PhD student Henk-Jan van der Kolk talks on national television about impact of aircraft disturbance on shorebirds

Vroege vogels TV made an entire episode on the nature and research at the Vlieland barrier islands, which is also the island where Henk-Jan studies the impact of disturbance on shorebirds. Vlieland is particularly interesting from a disturbance perspective, as there is a NATO shooting range on the island, where miltary aircraft and helicopters regularly perfrom maneuvering, shooting and bombing excercises. The item wit Henk-Jan starts at 36:50 minutes, the shooting range and excercises are shown at 23:20 minutes.