Pan-European
Common Bird Monitoring Scheme
PECBMS is…
The Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) ‘s main goal is to use common birds as indicators of the general state of nature using large-scale and long-term monitoring data on changes in breeding populations across Europe. Read more about us.
168 species 30 countries 44 years (1980–2023)
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The latest data on European common birds shows a continued decline of European farmland birds, while the common forest birds are more or less stable over the last 10–15 years.
Common bird monitoring
schemes in Europe
bird monitoring scheme providing data to PECBMS in 2024 update
existing bird monitoring scheme
no bird monitoring scheme
Albania
No bird monitoring scheme.
Andorra
| Name of scheme: | Common Bird Survey of Andorra (SOCA) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.iea.ad/soca |
| Organisation: | Andorra Recerca + Innovació (Research and Innovation) |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2011 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 12 |
| Species: | 130 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Clara Pladevall
Andorra Recerca + Innovació (Research and Innovation), Av. Rocafort 21-23, Ed. Molí 3er pis, AD600 - Sant Julià de Lòria, Principat d'Andorra cpladevall@iea.ad |
Austria
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring der Brutvögel Österreichs |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.birdlife.at/page/monitoring |
| Organisation: | BirdLife Austria |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1998 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 240 |
| Species: | 89 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Reference: |
Teufelbauer, N., R. Büchsenmeister, A. Berger, B. Seaman, B. Regner, E. Nemeth & S. J. Butler (2017): Developing a forest bird indicator for Austria. Vogelwelt 137: 215-224.
Teufelbauer, N., B. S. Seaman & M. Dvorak (2017): Bestandsentwicklungen häufiger österreichischer Brutvögel im Zeitraum 1998-2016 – Ergebnisse des Brutvogel-Monitoring. Egretta 55: 43-76. Teufelbauer, N. & J. Frühauf (2010): Developing a national Farmland Bird Index for Austria. In: Anselin, A. (ed.): Bird Numbers 2010. Monitoring, indicators and targets. Proceedings the 18th Conference of the European Bird Census Council, Cáceres, Spain (partim). Bird Census News 23/1-2: 87-97. Teufelbauer, N. (2010): The Farmland Bird Index for Austria – first results of the changes in populations of common birds of farmed land. Egretta 51: 35-50. |
| Contact: |
Norbert Teufelbauer
BirdLife Austria, Museumplatz 1/10/8, A-1070 Wien, Austria norbert.teufelbauer@birdlife.at Benjamin Seaman |
Belarus
| Name of scheme: | Мониторинг птиц агроландшафтов – National Scheme of Environmental Monitoring in Belarus |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
| Status: | pilot |
| Start: | 2007 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 25 |
| Species: | 20 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: |
line transects
point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Semion Levy
APB – BirdLife Belarus – Akhova Ptushak Belarusi (APB), Makajenka 8-313, BY-220114 Minsk, Belarus levy@ptushki.org Dmitrii Zhuravliou APB – BirdLife Belarus – Akhova Ptushak Belarusi (APB), Makajenka 8-313, BY-220114 Minsk, Belarus grusdima@gmail.com |
Belgium
| Name of scheme: | Common Breeding Birds Flanders |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.inbo.be/nl/natuurindicatoren |
| Organisation: | Research Institute for Nature and Forest, BirdLife Flanders, Natuurpunt.vzw |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2007 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 300 |
| Species: | 101 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Algemene Broedvogels Vlaanderen (ABV): nieuwe cijfers en trends Glenn Vermeersch & Thierry Onkelinx (INBO) – Iwan Lewylle (Natuurpunt Studie) INBO Vogelnieuws 2015 24: 14-16.
Vermeersch, G. and Anselin, A. (2009): Broedvogels in Vlaanderen 2006-2007: recente status en trends van Bijzondere Broedvogels en soorten van de Vlaamse Rode Lijst en/of Bijlage I van de Europese Vogelrichtlijn. |
| Contact: |
Glenn Vermeersch
INBO - Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 8, 1000 Brussels, Belgium glenn.vermeersch@inbo.be |
| Name of scheme: | Brussels Bird Survey (Common Breeding Birds Survey – SOCBRU) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://aves.natagora.be/nos-actions/a-bruxelles |
| Organisation: | Aves – Natagora |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1992 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 35 |
| Species: | 50 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Weiserbs, A. (2009): Oiseaux communs de Bruxelles – Evolution 1992-2008. Oiseaux de Bruxelles n° 1. Aves, Liège.
Weiserbs, A. and Jacob, J. P. (2007): Survey of common breeding birds in the Brussels Region: Analyze of the results 1992-2005. Aves 44: 65-78. Weiserbs, A. (2012): Twenty years monitoring of common birds in Brussels. Aves, 49:13-21. Weiserbs, A. (2012): Spring census of common water bird populations in the Region of Brussels. Aves, 49:23-28. |
| Contact: |
Alain Paquet
Aves-Natagora, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium alain.paquet@natagora.b Anne Weiserbs 1, Traverse des Muses BE-5000 Namur anne.weiserbs@aves.be |
| Name of scheme: | Common Breeding Birds Survey in Wallonia; Le suivi des oiseaux communs en Wallonie (SOCWAL) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://aves.natagora.be/coa/socwal |
| Organisation: | Aves – Natagora |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1990 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 100 |
| Species: | 80 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Derouaux, Antoine & Paquet, Jean-Yves. (2018). L'évolution préoccupante des populations d'oiseaux nicheurs en Wallonie: 28 ans de surveillance de l'avifaune commune. Aves 55/1: 1-31.
