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Impressions: Morning departure from the roosting water.
The animals coordinate the upcoming departure by nodding their heads, allowing it to take place together in stages.
Duration: 0:24 min

© NABU/L. Vergin

Animated map of the migration routes of all tagged swans (20.11.2021 to 31.10.2022).
Duration: approx. 1:09 min

Created using: Kölzsch, A. 2022-09-20. Animation File MoveVis. version v2.1 (13). MoveApps. https://github.com/movestore/animation-moveVis.git
© NABU/J. Leyrer

Now you can watch another beautiful feature with us on YouTube: To our delight, Nicole Hanck begins her new podcast series “What are the … actually doing?” for children aged 4 to 8 with the Bewick’s Swans. In about 14 minutes, a lot of interesting facts about our elegant winter guests are conveyed (in German).

Here is the link to the feature on YouTube.

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Further information and content can also be found on the Facebook page Nicole Hanck – Naturabenteuer für Kinder zu finden.

Animated map of the migration routes of all tagged swans (01.12.2021 to 26.04.2022).
Duration: approx. 2:20 min

The animation was created with the help of the MoveApps analysis platform: Kölzsch A, Davidson SC, Kays R, Lang I, Lohr A, Scharf A, Schneider G, Vinciguerra CM, Wikelski M, Safi K. [2022]. MoveApps: platform to share and use movement data analysis tools. Hosted by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. www.moveapps.org, accessed on 26.04.2022. Verwendet wurde die Animation File MoveVis. Kölzsch, A. 2021-12-01. Animation File MoveVis. version v1.2 (8). MoveApps. https://github.com/movestore/animation-moveVis.git
© NABU/J. Leyrer

Here is the link to the short film about the project.