The extensive number of adult sandwich terns which died during the recent outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) can have large-scale consequences for the development of the sandwich tern population in Northwest-Europe.

Since their recolonization of the Wadden Sea in the mid 20th-century, the grey seal population has considerably increased.

On 12-13 May 2022, the Omgevingsberaad Waddenzee (OBW) made a study visit to Lower Saxony in preparation for the Trilateral Governmental Conference.

The 36th meeting of the Wadden Sea Board (WSB) took place in Varde, Denmark, on 28-29 April.

The deadline for paper submissions to the ISWSS edition of "Marine Biodiversity" is moved to 30 November 2022.

On 14 April, Mayor Caroline van de Pol of Terschelling presented a World Heritage badge to three voluntary rangers.