Paquet, J.-Y., Jacob, J.-P., Kinet, T. & Vansteenwegen, Ch. (2010): Les tendances des populations d´oiseaux communs en Wallonie de 1990 à 2009. Aves 47/1: 1-19. |
| Contact: |
Antoine Derouaux
1, Traverse des Muses BE-5000 Namur, Belgium antoine.derouaux@natagora.be Jean-Yves Paquet 1, Traverses des Muses, B-5000 Namur, Belgium jean-yves.paquet@aves-asbl.be |
| Name of scheme: | Spring Waterbirds Census; Dénombrement Printanier des Oiseaux d'eau |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.aves.be/index.php?id=2969 |
| Organisation: | Aves, pôle ornithologique de Natagora |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2000 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 50 |
| Species: | 40 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Anne Weiserbs 2012: SUIVI PRINTANIER DES POPULATIONS D’OISEAUX D’EAU COMMUNS EN RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE. Aves 49/1: 23-28 |
| Contact: |
Alain Paquet
Aves, pôle ornithologique de Natagora, Traverse des Muses 1, B-5000 Namur alain.paquet@natagora.be Antoine Derouaux Aves, pôle ornithologique de Natagora, Traverse des Muses 1, B-5000 Namur antoine.derouaux@aves.be |
| Note: | Only in Brussels Region |
| Name of scheme: | Winter Waterbirds Census; Dénombrements Hivernaux des Oiseaux d'Eau (DHOE) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.aves.be/index.php?id=1387 |
| Organisation: | Aves, pôle ornithologique de Natagora |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1965 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 350 |
| Species: | 150 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Jean-Paul Jacob, Jean-Yves Paquet, Koen Devos & Thierry Onkelinx 2013: 50 ans de dénombrements hivernaux des oiseaux d’eau en Wallonie et à Bruxelles. Aves 50/4: 195-220 |
| Contact: |
Jean-Paul Jacob
Aves, pôle ornithologique de Natagora, 1 Traverse des Muses, B-5000 Namur jp-jacob@aves.be Antoine Derouaux 1, Traverse des Muses BE-5000 Namur, Belgium antoine.derouaux@aves.be |
| Note: | Wallonia and Brussels regions. Flanders have another census. |
| Name of scheme: | Winter Garden Birds Monitoring; Devine qui vient manger au jardin |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://oiseaux.natagora.be/ |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2004 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1000 |
| Species: | 80 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Anne Weiserbs
Natagora, Traverse des Muses 1, B-5000 Namur anne.weiserbs@aves.be Antoine Derouaux Natagora, Traverse des Muses 1, B-5000 Namur antoine.derouaux@aves.be |
| Note: | The plots are placed in the citizen gardens. Wallonia and Brussels Region, same monitoring in Flanders with Natuurpunt. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
No bird monitoring scheme.
Bulgaria
| Name of scheme: | Мониторинг на обикновените видове птици (Common Bird Monitoring Scheme) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.bspb.org/monitoring/ |
| Organisation: | Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife Bulgaria |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2004 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 120 |
| Species: | 63 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
Spasov, S. and Hristov, I. (2017): Population Trends of Common Birds in Bulgaria: Is Their Status Improving after the EU Accession? Acta zool. bulg., 69 (1), 2017: 95-104
Spasov, S. (2008): The State of Bulgaria´s Common Birds. Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, Conservation Series, Book 13. Sofia, BSPB. |
| Contact: |
Iordan Hristov
Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), P. O. Box 50, Sofia BG-1111, Bulgaria iordan.hristov@bspb.org |
Croatia
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring čestih vrsta ptica poljoprivrednih staništa u Hrvatskoj (Common Farmland Bird Monitoring in Croatia) |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2015 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 34 |
| Species: | 183 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified semi-random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Vlatka Dumbović Mazal
Department for wild and domesticated taxa and habitats, Head of the Vertebrates Section, Croatian Agency for Environment and Nature (Hrvatska agencija za okoliš i prirodu), Radnicka 80/7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia vlatka.dumbovic@haop.hr |
Cyprus
| Name of scheme: | Πρόγραμμα Παρακολούθησης Κοινών Πουλιών – Common Birds Monitoring Scheme |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.birdlifecyprus.org/common-land-bird-counts |
| Organisation: | BirdLife Cyprus |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2006 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 18 |
| Species: | 45 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified semi-random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: | Hellicar, M. & Ieronymidou, C. 2017. Ten years of the BirdLife Cyprus Common Bird Monitoring Scheme, 2006–2015. Bird Census News 30/1, 31–37 |
| Contact: |
Christina Ieronymidou
BirdLife Cyprus, P. O. Box 12026, Nicosia 2090, Cyprus Christina.ieronymidou@birdlifecyprus.org.cy |
| Name of scheme: | Western Cyprus Common Bird Census |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | BirdLife Cyprus |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 2003 |
| End: | 2006 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 4 |
| Species: | 40 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified semi-random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Derek Pomeroy
c/o Environmental Studies Centre, Box 79, Kritou Terra, Paphos 8724, Cyprus derek@imul.com |
Czechia
| Name of scheme: | Jednotný program sčítání ptáků (JPSP); Breeding Bird Census Programme |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://jpsp.birds.cz |
| Organisation: | Czech Society for Ornithology |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1982 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 78 |
| Species: | 107 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Reference: |
Storch D., Koleček J., Keil P., Vermouzek Z., Voříšek P., Reif J. 2023: Decomposing trends in bird populations: Climate, life histories and habitat affect different aspects of population change. Diversity and distributions.
