsinNovember2016.Furthermore,theIBM-coordinationdevelopedaconceptforageneralupdateofdatabasefunctionsinclosecollaborationwithIBM-partners.Adetailedlistof26improvementsthathavebeenimplementedinDecember2016canbefoundintheannexe.However,someofthemajorimprovementsthataffectalltheIBM-databaseusersarethefollowing:

1. Improvedfilteringfunctionsandqueryoptionso facilitatesrapidqueriesandnavigationwithinthedatacollection

2. DataexportinExcelorKMLformat

o enablespartnerstoexporttheirdataforfurtherprocessingo facilitatesthevisualpresentationofdataforpartnerso moreindependentdataaccessforpartners

3. Improvedphotomanagemento Photoscanbedownloadedintheiroriginalsizefromthedatabaseo IBM-databasemayserveasanonlinephotodatabaseforlong-termstorage


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AdministrationManagementandfundingThe IBM was constituted by 11 partners in 2016. The lead partner was the VultureConservation Foundation. The IBM database manager (Dominique Waldvogel and MircoLauper)workedmorethan900hours for the IBMdatabase,ontopof thatadministrativeworkcarriedoutbyFranziskaLörcherandJoséTavaresaddedmorehours.Thissumsuptobealmost2/3ofafulltimejob.Fortheexchangewiththepartners,oneSC-meetingbyphoneandonephysicalSC-meetingduringtheannualbeardedvulturemeetingwereheld. SofartheIBM,whichhadatotalbudgetof49'820Eurosin2016,wasfinancedonlybythefeeeachpartnerpaidtocoverthecostsforadministrationanddatabasemanagement.Asthisprovedtobemoreandmoredifficultforthepartnersinthelastyearweinvestedtimeinsearchingforotherfundingmethods.WeweresuccessfultogetadditionalfundsfromMAVAfor2017-2019whichallowstoreducethepartnerfeesubstantially.

NewIBMcoordinatorDominiqueWaldvogelwasresponsibleforthecoordinationoftheIBM-databasebetween2014andJune2016.Herwellorganisedworkingmethodandcreativeideasshapedthebasisforthedatabaseupgradein2016andmanyothermilestonesduringhertimewiththeIBM.DuringthehandingoverofthecoordinationoftheIBMdatabase,shewasalwaysagreatsupportandIamveryhappytocontinuewithDominque'swork.ThankyouforyoursupportandgreatworkforthebeardedvulturesDominique!


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Annexe


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Listofallrecordedbirds

Table5:Listofallbirdsthathavebeenrecordedin2016.Thevariable"source"describesthedatabasisforthatwasusedfortheirrecord:r=reproduction,i=IOD,t=telemetry,o=observation.Sortedbyterritory(alphabetically).1unconfirmedpairinPiemont(ITA).

Nr

Nam

e

BirdID

Sex

Age(cy)

Death

date

Source

Times

observed

Territo

ry

1 Diana-Stelvio W07 f 18 - r,i - Albula

2 Albula2016 W182 u 0 01/03/16 r - Albula

3 Tantermozza W46 u 11 - r,i - Albula

4 NonnoBob 548 m 10 - r,o,i 1 Andagne

5 Beaugosse - f - - r,i - Andagne

6 Neige W198 u 2 - r,o,t,i 3 Aravis

7 GT028 - m 19 - r,i - Aravis

8 GT046 - f - - r,i - Aravis

9 Parent1 - - - - r,i - AravisSud

10 Parent2 - - - - r,i - AravisSud

11 Dimitri W183 f 2 - r - Bagnes

12 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Bagnes

13 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Bagnes

14 Balthazar 99 m 30 - r,i - Bargy

15 Assignat 111 f 29 - r,i - Bargy

16 Gemapi W196 u 2 - r,o,t,i 3 Bargy

17 Bargy_BIS2016 W199 u 0 20/03/16 r - BargyBIS

18 Parent1 - - - - r - BargyBIS

19 Parent2 - - - - r,i - BargyBIS

20 Bergün2016 W187 u 2 - r,i - Bergün

21 Parent1 - - - - r - Bergün

22 Parent2 - - - - r - Bergün

23 Bellemotte 708 f 6 - r,o,i 1 Bonette

24 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Bonette

25 Parent1 - - - - r - Bourg-Saint-Maurice

26 Parent2 - - - - r - Bourg-Saint-Maurice

27 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Buffalora

28 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Buffalora


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Nr

Nam

e

BirdID

Sex

Age(cy)

