Harteman Wildfowl Aviaries
Spread the bird!
Welcome to Harteman Wildfowl Aviaries, a private facility in the Netherlands with a focus on the aviculture and conservation of waterfowl. Harteman Wildfowl contributes to the global knowledge and conservation of the world's ducks, geese and swans by sharing hands-on experience and participating in international ex-situ breeding programmes.
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?
- Sir David Attenborough
Highlights
New Experiment: Podcast episodes
2025-10-21 22:48
Wildfowl Insights
A new podcast series on Spotify
October 2025 | We have just launched a new experimental podcast: a series of podcast episodes using Artificial Intiligence (AI). This is an experiment to share the passion for waterfowl conservation with a broader audience. The podcast is AI-generated with the input of proper and (semi) scientific sources, which are mentioned in the shownotes of each episode. The podcast uses artificial voices, ...
Aviornis features White-winged duck
2025-10-15 22:11
Two stories of the white-winged duck published in Aviornis magazine
October 15th, 2025 | 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐤.
The first article summarises its natural history and conservation status, history in aviculture, and the current status in public and private collections.
The second article is about my personal experience with this ama...
Waterfowl downlisted on Red List
2025-10-10 16:38
Four species of waterfowl downlisted on IUCN Red List
October 10th 2025 | BirdLife International published the 2025 Red List Update*. It reveals a record number of species in decline, but shows how habitat restoration can help even the most threatened species to recover.
The 2025 Red List update includes reassessments of 1,360 bird species and completes the eighth comprehensive assessment of all 11,185 bird species. Overall, 61% of bird s...
Children visit our birds
2025-09-11 13:45
School visit in our garden
September 11th 2025 | Today we received over 30 primary school children, to visit our aviaries and birds. It was much fun to tour them around and answer their genuine questions.
Our aviaries house over twenty species of birds, including species that are threatened with excinction. We participate in several breeding programmes such as EAZA's Endangered Species Programme for white-winged duck, Baer's pochard and M...