Report on Breeding Bird Monitoring Programme in Czechia in 2017. REIF J., PRYLOVÁ K., ŠIZLING A. L., VERMOUZEK Z., ŠŤASTNÝ K. and BEJČEK V. 2013: Changes in bird community composition in the Czech Republic from 1982 to 2004: increasing biotic homogenization, impacts of warming climate, but no trend in species richness. Journal of Ornithology 154: 359-370. REIF J. FLOUSEK J. 2012: The role of species‘ ecological traits in climatically driven altitudinal range shifts of central European birds. Oikos 121: 1053-1060. Reif, J., Voříšek, P., Šťastný, K. and Bejček, V. 2006: Population trends of birds in the Czech Republic during 1982-2005. Sylvia 42: 22-37. (in Czech with English summary) |
| Contact: |
Zdeněk Vermouzek
Czech Society for Ornithology, Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic jpsp@birds.cz Jiří Reif Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Benatska 2, 128 01 Praha 2 jirireif@natur.cuni.cz Petr Voříšek Czech Society for Ornithology, Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic euromonitoring@birdlife.cz |
| Name of scheme: | Liniové sčítání druhů (LSD); Breeding Bird Survey Czechia |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.birdlife.cz/lsd/ |
| Organisation: | Czech Society for Ornithology; www.birdlife.cz |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2018 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 89 |
| Species: | 100 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Contact: |
Zdeněk Vermouzek
Czech Society for Ornithology, Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic lsd@birds.cz Jiří Reif Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Benatska 2, 128 01 Praha 2 jirireif@natur.cuni.cz Petr Voříšek Czech Society for Ornithology, Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic euromonitoring@birdlife.cz |
| Name of scheme: | White Stork count |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://cap.birdlife.cz |
| Organisation: | Czech Society for Ornithology |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2014 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1141 |
| Species: | 1 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Gabriela Dobruská
Czech Society for Ornithology, Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5, Czechia cap@birdlife.cz |
| Name of scheme: | Bird Hour – winter bird feeder count (Ptačí hodinka) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://krmitka.birdlife.cz |
| Organisation: | Czech Society for Ornithology |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2019 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 21725 |
| Species: | 100 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Alena Skálová
Czech Society for Ornithology, Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5, Czechia ptacihodinka@birdlife.cz |
Denmark
| Name of scheme: | White-tailed Eagle as ambassador for nature; Havørnen som Naturambassadør |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.dof.dk/naturbeskyttelse/arter/orne/gps-orn |
| Organisation: | DOF / Birdlife Denmark |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2016 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 3 |
| Species: | 1 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Daniel Palm Eskildsen
DOF/BirdLife Denmark (Danish Ornithological Society), Vesterbrogade 140, DK 1620, Copenhagen V, Denmark140, DK 1620, Copenhagen V, Denmark dpe@dof.dk |
| Note: | Methods: GPS-tracking of white-tailed eagles combined with outreach projects such as www.ørnetv.dk. By tracking White-tailed eagles with GPS-transmitters and combining with public outreach, we hope to better understand this species' habitat requirements, hope to better manage and protect it and raise awareness. |
| Name of scheme: | DOFbasen - Online portal in Denmark |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.dofbasen.dk |
| Organisation: | DOF/BirdLife Denmark |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2002 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 2600 |
| Species: | 480 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Timme Nyegaard
DOF/BirdLife Denmark, , Vesterbrogade 138-140, DK-1620 Copenhagen V timme.nyegaard@dof.dk |
| Note: | All birds of Denmark (ca. 480) plus all vertebrates except fish and selected butterflies are monitored. |
| Name of scheme: | Montagu's Harrier Nest Protection; Projekt Hedehøg |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.dof.dk/naturbeskyttelse/arter/projekter-om-hedehogen |
| Organisation: | DOF/BirdLife Denmark |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1995 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 5 |
| Species: | 1 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Timme Nyegaard
DOF/BirdLife Denmark, , Vesterbrogade 138-140, DK-1620 Copenhagen V timme.nyegaard@dof.dk |
| Note: | Selection of plots: Locating all pairs in Denmark, fencing threatened nests. |
| Name of scheme: | Rare Breeding Birds |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.dof.dk/fakta-om-fugle/truede-og-sjaeldne-ynglefugle |
| Organisation: | DOF/BirdLife Denmark; Projekt Truede og Sjældne Ynglefugle |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1998 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 100 |
| Species: | 30 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Timme Nyegaard
DOF/BirdLife Denmark, , Vesterbrogade 138-140, DK-1620 Copenhagen V timme.nyegaard@dof.dk |
Estonia
Faroe Islands
No bird monitoring scheme.
Finland
| Name of scheme: | Linnustonseuranta (Maalintujen linja- ja pistelaskennat) – Annual monitoring of breeding birds in Finland |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.luomus.fi/fi/pesimalintujen-linja-pistelaskenta |
| Organisation: | Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1975 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 111 |
| Species: | 160 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Väisänen, R. A., Lehikoinen, A. & Sirkiä, P. 2018: Monitoring population changes of land bird species breeding in Finland in 1975–2017. – Linnut-vuosikirja 2017: 16–31 (in Finnish with English summary).
Väisänen, R. A. & Lehikoinen, A. 2013: Suomen maalinnuston pesimäkannan vaihtelut vuosina 1975-2012. — Linnut vuosikirja 2013: 62–81. |
| Contact: |
Aleksi Lehikoinen
Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 17, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland aleksi.lehikoinen@helsinki.fi |
| Name of scheme: | Petolintuseuranta (Raptor Grid Scheme) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.luomus.fi/fi/petolintu-saaksiseuranta |
| Organisation: | Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1982 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 300 |
| Species: | 14 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Jari Valkama
Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland jari.valkama@helsinki.fi |
| Name of scheme: | Vesilintulaskennat (Waterfowl Monitoring in Lakes) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.luomus.fi/fi/vesilintulaskenta |
| Organisation: | Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History and Finnish Game and Fisheries Institute |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1986 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 150 |
| Species: | 16 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: |
point counts
other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Laaksonen, T., Lehikoinen, A., Pöysä, H., Sirkiä, P. & Ikonen, K. 2019: Inland waterfowl population trends 1986–2018. – Linnut-vuosikirja 2018: 46– 55 (in Finnish with English summary). |
| Contact: |
Juha Honkala
Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 17, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland juha.honkala@helsinki.fi |
| Note: | Method: point counts and route surveys |
France
| Name of scheme: | Suivi Temporel des Oiseaux Communs = STOC (French Breeding Bird Survey = FBBS) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.vigienature.fr/fr/suivi-temporel-des-oiseaux-communs-stoc |
| Organisation: | Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (UMR 7204) - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - CP 135 - 43 rue Buffon - 75005 Paris - France |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1989 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 8000 |
| Species: | 170 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Jiguet F, Devictor V, Julliard R, Couvet D (2012) French citizens monitoring ordinary birds provide tools for conservation and ecological sciences. Acta Oecologica 44, 58-66 |
| Contact: |
Benoît Fontaine
UMR7204 CESCO, 43 rue Buffon,CP135, 75005 Paris, France benoit.fontaine@mnhn.fr Caroline Moussy LPO France, Service Connaissance, 8 rue du Docteur Pujos, 17300 Rochefort caroline.moussy@lpo.fr Frédéric Jiguet UMR7204 CESCO, 43 rue Buffon,CP135, 75005 Paris, France frederic.jiguet@mnhn.fr |
Germany
| Name of scheme: | German Common Breeding Bird Survey |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.dda-web.de/mhb |
| Organisation: | Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e. V. (Federation of German Avifaunists), An den Speichern 2, 48157 Münster, Germany |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2004 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1300 |
| Species: | 102 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Kamp, J., Frank, C., Trautmann, S. et al. Population trends of common breeding birds in Germany 1990–2018. J Ornithol 162, 1–15 (2021).
