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Welcome to the website of the Institute for Avian Research

Logo 100 yearsBriefmarke 100 Jahre VogelwarteBuch 100 Jahre IfV  Falke 100 Jahre IfV

The Institute for Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" (IAR) is a non-university research institution in the portfolio of the Lower Saxonian Ministry of Science and Cultural Affairs.
Principally the Institute conducts basic research into the complex relationships between birds and their organic and inorganic environments.
The central focus of our scientific activities is research into bird migration. We are also the Bird Ringing (banding) Centre for Northwest Germany.

 

For further information, click here!

    The main highlights at a glance
   • 37th Annual Meeting of the WATERBIRD SOCIETY, 24 - 29 September 2013, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. [click here]
   • The special issue stamp published at the occasion of the centenary of the "Vogelwarte Helgoland" was elected as the best issued stamp in 2010 by the readers of the magazine "Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung".
   • New Masters degree course, "Master in Biology with a focus on ornithology", a joint product of the Institute for Avian Research and the Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences of the University of Oldenburg. Download the information brochure here (pdf, 350 KB)
   • Ornithological colloquium: Program winter semester 2012/2013. [click here]
   • Further information, current employment and volunteering opportunities (Non-military Service, Voluntary Ecological Year, degree theses etc.) see under News and events
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