Tasks - Kraniche (en)

The NABU-Crane Centre is coordinating conservation measures German wide, like:

restoration of drained breeding sites and in special cases, their supervision by watchmen
consultation with environmental administrations if interventions into the nature and landscape are planned
extra feeding site to reduce conflicts between cranes and agriculture in the main staging areas
installation and maintenance of information boards in staging areas
visitor guiding in staging areas with special observation sites and visitor platforms
organisation and realisation of annual national crane meetings
Network including mailing list for large crane migration events in Germany, e.g. for windfarm operators

The NABU-Crane Centre conduct own scientific work as well as collect and analyse scientific data on cranes.

monitoring of breeding cranes in Germany (development of the breeding population, breeding distribution)
monitoring numbers of staging cranes during spring and autumn migration in Germany
colormarking and tagging of individual cranes in collaboration with crane conservationists throughout Europe to study crane biology and migratory behaviour
investigations on the following topics: the influence of disturbances, food and habitat choice, breeding biology, migratory behaviour
installation and maintenance of a scientific library with crane literature

The NABU-Crane Centre offers several environmental education activities, like:

crane excursions in the region of the „Darß-Zingst bodden chain and island Rügen“ for young and older people
visits of school classes from the region in the NABU-Crane Centre, like classes from “Crane” primary school Altenpleen
activities for kids and teenager at the NABU-Crane Centre
multimedia presentations about cranes with main focus on the region of the „Darß-Zingst bodden chain and island Rügen“
visitor service at the NABU-Crane Centre Groß Mohrdorf and at our crane observation station KRANORAMA near lake Günz