Sudfeldt, C., Dröschmeister, R., Wahl, J., Berlin, K., Gottschalk, T., Grüneberg, C., Mitschke, A., and S. Trautmann (2012): Vogelmonitoring in Deutschland. Programme und Anwendungen. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 119. 257p. |
| Contact: |
Sven Trautmann
DDA – Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten, An den Speichern 2, 48157 Münster, Germany trautmann@dda-web.de Friederike Kunz DDA – Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten, An den Speichern 2, 48157 Münster, Germany kunz@dda-web.de |
| Note: | The programme from 2011 on completely replaces the former „Common Bird Census“ which started 1989 and ended in 2010. |
| Name of scheme: | German Rare Breeding Bird Survey |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.dda-web.de/msb |
| Organisation: | Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e. V. (Federation of German Avifaunists), An den Speichern 2, 48157 Münster, Germany |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1977 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 2000 |
| Species: | 90 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: |
complete counts
territory mapping other |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Wahl, J., M. Busch, R. Dröschmeister, C. König, K. Koffijberg, T. Langgemach, C. Sudfeldt & S. Trautmann (2020): Vögel in Deutschland – Erfassung von Brutvögeln. DDA, BfN, LAG VSW, Münster. |
| Contact: |
Malte Busch
Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V., An den Speichern 2, D-48157 Münster, Germany busch@dda-web.de Bettina Gerlach Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V., An den Speichern 2, 48157 Münster, Germany gerlach@dda-web.de |
| Note: | The German Rare Breeding Bird Survey coordinated by the Federation of German Avifaunists started in 1977 with six species. Since than species set continuously expanded. After 1990 the German Rare Breeding Bird Survey was combined with the monitoring programmes of the former German Democratic Republic. Methods of the scheme vary, depending on the species group surveyed (territory mapping within census areas, transect counts, tape-luring at fixed stops, colonial counts etc.). |
| Name of scheme: | German Common Bird Census |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.dda-web.de/index.php?cat=monitoring&subcat=ha_alt&subsubcat=programm |
| Organisation: | Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e. V., Steckby |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 1989 |
| End: | 2010 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 500 |
| Species: | 100 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: |
line transects
point counts territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Flade, M., Grüneberg, C., Sudfeldt, C. & Wahl, J. (2008): Birds and Biodiversity in Germany – 2010 Target. DDA, NABU, DRV, DO-G, Münster. |
| Contact: |
Martin Flade
Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Brandenburg, Leiter Referat GR 3 Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin/ Naturparke, Nord Hoher Steinweg 5-6 D, 16278 Angermünde, Germany martin.flade@lugv.brandenburg.de |
Gibraltar
| Name of scheme: | counts of raptors and seabirds from migration points |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Charles Perez
GONHS, PO Box 843, Gibraltar cperez@gonhs.org |
Greece
Hungary
| Name of scheme: | Mindennapi Madaraink Monitoringja, MMM (Monitoring of our common birds) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://mmm.mme.hu/ |
| Organisation: | MME BirdLife Hungary |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1999 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1000 |
| Species: | 420 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
Szép T., Nagy K., Nagy Zs., Halmos G. (2012): Population trends of common breeding and wintering birds in Hungary, decline of long-distance migrant and farmland birds during 1999-2012. Ornis Hungarica 20(2): 13-63.
Szép, T. and Gibbons, D. (2000): Monitoring of common breeding birds in Hungary using a randomised sampling design. The Ring 22: 45-55. |
| Contact: |
Tibor Szép
University of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói út 31/B, H-4400 Nyíregyháza partifecske@freemail.hu Károly Nagy MME BirdLife Hungary Monitoring Centre, P. O. Box 286, H-4401 Nyiregyháza, Hungary nagy.karoly@mme.hu |
Iceland
| Name of scheme: | Meadow bird species monitoring in NE Iceland |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Northeast Iceland Nature Research Centre |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2010 |
| Species: | 9 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Þorkell L. Þórarinsson
lindi@nna.is Yann Kolbeinsson yann@nna.is |
| Name of scheme: | Meadow bird species monitoring (Mýrar, Bakki) |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Icelandic Institute of Nature Research |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2006 |
| Species: | 10 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir
aldis.e.palsdottir@natt.is Borgný Katrínardóttir borgny.katrinardottir@natt.is |
| Name of scheme: | Common land birds in South Iceland |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | University of Iceland research center |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2011 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson
tomas@hi.is Böðvar Þórisson bodvar@hi.is |
| Name of scheme: | Ptarmigan monitoring |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Icelandic Institute of Nature Research |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1963 |
| Species: | 1 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Ólafur K. Nielsen
olafur.k.nielsen@natt.is Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir aldis.e.palsdottir@natt.is |
| Name of scheme: | Seabird monitoring |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Northeast Iceland Nature Research Centre |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2009 |
| Species: | 5 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Contact: |
Þorkell L. Þórarinsson
lindi@nna.is Yann Kolbeinsson yann@nna.is |
| Name of scheme: | Bjargfuglar – cliff breeding seabirds |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | University of Iceland |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Prof. Arnthor Gardarsson
Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Askja, Sturlugata 7, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland arnthor@hi.is |
| Name of scheme: | Mýraeldar – effect of wildfires on birds |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Icelandic Institute of Natural History |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson
Icelandic Institute of Natural History, P.O.Box 5320, IS-125 Reykjavik, Iceland mummi@ni.is |
Ireland
| Name of scheme: | Countryside Bird Survey (CBS) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/surveys-research/research-surveys/countryside-bird-survey/ |
| Organisation: | BirdWatch Ireland, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1998 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 300 |
| Species: | 55 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Lewis, L. J., Coombes, R. H., Burke, B., Tierney, T. D., Cummins, S., Walsh, A. J., Ryan, N. & O’Halloran, J. (2020) Countryside Bird Survey report. 1998-2019. BirdWatch Ireland. Wicklow.
