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A sharp decreasing trend of Black-tailed Godwit populations has been observed in the last three decades as a direct consequence of agricultural intensification, habitat loss, and increasing predation which resulted in low reproductive success and chick survival rates. Reversing this trend is necessary to maintain healthy populations of this umbrella species that will benefit many associated wet-grassland breeding birds.
The project „Conservation of the Black-tailed Godwit along the flyway“ aims at creating optimised habitats for the Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa limosa) along its East Atlantic Flyway. This includes measures in the most important breeding sites in Lower Saxony, in the central staging site in Portugal, and in significant wintering sites in The Gambia, West Africa.