Death

date

Source

Times

observed

Territo

ry

29 Stephan 616 m 8 - r - Chambeyron-Ubayette

30 Parent2 - - - - r - Chambeyron-Ubayette

31 Michegabri 488 m 12 - r,i - Chamoussière

32 Bellaciao W194 u 2 - r - Chamoussière

33 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Chamoussière

34 Parent1 - - - - r - unconfirmedpair1

35 Parent2 - - - - r - unconfirmedpair1

36 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Dents-du-Midi

37 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Dents-du-Midi

38 Gilbert 440 f 14 - r,o 2 Derborence_down

39 Swaro 459 m 13 - r - Derborence_down

40 Anzere W188 u 2 - r - Derborence_down

41 Gildo 299 f 20 - r - Derborence_Vérouet

42 Pablo 359 m 18 - r,o,i 1 Derborence_Vérouet

43 Guillaumes 411 f 15 - r - Derborence_Vérouet

44 Foraz2016 W189 u 2 - r - Foraz

45 Parent1 - - - - r - Foraz

46 Parent2 - - - - r - Foraz

47 AndreasHofer 260 m 22 - r,o,i 12 Gastein/Rauris

48 Kruml4 W201 u 2 - r,o,i 11 Gastein/Rauris

49 GT015 - f - - r - Gastein/Rauris

50 Pinzgarus 558 m 10 - r,o,i 7 Gschlöß

51 Glocknerlady 718 f 6 - r,o,t 8 Gschlöß

52 Hubertus2 446 m 14 - r - Katschberg

53 Romaris 528 f 11 - r - Katschberg

54 Katschberg2016 W202 u 2 - r,i - Katschberg

55 Diana-Valais 301 m 20 - r - Leukerbad

56 Parent2 - - - - r - Leukerbad

57 Parent3 - - - - r - Leukerbad

58 Moische 146 f 27 - r,o,i 1 Livigno

59 Cic 186 m 25 - r,o,i 1 Livigno

60 Livigno2016 W205 u 2 - r - Livigno

61 Escalero 462 f 13 - r - Mallnitz

62 Parent1 - - - - r - Mallnitz


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Nr

Nam

e

BirdID

Sex

Age(cy)

Death

date

Source

Times

observed

Territo

ry

63 Folio 463 f 13 - r - Maloja

64 Rurese 559 m 10 - r - Maloja

65 Maloja2016 W184 u 2 - r,i - Maloja

66 Ortler 439 f 14 - r,i - Ofenpass

67 Livigno W08 u 18 - r,i - Ofenpass

68 Ofenpass2016 W206 u 2 - r,i - Ofenpass

69 Ortler2016 W208 u 0 11/05/16 r - Ortler

70 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Ortler

71 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Ortler

72 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Passy

73 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Passy

74 Pirou W185 u 2 - r,i - Peisey-Nancroix

75 Parent1 - - - - r - Peisey-Nancroix

76 Parent2 - - - - r - Peisey-Nancroix

77 Parent1 - - - - r - Planeil

78 Parent2 - - - - r - Planeil

79 Parent1 - - - - r - Pontresina

80 Parent2 - - - - r - Pontresina

81 Poschiavo2016 W190 u 2 - r,i - Poschiavo

82 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Poschiavo

83 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Poschiavo

84 Parent1 - - - - r - Saas

85 Parent2 - - - - r - Saas

86 Samuel 526 m 11 - r,i - Sinestra

87 Moische-Livigno W11 f 16 - r,i - Sinestra

88 Sinestra2016 W197 u 2 - r,i - Sinestra

89 Parent1 - - - - r - Sionne

90 Parent2 - - - - r - Sionne

91 Veronika 321 f 19 - r,i - SixtFiz

92 Montblanc 361 m 18 - r,i - SixtFiz

93 Sixt_Fiz2016 W200 u 0 01/04/16 r - SixtFiz

94 Rocca 516 m 11 - r - SourcedelaTinée

95 Girasole 549 f 10 - r,i - SourcedelaTinée

96 Tinee W191 u 2 - r,i - SourcedelaTinée

97 Sereno 348 m 18 - r,i - SourcedelUbaye

98 GT036 - f - - r,i - SourcedelUbaye


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Nr

Nam

e

BirdID

Sex

Age(cy)