Lewis, L. J., Coombes, D., Burke, B., O’Halloran, J., Walsh, A., Tierney, T. D. & Cummins, S. (2019) Countryside Bird Survey: Status and trends of common and widespread breeding birds 1998-2016. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 115. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Crowe, O., Coombes, R.H., Lysaght, L., O´Brien, C., Choudhury, K.R., Walsh, A.J. , Wilson, J.H. and O´Halloran, J. (2010): Population trends of widespread breeding birds in the Republic of Ireland 1998-2008. Bird Study 57 (3): 267 – 280. Coombes, R.H., Crowe, O., Lauder, A., Lysaght, L., O´Brien, C., O´Halloran, J., O´Sullivan, O., Tierney, T.D., Walsh, A.J. and Wilson, H.J. (2009): Countryside Bird Survey Report 1998-2007. BirdWatch Ireland, Wicklow. |
| Contact: |
Lesley Lewis
Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63 RW83, Ireland ljlewis@birdwatchireland.ie Dick Coombes Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63 RW83, Ireland rcoombes@birdwatchireland.ie |
Isle of Man
No bird monitoring scheme.
Italy
| Name of scheme: | MITO2000 (Monitoraggio ITaliano Ornitologico) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.mito2000.it/ |
| Organisation: | Coordinamento Mito – Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici (CISO) – LIPU BirdLife Italy – Associazione FaunaViva – D.R.E.Am Italia |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2000 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 133 |
| Species: | 103 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Rete Rurale Nazionale & Lipu (2020). Common breeding farmland birds in Italy. Update of population trends and Farmland Bird Indicator for National Rural Network 2000-2020.
Rete Rurale Nazionale & Lipu (2021). Farmland Bird Index nazionale e andamenti di popolazione delle specie in Italia nel periodo 2000-2020 Campedelli T., Buvoli L., Bonazzi P., Calabrese L., Calvi G., Celada C., Cutini S., De Carli E., Forsasari L., Fulco E., La Gioia G., Londi G., Rossi P., Silva L. & Tellini Florenzano G. 2012. Andamenti di popolazione delle specie comuni nidificanti in Italia: 2000-2011. Avocetta 36: 121-143. Campedelli T., Tellini Florenzano G., Sorace A., Fornasari L., Londi G. & Mini L. 2009. Species selection to develop an Italian Farmland Bird Index. Avocetta 33 (2): 87-91. Fornasari L., de Carli E., Buvoli L., Mingozzi T., Pedrini P., La Gioia G., Ceccarelli P., Tellini Florenzano G., Velatta F., Caliendo M.F., Santolini R. and Brichetti P. (2004): Secondo bollettino del progetto MITO2000: valutazioni metodologiche per il calcolo delle variazioni interannuali. Avocetta, 28: 5976. Fornasari L., de Carli E., Brambilla S., Buvoli L., Maritan E. and Mingozzi T. (2002). Distribuzione dell´Avifauna nidificante in Italia: primo bollettino del progetto di Monitoraggio MITO2000. Avocetta, 26: 59-115. Fornasari, L. and de Carli, E. (2002): A new project on breeding bird monitoring in Italy. Bird Census News 15(2): 42-54. |
| Contact: |
Laura Silva
Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU), Via Trento 49, IT-43100, Parma laura.silva@lipu.it Gianpiero Calvi gianpiero.calvi@gmail.com Mattia Brambilla Lombardy Foundation for the Environment brambilla.mattia@gmail.com |
Kosovo
No bird monitoring scheme.
Latvia
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring of birds and habitats in agricultural lands |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Latvian Fund for Nature |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 1995 |
| End: | 2006 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 6 |
| Species: | 25 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Auninš, A., Priednieks, J., 2009. Recent changes in agricultural landscape and bird populations in Latvia: impacts and prospects of EU agricultural policy. Avocetta 33, 93–98.
Auninš, A., Priednieks, J. 2008: Ten years of farmland bird monitoring in Latvia: population changes 1995-2004. Revista Catalana d´Ornitologia 24: 53-64. Auninš, A. and Priednieks, J. 2003: Bird population changes in Latvian farmland 1995-2000: responses to different scenarios of rural development. Ornis Hungarica 12-13: 41-50. |
| Contact: |
Ainars Auninš
Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia ainars.aunins@lu.lv |
| Name of scheme: | Breeding Bird Counts |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | University of Latvia |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 1983 |
| End: | 1994 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 7 |
| Species: | 30 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Janis Priednieks
Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia jpriedn@lanet.lv |
| Name of scheme: | Naktsputnu uzskaites (Nightbird monitoring scheme, previously called Corncrake monitoring scheme) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.lob.lv/lv/programmas/naktsputni.php |
| Organisation: | Latvian Ornithological Society |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2006 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 35 |
| Species: | 15 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Oskars Keišs
Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biology, Jelgavas iela 1–718, LV–1004, Rīga, Latvia grieze@yahoo.com |
Liechtenstein
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring of Breeding Birds |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Botanisch-Zoologische Gesellschaft |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1981 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1 |
| Species: | 30 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Georg Willi
Rennhofstr. 8, FL-9493 Mauren georg.willi@adon.li |
Lithuania
| Name of scheme: | Įprastų paukščių populiacijų gausos stebėsena (ĮPGS) – Lithuanian Common Bird Monitoring scheme |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.virtualusprocesai.lt/ipgs/index.php |
| Organisation: | Lithuanian Ornithological Society |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1994 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 35 |
| Species: | 70 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Reference: |
Kurlavičius P., Kiserauskaitė R., Nebilevičius Š. 2017. Biologinės įvairovės poveikio rodiklio „Kaimo paukščių populiacijų indikatorius“ nustatymas ir biologinės įvairovės kaitos vertinimas”. Tarpinė ataskaita. Lietuvos ornitologų draugija ir Lietuvos žemės ūkio ministerija. Vilnius. 55 p.
