https://ipt.nlbif.nl/resource?r=um_bosscherveld um_bosscherveld Rok Lobnik Maastricht Science Programme, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University

Maastricht NL

Roy Erkens System Earth Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University

Venlo NL

0000-0002-1093-0370 2026-09-09 eng This data set describes the waterbird and amphibian biodiversity of a newly restored wetland in the Southern Netherlands (Bosscherveld, Maastricht) in the period of October 2022 to July 2023. Samplingevent GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Wetland n/a Habitat restoration n/a Inventory n/a Birds n/a Amphibians n/a This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 The study was conducted at a 123 ha artificial floodplain, called Bosscherveld, located north of the city of Maastricht (50°52′06.9″N 5°41′36.9″E), the Netherlands.  -180 180 90 -90 2022-10-29 2023-07-07 family Ranidae family Bufonidae family Troglodytidae family Ardeidae  family Laridae  order Anseriformes kingdom Animalia family Podicipedidae family Alaudidae family Muscicapidae order Anura family Paridae family Recurvirostridae family Haematopodidae family Charadriidae order Pelecaniformes family Scolopacidae order Ciconiiformes order Galliformes family Picidae family Phalacrocoracidae phylum Chordata order Gruiformes order Passeriformes family Alcedininae family Scolopacidae class Aves order Charadriiformes family Charadriidae order Anseriformes order Podicipediformes family Threskiornithidae family Sylviidae family Cettiidae family Anatidae family Turdidae family Phasianidae family Rallidae family Acrocephalidae order Coraciiformes order Piciformes order Pelecaniformes family Prunellidae family Phylloscopidae family Ardeidae order Suliformes order Charadriiformes family Ciconiidae family Anatidae class Amphibia Wetlands are extremely threatened by draining, land convertion and in-filling, and global wetland biodiversity has experienced a rapid decline. Restoration of degraded areas could be an efficient way to recover these lost ecosystems. The success of such habitat restoration is poorly understood. Here we assess this success in the Southern Netherlands.  We are truly grateful to Henriëtta Born, Lael Licht, Asya Bahcetepek, Jasmijn Hofman and Anniek van Diepen for their help during field-data collection. We would also like to thank Ludy Verheggen, Laurent Louwies, Hans van den Boorn, Robert van Tiel, Jan Joost Bakhuizen, Bart Bamps, Marco Zonderland, Vincent Loyens, Jo Seegers, Albert Kleibeuker, Herman Smits, Gert-Jan de Rechter, Paul Prinsen, Rob Gubbels, Morten Bongers, Christiaan Macco, Raymond Daemen, Leobard Hinfelaar, Piet Martens, Rens Hensgens, Tanja Knoester, Huub Don, Bert Merk, Geert Hendrickx, Leo Kramer, Joost Schout, Luke Bilbrough and Luc Smits for their dedication at entering their observations from the Bosscherveld floodplain into Waarneming.nl, as their data was useful for supplementing our survey data during the study. Many thanks also to both Stephan Huijgens from Staatsbosbeheer and Jesper Berndsen from RAVON for entrusting us with the permits to conduct the study and for many helpful advices for conducting the fieldwork. unknown Roy Erkens System Earth Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University

Venlo NL

0000-0002-1093-0370 Roy Erkens 0000-0002-1093-0370 principalInvestigator The Dutch main water systems face pressing environmental, economic and societal challenges due to climatic changes and increased human pressure. There is a growing awareness that nature-based solutions (NBS) provide cost-effective solutions that simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help building resilience. In spite of being carefully designed and tested, many projects tend to fail along the way or never get implemented in the first place, wasting resources and undermining trust and confidence of practitioners in NBS. Why do so many projects lose momentum even after a proof of concept is delivered? Usually, failure can be attributed to a combination of eroding political will, societal opposition and economic uncertainties. While ecological and geological processes are often well understood, there is almost no understanding around societal and economic processes related to NBS. Therefore, there is an urgent need to carefully evaluate the societal, economic, and ecological impacts and to identify design principles fostering societal support and economic viability of NBS. We address these critical knowledge gaps in this research proposal, using the largest river restoration project of the Netherlands, the Border Meuse (Grensmaas), as a Living Lab. Dutch Research Council (NWO) 17596 2026-09-09T11:19:36.269+00:00 dataset Lobnik R, Erkens R (2026). Song-, waterbird and amphibian biodiversity in the Bosscherveld floodplain (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Version 1.0. Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF). Samplingevent dataset. https://tryout.nlbif.nl/resource?r=um_bosscherveld&v=1.0 https://tryout.nlbif.nl/logo.do?r=um_bosscherveld