Not only selective species like ruff and common snipe but also the formerly frequently found lapwing and black-tailed godwit are concerned. Various studies confirm clearly that the current fertility rate of the remaining species cannot prevent the strongly retrograde population from extinction in the long term.

A bright future for black-tailed godwit and lapwing?
The DBU project examines possible causes of nest and chick losses in the Stollhammer Wisch, a grassland area of 3,400 hectares near the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony. In four differently farmed areas the survival rates of lapwing and black-tailed godwit chicks have been determined. Conventionally farmed areas with an unlimited livestock density, mechanically farmed areas and those subject to contractual nature conservation were in the focus of the scientific studies.