Kurlavičius P., Kiserauskaitė R., Nebilevičius Š. 2014. Biologinės įvairovės poveikio rodiklio „Kaimo paukščių populiacijų indikatorius“ identifikavimas 2013–2014 metais. Galutinė ataskaita. Lietuvos ornitologų draugija ir Lietuvos žemės ūkio ministerija. Vilnius. 229 p. Kurlavičius P., Kiserauskaitė R., Mozgeris G., Nebilevičius Š. 2011. Biologinės įvairovės poveikio rodiklio „Paukščių populiacija žemės ūkio naudmenose“ identifikavimas 2010–2011 metais. Baigiamoji ataskaita. Lietuvos ornitologų draugija ir Lietuvos žemės ūkio ministerija. Vilnius. 235 p. Kurlavičius P. 2004. Monitoring of breeding birds in Lithuania. In: Anselin, A. (ed.) Bird Numbers 1995, Proceedings of the International Conference and 13th Meeting of the European Bird Census Council, Parnu, Estonia. Bird census news 13 (2000): 77-80. |
| Contact: |
Petras Kurlavičius
Lietuvos Ornitologu Draugija (LOD), Naugarduko St. 47-3, LT-03208, Vilnius, Lithuania Petras.Kurlavicius@birdlife.lt |
Luxembourg
| Name of scheme: | Common Bird Monitoring |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | natur&ëmwelt a.s.b.l. |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2009 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 25 |
| Species: | 120 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: |
line transects
territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Cindy Redel
Centrale Ornithologique, natur&ëmwelt a.s.b.l. (BirdLife Luxembourg), Kockelscheuer, L-1899, Luxembourg c.redel@naturemwelt.lu |
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring of Breeding Birds |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | LNVL |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 2002 |
| End: | 2003 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 6 |
| Species: | 60 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: |
point counts
territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Patric Lorgé
Centrale Ornithologique LNVL, Lëtzebuerger Natur- a Vulleschutzliga (BirdLife Luxembourg), Kockelscheuer, L-1899, Luxembourg patlor@naturemwelt.lu Gilles Biver Centrale Ornithologique LNVL, Lëtzebuerger Natur- a Vulleschutzliga (BirdLife Luxembourg), Kockelscheuer, L-1899, Luxembourg col@naturemwelt.lu |
Macedonia
| Name of scheme: | Common bird Monitoring Scheme – Macedonia |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) |
| Status: | pilot |
| Start: | 2007 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Metodija Velevski
MES, seat: Vladimir Nazor Str.10, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia m.velevski@musmacscinat.mk |
Malta
| Name of scheme: | Breeding Bird Surveys, BirdLife Malta |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://birdlifemalta.org/ |
| Organisation: | BirdLife Malta |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2008 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 30 |
| Species: | 45 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Reference: |
Epsilon Malta Ltd, N. C. C. (2019) Malta Breeding Bird Atlas 2018. Wild Birds Regulation Unit, Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Malta
Barbara, N., Wheatley H. (2013) Farmland Bird Report 2013, BirdLife Malta, Malta. Raine, A., Webb, P. (2010) Farmland Bird Report 2010, BirdLife Malta, Malta. Raine, A. (2009) Farmland Bird Report 2009, BirdLife Malta, Malta. Raine, A., Sultana, J., & Gillings, S. (2009) Malta Breeding Bird Atlas: 2008. BirdLife Malta, Malta. |
| Contact: |
Nicholas Barbara
BirdLife Malta nicholas.barbara@birdlifemalta.org Nicholas Galea BirdLife Malta nicholas.galea@birdlifemalta.org |
| Note: | Bird monitoring took place irregulary, in 2008–2010, 2013, and 2017–2018. Since 2023, a regular monitoring scheme has been running. The method used is hybrid point counts based and line transects. |
Moldova
| Name of scheme: | Common Bird Monitoring |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | SPPN |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2022 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 9 |
| Species: | 96 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Contact: |
Silvia Ursul
lavricsilvia@gmail.com Vitalie Ajder ajder.vitalie@gmail.com |
Montenegro
No bird monitoring scheme.
Netherlands
| Name of scheme: | BMP A – All breeding bird species project |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl/nl/BMP |
| Organisation: | Sovon (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) and Statistics Netherlands |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1984 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1600 |
| Species: | 100 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
www.sovon.nl/en/content/vogelsoorten www.sovon.nl/nl/publicaties/broedvogels-nederland-2019 |
| Contact: |
Michiel (Chiel) Boom
SOVON, PO Box 6521, 6503 GA Nijmegen, Netherlands chiel.boom@sovon.nl |
| Name of scheme: | BMP W – Meadow bird species project |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl |
| Organisation: | Sovon (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology), Provincial organisations and Statistics Netherlands |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1990 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 400 |
| Species: | 21 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Name of scheme: | BMP B – Scarce breeding species project |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl |
| Organisation: | Sovon (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) and Statistics Netherlands |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1990 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 400 |
| Species: | 50 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Name of scheme: | BMP Z – Rare breeding species project |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl |
| Organisation: | Sovon (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) and Statistics Netherlands |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1990 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 500 |
| Species: | 60 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Name of scheme: | Colonial breeding bird census |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl |
| Organisation: | Sovon (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) and Statistics Netherlands |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1990 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1000 |
| Species: | 17 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Name of scheme: | MUS – Urban breeding species project |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl |
| Organisation: | Sovon (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2007 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 600 |
| Species: | 70 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Name of scheme: | MAS – Farmland breeding species project |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sovon.nl |
| Organisation: | SOVON (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2008 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 50 |
| Species: | 50 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
Norway
| Name of scheme: | Norsk hekkefuglovervåking (Norwegian breeding bird monitoring scheme) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://tov-e.nina.no/Fugl/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fFugl%2f |
| Organisation: | BirdLife Norway and Norwegian institute for Nature Research |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2005 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 160 |
| Species: | 80 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Fraixedas, S., Lindén, A., Meller, K., Lindström, Å., Keišs, O., Kålås, J.A., Husby, M., Leivits, A., Leivits, M. & Lehikoinen, A. (2017) Substantial decline of Northern European peatland bird populations: consequences of drainage. Biological Conservation, 214, 223-232.
