Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Since childhood Marc Van de walle is passionate about nature, landscape and ecology. Over the years he’s discovering the natural world and studies the ecology of birds and mammals. After the college years he first happily and successfully manages a health food store during 12 years until, in 2002, he has the possibility to work for INBO. He becomes a member of the “seabird team” where he has a supportive role, in field work and in administration, in many different projects. In the capacity of technician he is collecting raw field data and complements the data bases. A lot of experience was gained in gull and tern colonies both domestic and abroad. Notably condition measurements and ringing are anually recurring activities. Expertise was also gained in inventorizing breeding birds, not only in coastal habitats but also inland. Desk work activities are various too, with the processing of the ring readings of gulls being one of the more important.
Taxonomic List
- auks (Alicidae)
- dolphins (Delphinidae)
- gulls and terns (Laridae and Sternidae)
- plovers (Charadriidae)
- birds (Aves)
- sea-ducks (Anatidae)
Geographic List
- coast
- North Sea (Belgian part)
- Zeeland
- polders
Technological
- biometry
- GPS
- identification
- fieldwork (soil preparation)
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
VODS 2023
- Veterinary medicine not elsewhere classified
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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NID4BirdLIFE
Stienen, E. (Project leader), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), Daelemans, R. (Cooperator), Desmet, P. (Cooperator), Milotic, T. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator), Verstraete, H. (Cooperator) & Vijncke, P. (Cooperator)
1/10/24 → 31/12/30
Project: Evinbo
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Ecological advice and monitoring coastal breeding birds Zeebrugge-Heist (EVINBO)
Stienen, E. (Project leader), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator), Vanermen, N. (Cooperator) & Verstraete, H. (Cooperator)
1/03/23 → 1/03/26
Project: Evinbo
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TOPGULL
Stienen, E. (Project leader), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator), Vanermen, N. (Cooperator) & Verstraete, H. (Cooperator)
1/04/22 → 1/04/31
Project: coöperation agreement
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Habitat use and site fidelity of curlew
Spanoghe, G. (Project leader), Janssens, K. (Cooperator), Stienen, E. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator) & Verstraete, H. (Cooperator)
1/04/22 → 31/12/25
Project: coöperation agreement
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MONACO "Breeding bird monitoring in the search zones of the nature compensation areas at the Achterhaven Zeebrugge"
Stienen, E. (Project leader), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator), Vanermen, N. (Cooperator) & Verstraete, H. (Cooperator)
1/01/22 → 1/01/27
Project: Evinbo
Research output
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Monitoringsrapport Kustbroedvogels voorhaven van Zeebrugge en SBZ-V Kustbroedvogels 2024
Van De Walle, M., Courtens, W., Verstraete, H. & Stienen, E., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 48 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Samenvatting van de staat van het marien milieu
De Cauwer, K., Courtens, W., De Witte, B., De Schrijver, C. (Editor), Degraer, S., Deneudt, K., Desmidt, J., Desmit, X., Devos, K., Everaert, G., Francken, F., Haelters, J., Hostens, K., Kapasakali, D., Kerckhof, F., Kerkhove, T., Kint, L., Knockaert, M., Lagaisse, R. & LeGrand, S. & 23 others, , 2025, Mariene Strategie Deel 1 voor de Belgische mariene wateren: Staat van Belgische mariene wateren, goede milieutoestand en milieudoelen. Kaderrichtlijn Mariene Strategie - Artikel 8, 9 en 10.. Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu, p. 10-60 51 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to a report not published by INBO
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Frequent use of offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea by migrating terns
Stienen, E., Courtens, W., Van De Walle, M., Verstraete, H. & Vanermen, N., 7-Nov-2024, In: Ardea. 112, 2, p. 331-337Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Monitoringsrapport kustbroedvogels voorhaven van zeebrugge en sbz-v kustbroedvogels 2023
Verstraete, H., Courtens, W., Van De Walle, M., Vanermen, N. & Stienen, E., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 45 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 17)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Monitoring zeevogels in België
Stienen, E., Courtens, W., Daelemans, R., Van De Walle, M. & Verstraete, H., 29-Nov-2024. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
Open AccessFile64 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Bird tracking - GPS tracking of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast
Stienen, E. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Data manager), Aelterman, B. (Contributor), Courtens, W. (Contributor), Feys, S. (Contributor), Vanermen, N. (Contributor), Verstraete, H. (Contributor) & Van De Walle, M. (Contributor), 18-Jun-2014
DOI: 10.15468/02omly
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Photos and measurements of otoliths from fish caught in the southern part of the North Sea
Verstraete, H. (Creator), Courtens, W. (Creator), Daelemans, R. (Creator), Van De Walle, M. (Creator), Vanermen, N. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator) & Stienen, E. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 29-Oct-2020
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Activities
- 1 Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Zeekerweten Festival
Stienen, E. (Invited speaker) & Van De Walle, M. (Invited speaker)
16-Jun-2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting