In the past five years, the number of grey seal pups in this region has shown an average annual growth rate of 13 percent, while the number of adult animals counted during the moult grew by 12 percent annually.

Harbour seals, the most well-known seal species in the Wadden Sea, are monitored annually through aerial surveys that cover the entire Wadden Sea World Heritage site and the island of Helgoland.

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris is conducting a global citizen science initiative on environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling in the UNESCO World Heritage marine sites.

“Who eats whom” was at the centre of this year’s Wadden Sea Day, held on 25 August in Wilhelmshaven.

Since their recolonization of the Wadden Sea in the mid 20th-century, the grey seal population has considerably increased.

Verdensarv Vadehavets internationale videnskabelige symposium formulerer anbefalinger om beskyttelse af økosystemet og biodiversiteten.

Vadehavets bestand af spættet sæl er sund og stabil. Men der er et spørgsmål, der undrer forskerne.

The 2020 spring count of moulting grey seals in the Wadden Sea shows an increase of numbers in comparison to the previous year.