Lindström, Å., Green, M., Husby, M., Kålås, J.A. & Lehikoinen, A. (2015) Large-scale monitoring of waders on their boreal and arctic breeding grounds in northern Europe. Ardea, 103, 3-15. Kålås, J. A., Husby, M., Nilsen, E. B. & Vang, R. (2014) Population dynamic for terrestrial birds in Norway 1996-2013. – NOF-Report 4-2014, BirdLife Norway, Trondheim. 36 pp (in Norwegian) Lehikoinen, A., Green, M., Husby, M., Kålås, J.A. & Lindström, Å. (2014) Common montane birds are declining in northern Europe. – Journal of Avian Biology 45: 3-14. Kålås, J.A., Husby, M. (2002) Monitoring program for terrestrial ecosystems. Extensive monitoring of terrestrial birds in Norge. – NINA Oppdragsmelding 740, 25 p. (In Norwegian with English summary) |
| Contact: |
John Atle Kålås
Norwegian institute for Nature Research, Postboks 5685 Sluppen, 7485 Trondheim, Norway john.kalas@nina.no Ingar Jostein Øien NOF-BirdLife Norway, Sandgata 30b, N-7012 Trondheim ingar@birdlife.no Bård G. Stokke Norwegian institute for Nature Research, Postboks 5685 Sluppen, 7485 Trondheim, Norway Bard.stokke@nina.no |
| Name of scheme: | Norwegian Breeding Bird Census |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Norwegian Ornithological Society and Nord-Trøndelag University College |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 1995 |
| End: | 2008 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 120 |
| Species: | 58 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: | Husby, M. (2003): Point count census using volunteers of terrestrial breeding birds in Norway, and its status after six years. Ornis Hungarica 12-13: 63-72. |
| Contact: |
Magne Husby
Section of Science, Nord University, 7600 Levanger, Norway magne.husby@nord.no |
Poland
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring Pospolitych Ptaków Lęgowych (MPPL) (Common Birds Survey) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://monitoringptakow.gios.gov.pl/ |
| Organisation: | OTOP BirdLife Poland (2000–2006), Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection (since 2007) |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2000 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 450 |
| Species: | 110 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Chodkiewicz T., Chylarecki P., Sikora A., Wardecki Ł., Bobrek R., Neubauer G., Marchowski D., Dmoch A., Kuczyński L. 2019. Raport z wdrażania art. 12 Dyrektywy Ptasiej w Polsce w latach 2013-2018: stan, zmiany, zagrożenia. Biuletyn Monitoringu Przyrody 20: 1–80. [in Polish; tables and graphs are also in English]
Chodkiewicz T., Chylarecki P., Sikora A., Wardecki Ł., Bobrek R., Neubauer G., Marchowski D., Dmoch A., Kuczyński L. 2019. Raport z wdrażania art. 12 Dyrektywy Ptasiej w Polsce w latach 2013-2018: stan, zmiany, zagrożenia. Biuletyn Monitoringu Przyrody 20: 1–80. [in Polish; tables and graphs are also in English] Chylarecki P., Chodkiewicz T., Neubauer G., Sikora A., Meissner W., Woźniak B., Wylegała P., Ławicki Ł., Marchowski D., Betleja J., Bzoma S., Cenian Z., Górski A., Korniluk M., Moczarska J., Ochocińska D., Rubacha S., Wieloch M., Zielińska M., Zieliński P., Kuczyński L. 2018. Trendy liczebności ptaków w Polsce. GIOŚ, Warszawa. |
| Contact: |
Tomasz Chodkiewicz, national coordinator of the project
Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Science, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland tchodkiewicz@miiz.waw.pl Łukasz Wardecki OTOP BirdLife Poland, , Szeroki Dunaj 5, 00-255 Warszawa, Poland lukasz.wardecki@otop.org.pl Paulina Siejka Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Monitoring, Al. Jerozolimskie 92, 00-807 Warszawa p.siejka@gios.gov.pl |
| Note: | The project was conducted between 2000 and 2006 by OTOP BirdLife Poland. Since 2007, it has been included in the State Environmental Monitoring – programme realised by Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection and funded by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. |
Portugal
Romania
| Name of scheme: | Common Bird Monitoring (CBM). In Romanian: Monitorizarea Pãsãrilor Comune (MPC) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sor.ro/proiect/common-bird-monitoring/ |
| Organisation: | Romanian Ornithological Society, in cooperation with the Association for Bird and Nature Protection „Milvus Group“ |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2006 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 34 |
| Species: | 102 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Cristi Domşa
Societatea Ornitologică Română, Str. Gheorghe Dima, No. 49/2, 400336 Cluj-Napoca, România cristi.domsa@sor.ro |
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring of wintering geese in South-east Romania; Monitorizare a speciilor de gâște ce iernează în sud-estul României |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.sor.ro/proiect/monitorizarea-gastelor-cu-gat-rosu/ |
| Organisation: | Romanian Ornithological Society/Birdlife Romania |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2000 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 31 |
| Species: | 8 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Contact: |
Emil Todorov
Romanian Ornithological Society/Birdlife Romania, Bd. Hristo Botev, nr.3, ap. 6 Sector 3, Bucureşti, cod 030231 emil.todorov@sor.ro |
| Note: | Methods: Roost counts. Selection of plots: 29 pre-selected wetlands in South-east Romania. |
Russia
| Name of scheme: | Moscow Region Common Birds Monitoring Scheme |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://birdsmoscow.net.ru/monitoring-moscow/ |
| Organisation: | Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Program „Birds of Moscow and the Moscow Region“ |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2006 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 79 |
| Species: | 150 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
Морковин, А. А., Волцит, О. В. & Калякин, М. В. Программа мониторинга гнездящихся птиц в Европейской части России: итоги первого десятилетия. Фауна и население птиц Европейской России 3–19 (KMK Scientific Press Ltd., 2022).
