You may wonder why we are already talking about next year's breeding, while the young birds of this breeding season are not even adults yet. It certainly seems early, but looking ahead is crucial to the success of next season. The experiences of this and previous years have already taught us a lot: we now know which birds are unsuitable for the next breeding — raising few or no young, plucking feathers, breaking eggs, poor feeding, disease, unfertilized eggs, and so on. In addition, some breeding birds have reached the age limit and are replaced, preferably by their own young.
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