The course Wildlife Biology (15 ECTS) takes place every September–October at Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, SLU. Its focus on Scandinavian wildlife, combined with its course structure, makes it popular, and over the years many students have returned for Master’s and PhD studies and/or gone on to work as wildlife managers at County Administrative Boards and elsewhere.
Since the early 1970s, SITES Grimsö Wildlife Research Station has been a hub for long-term wildlife and habitat monitoring. Some of the station's ongoing surveys were launched as early as 1973–74, when the station first opened. Spanning a research area of 13,000 hectares, these long-running data series are not only rare in Sweden, but also internationally.
On January 17th, members of the SITES Secretariat met with the staff at Grimsö Wildlife Research Station for the first data retreat of the year. The team reviewed the latest data on fox reproduction, pellet counts, small rodent dynamics and migratory birds.
In addition to these updates, productive discussions were held about uploading several other datasets from Grimsö in the near future. Stay tuned for more developments!
In the meantime, explore the latest data updates from Grimsö here: