Which birds occur around Danish and Scandinavian golf courses and how do we improve their living conditions through involving golfers and birdwatchers? A close collaboration between DOF BirdLife, DGU and the other Scandinavian golf associations is forged to investigate this, and their respective thousands of volunteers and members are spearheading implementation of the activities around the golf clubs.
The main activities are bird monitoring, producing a ready-to-use guide with bird friendly management initiatives targeting greenkeepers, networking between golfers and birdwatchers through guided birdwatching trips, presentations and setting up nest boxes. The effect of these initiatives will be monitored by DOF BirdLife.
Thomas Vikstrøm, PhD DOF BirdLife/Dansk Ornitologisk Forening Vesterbrogade 138-140 1620 København V Denmark Telephone: (+45) 33283800 E-mail: thomas.vikstroem@dof.dk
UNFORTUNATELY THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED - DUE TO CORONA CUTBACKS
Project objectives
STERF is a research foundation that supports existing and future R&D efforts and delivers ‘ready-to-use research results’ that benefit the Nordic golf sector. STERF was set up in 2006 by the golf federations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Nordic Greenkeepers’ Associations.