It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sad news that our friend, valued colleague and leader of the Duck Specialist Group, Richard Hearn, has lost his battle with illness and has sadly passed away. Rich will be known to many for he has been instrumental not only in the monitori

The ONCFS duck wing guide has been translated into Italian as a precursor to a new national scheme in Italy

A request for collaborative research on Common Eider population dynamics

The results of the January 2016 assessment of the sex ratio in Common Pochard in Europe and North Africa are now available

Topics are now open on BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forum requesting information and comment on the Red List status of Maccoa Duck, Ferruginous Duck and White-headed Duck

An AEWA action planning workshop for the Northern European population of Velvet Scoter took place in Lithuania in October 2016

The Estonian and Latvian governments have recently removed seaducks of conservation concern from their lists of huntable species

It is with sadness and admiration that we remember the life of Luc Hoffmann

The Waterbird Harvest Specialist Group and AEWA have recently published revised guidelines on the sustainable harvest of migratory waterbirds

The proceedings of the 4th Pan-European Duck Symposium have been published in a Special Issue of Ornis Fennica