Theunis Piersma wins British Marsh Award for International Ornithology for his research on migratory birds

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The Marsh Award for International Ornithology was awarded to Theunis Piersma, of Groningen University and NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, for his work on shorebirds, in particular Red Knot and Black-tailed Godwit, looking at how these birds interact with their environment and how changes in these environments can impact on these birds.