Death

date

Source

Times

observed

Territo

ry

99 Spöl2016 W192 u 2 - r,i - Spöl

100 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Spöl

101 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Spöl

102 Martell 395 f 16 - r,i - Tantermozza

103 Zebru W12 m 16 - r,i - Tantermozza

104 Tantermozza2016 W195 u 2 - r,i - Tantermozza

105 Gelas 279 f 21 - r,i - Termignon

106 Stelvio W02 u 20 - r,i - Termignon

107 Eleven W181 u 2 - r,o 4 Termignon

108 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Trupchun

109 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Trupchun

110 Jausiers 413 f 15 - r - Vald'Isère

111 Parent1 - - - - r - Vald'Isère

112 Voilà W193 u 2 - r - ValdiRhemes

113 Parent1 - - - - r,i - ValdiRhemes



116 Val_Martello2016 W203 u 2 - r - ValMartello

117 Parent1 - - - - r - ValMartello

118 Parent2 - - - - r - ValMartello

119 Tell 283 m 21 - r,i - ValledelBraulio

120 Stift 393 f 16 - r,i - ValledelBraulio

121 Braulio2016 W186 u 2 - r - ValledelBraulio

122 Vera-Valnontey W180 u 2 - r - Valnontey

123 Parent1 - - - - r,i - Valnontey

124 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Valnontey

125 Felice 375 f 17 - r,o,i 1 Zebru

126 Zebru2016 W204 u 2 - r - Zebru

127 Heinz-Serraglio W45 u 11 - r,o,i 1 Zebru

128 Smaragd 675 m 7 - r,o,i 1 Zermatt

129 Matti_zermatt W207 u 2 - r,i - Zermatt

130 Parent2 - - - - r,i - Zermatt

131 Colleen 112 f 29 - o 4 -

132 Cordouane 618 m 8 - o 5 -

133 Sardona 624 m 8 - i - -

134 Kira 626 f 6 15/05/16 t - -


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Nr

Nam

e

BirdID

Sex

Age(cy)

Death

date

Source

Times

observed

Territo

ry

135 JuniorRanger 702 f 6 - o 1 -

136 Gallus 703 f 6 - o,t 1 -

137 Cardabelle 719 f 6 - o 1 -

138 Aschka 749 f 5 - o,t 1 -

139 Kalandraka 750 f 5 - o 1 -

140 Tenao 755 m 5 - o,t,i 7 -

141 Costa 757 f 5 - o 3 -

142 Gerlinde 759 f 5 - o,i 36 -

143 Layrou 761 m 5 - o,t,i 28 -

144 Kirsi 764 m 5 - o,i 11 -

145 Kilian 790 m 4 - o,t 2 -

146 Felix2 793 m 4 - t - -

147 Adonis 794 m 4 - o,t 73 -

148 Noel-Leya 797 m 4 - o,t 1 -

149 Schils 802 m 4 - o,t 4 -

150 Larzac 831 m 1 05/07/16 o 17 -

151 Cazals 832 f 3 - o 1 -

152 Ewolina 838 f 3 - o,t 5 -

153 Lea 840 m 3 - o,t 10 -

154 Sempach2 841 f 3 - o,t,i 32 -

155 Trudi 842 f 3 - o,t,i 27 -

156 Fortuna 843 m 3 - o,t 15 -

157 Herculis 849 m 3 - o,i 21 -

158 Roman 854 m 3 - o,t 10 -

159 Cayla 897 f 2 - o 3 -

160 Cierzo 899 m 2 - o,t 7 -

161 Alois 900 m 2 - o,t 5 -

162 Girun 904 f 2 - o,t,i 22 -

163 Volcaire 905 m 2 - o,t,i 18 -

164 Lucky 909 m 2 - o,t,i 14 -

165 Charlie 910 f 2 - o,t,i 20 -

166 Linky W130 m 5 - o 1 -

167 Chérente W140 u 4 - o 1 -

168 Aravis2015 W168 m 3 - o 1 -

169 Ginko W169 f 3 - o 1 -


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Overview-UpgradeIBM-DatabaseDate:13.12.2016

No Form Upgrade Details

1. allOptionforqueriesbycollectingcenter

-additionalquerybycollecting-centerinformsObservation,Birds,Nests,ReproductionandGenetics

2. allAdditionaloptionfor„sortby“for„lastmodified“

-enablestofollowthelastchangesandcontacteditorsimmediately

3. allDocumentationandmodificationofaccess-rights

-documentationaboutaccess-rightsinallforms-modificationofexistingaccess-rights) ((

4. all

Export-buttonforallfounddatasets–Excel

-exportasexcel-fileinformsObservation,Birds,Nests,ReproductionandGenetics-fornon-admins,functionexportspartner’sdataonly-alldataareexportedbytheirrealnames,notonlybyid(inthedatabaseitself(somedataarejuststoredwithanid,accordingdataarebeingloadedfromothertables)

5. all Export-buttonforallfounddatasets–KML

-exportaskml-fileinformsObservation,Nestsandbirds-fornon-admins,functionexportspartner’sdataonly-onlynecessarydatawillbeexported

6. all

Shownameandcontactdataofuserswhohascreatedorchangedfilesatleast.Userscanbecontactedeasilywhenquestionsappear

-showusernameandmailaddress(clickable)ineveryform-both,userwhohascreateddataanduser,whohasmodifieddataatlastareshown-anadditionalqueryallowstofindfilesbymodification-date(Pos.2)

7. all Switchofautocompletefunction

-wasdisturbinginputandselectionofentriesandcausedwrongentriesinthepast

8. all Pictureupload&downloadofpictures

-picturesarenolongerrescaledautomaticallywhenuploaded-uploadedpicturescanbedownloaded-fieldcopyright(Nameofphotographer)ismandatorynow


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9. birds Form„Birds“,queryandinputringcode

-additionalfieldsforringcodes-queryforringcodeandringcolor

10. birds Form„Birds“,queryofmarkingpositions -searchforpatternmatching

11. birdsForm„Birds“,informationaboutreproductionstate

-informationofanindividual’sreproductionstatewillbepickedfromdatabase„reproduction“whereindividualispartofthepair-informationisdisplayedattheendofdataset(scrolldown)

12. birds Changeofmandatoryfields

-Onlybirdname(i.e.atleast“unknown”),sex,birdtypeandageatregistrationaremandatory-e.g.facilitatestheentryofmortalitiesifverylittleinformationisavailable(onlybonesorfeathersfound)

13. obsForm„Observations“,queryandinputof„unknownbirds“

-queryofbirdswithoutnameornickname-additionaloption„unknown“whenenteringbirdtoinputfield-additionaloption„unknown–bornwild“whenenteringbirdtoinputfield

14. obsQuery-optiontosearchbirdbynickname

-extendqueryfieldtoshowBird-Name,idANDnickname-querybygeneticfingerprintornicknameispossible

15. obsExtension„searchhypotheticbirdname“ascheckbox

-ifcheckboxismarked,resultshowsfilesinaccordwithbirdnameorhypotheticnames-ifcheckboxisnotmarked,resultshowsfilesinaccordwithbirdsname(ornickname)only

16. obs Additionalinput-fields„ringnumber“

-additionalinputfieldsforringnumber(leftandrightfoot)-thesefieldsshouldonlybefilledoutwhentheringnumberscouldactuallyhavebeenidentified(observercouldreadtheringcode)

17. obsForm„Observations“,multiplequeryofcollecting-centers

-togetallfilesofoneormorecollecting-centers,weadd5dropdownselect-optionstothequery-sections

18. obs

Queryin„Observations“,extendedqueriesforhigherqualityresults

-Similartothequeriesinotherforms,querieswillworkas„AND-relations“insteadofsingle-queriesforeveryfield(asis),therewillbejustone„go“Button.


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19. rep

Optiontochoose„unknown“birdinsteadofbirdname

-additionaloption„unknown“whenenteringbirdtoinputfield-inadditiontopos.10(alsounknown-bornwild)

20. repAdditionalquery-options

-birdname-additionaloption„allknownbirds“-collecting-center

21. repAdditionalfieldfor„potentialbreedingunit“

-additionalfield(withoutquery)-unconfirmedbreedingunitscannowbemarkedinordertoavoidfalseinterpretation.- this should enhance partners to enter all observedbreedingunits(nowwecandistinguishbetweenconfirmedandunconfirmedbreedingunits)

22. rep

Queryoutput,Export-Optionfor„Reproduction”inextensiontopos.4ofthisproposalexport-optionsareonlyavailableforadmins

-queries inform„reproduction“canbeexportedtoMS-Excel- Bird names, population and other entries will beexportedwiththeirrealnames,notonlybydb-id- due to cost-efficiency, dynamic-data will NOT beexportedtoexcel-exportasxml-file

23. repForm„Reproduction“,queryaboutreproductionstate.

-Queryfunctionforegglay,hatch,fledge,breedingfailure

24. repSimplificationofbehaviormonitoring(dynamicdata)

-assometimesitisnotpossibletoidentifyabirdshowingaspecificbehavior,thespecificbirdnameswerereplacedwith "territorial bird" (info icon shows "possibly [birdname]atmouseover.

25. global Migrationtonewhoster

-exportandimportofallfilesanddata-updateprogrammingformodernphp-Version-testingallfunctionsaftermigration

26. global Add„captcha“tocontactform

-addcaptchafunction(toavoidspam)

27. global

Enteringdatabyuploadingexcel-filetoavoidmultipledatainputindatabases(i.e.gyp-monitoringandornitho).

-dueto thecomplexityofthis functionthispointwillbepostponed and feasibility will be assessed in futuretogetherwiththeOrnithoimport

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