Morkovin, A.A., Voltzit, O.V., and Kalyakin, M.V. (2018) [On the results and opportunities of the common birds monitoring scheme in Russia]. Abstracts of 1st Russian ornithological congress (Tver, Russia, 29 January – 4 February 2018): 229–230. [in Russian] Morkovin A. A., Kalyakin M. V., Voltzit O. V. 2017: First steps of a common birds monitoring scheme in the Moscow region, Russia. Die Vogelwelt_Vol. 137: 89–98. Morkovin, A.A., Kalyakin, M.V., and Voltzit, O.V. (2017) [The project of birds monitoring in the Moscow region: the results of 2011–2016]. Russian Ornithological Journal, 26 (1452): 2219–2233. [in Russian] Kalyakin, M.V., Voltzit, O.V., and Morkovin, A.A. (2017) [To the establishing of the system of bird abundance monitoring in European part of Russia]. Population dynamics of birds in terrestrial landscapes. Proceedings of the Russian scientific conference (Zvenigorod biological station, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 17–21 March 2017): 335–338. [in Russian] Morkovin, A.A., Kalyakin, M.V., and Voltzit, O.V. (2017) [The 2011–2016 results of the common bird monitoring program in Moscow and the Moscow region]. Population dynamics of birds in terrestrial landscapes. Proceedings of the Russian scientific conference (Zvenigorod biological station, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 17–21 March 2017): 108–118. [in Russian] Morkovin A. A., Kalyakin M. V., Voltzit O. V. (2017) First steps of a common birds monitoring scheme in the Moscow region, Russia. Die Vogelwelt Vol. 137: 89–98. Morkovin, A. and Voltzit, O. (2016) First steps of a common birds monitoring scheme in the Moscow region, Russia. — Busch, M. & Gedeon, K. (eds.) BirdNumbers 2016: Birds in a changing world. Programme and Abstracts of the 20th conference of the European Bird Census Council. Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten Münster, p. 87. Kalyakin, M., Voltzit, O., Morkovin, A., Preobrazhenskaya, E., and Mischenko, A. (2016) Review of investigations of bird number and its dynamic in European Russia. Busch, M. & Gedeon, K. (eds.) BirdNumbers 2016: Birds in a changing world. Programme and Abstracts of the 20th conference of the European Bird Census Council. Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten Münster, p. 34. Morkovin, A.A., Kalyakin, M.V., and Voltzit, O.V. (2016) [Population trends of common birds in the Moscow region]. The Fauna and Abundance of European Russia Birds. Annual report on the Programme Birds of Moscow City and the Moscow Region, 6: 573–586. [in Russian] |
| Contact: |
Anton A. Morkovin
a-morkovin@ya.ru Mikhail Kalyakin kalyakin@zmmu.msu.ru Olga Voltzit voltzit@zmmu.msu.ru |
| Name of scheme: | White Stork nests monitoring scheme |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://birdsmoscow.net.ru/stork-monitoring/ |
| Organisation: | Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Program „Birds of Moscow and the Moscow Region“ |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2004 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 15 |
| Species: | 1 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
Шамина К.Ю. 2022. Итоги мониторинга гнёзд белого аиста в Московской области в 2022 году. — Московка. Новости программы Птицы Москвы и Подмосковья, 36: 31–34.
Шамина К.Ю. 2021. Итоги мониторинга гнёзд белого аиста в Московской области в 2021 году. — Московка. Новости программы Птицы Москвы и Подмосковья, 34: 4–8. Шамина К.Ю. 2020. Итоги мониторинга гнёзд белого аиста в Московской области в 2020 году. — Московка. Новости программы Птицы Москвы и Подмосковья, 32: 8–15. Шамина К.Ю. 2019. Итоги мониторинга гнёзд белого аиста в Московской области в 2019 году. — Московка. Новости программы Птицы Москвы и Подмосковья, 30: 2–5. Шамина К.Ю. 2018. Итоги мониторинга гнёзд белого аиста в Московской области в 2018 году. — Московка. Новости программы Птицы Москвы и Подмосковья, 28: 5–9. Шамина К.Ю. 2017. Итоги мониторинга гнёзд белого аиста в Московской области в 2017 году. — Московка. Новости программы Птицы Москвы и Подмосковья, 26: 3–9. Shamina, E.Yu. (2016). [The results of the monitoring of White Stork nests in the Moscow Region in 2016]. Moskovka, 24: 3–6. Shamina, E.Yu., Shamin, M.S., Andreeva, E.I. (2015). [The results of the monitoring of White Stork nests in the Moscow Region in 2015]. Moskovka, 22: 3–11. Shamin, M.S., Shamina, E.Yu. (2014). [The short results of VII International account of White Stork nests in the Moscow Region in 2014]. Moskovka, 20: 15–20. Shamin, M.S., Shamina, E.Yu. (2014). [Migration of the White Stork]. Moskovka, 20: 64–67. |
| Contact: |
Katrina Shamina (Chekulaeva)
mobirds@mail.ru |
| Name of scheme: | The International Breeding Conditions Survey on Arctic Birds; Программа сбора данных об условиях размножения арктических птиц |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.arcticbirds.net/ |
| Organisation: | International Wader Study Group |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1995 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Pavel Tomkovich
pst@zmmu.msu.ru Mikhail Soloviev mikhail-soloviev@yandex.ru |
| Name of scheme: | Colonial waterfowl and near-water bird monitoringwaterfowl and near-water bird monitoring; Мониторинг водоплавающих и околоводных птиц |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.knic-dpc.ksdar.ru/ |
| Organisation: | Kuban Research Center "Wildlife of the Caucasus" |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1989 |
| Species: | 36 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Yuriy Lokhman
Russia, Krasnodar Territory, 350087, Krasnodar, Teplichnaya st. 58 apt. 18 lohman@mail.ru |
| Note: | Methods: line transects, point counts, territory mapping. Period of monitoring (e.g. from 1/4 - 15/7) |
| Name of scheme: | "Eurasian Cristmas Bird Counts" ("PARUS"); "Евроазиатский Рождественский учет" ("PARUS") |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://birdsmoscow.net.ru/parus-monitoring/ |
| Organisation: | Rusian Bird Conservation Union |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1986 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 150 |
| Species: | 70 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Preobrazhenskaya, E. & Morkovin, A. PARUS program: wintering land bird monitoring in European Russia. BCN 33, 3–13 (2020). |
| Contact: |
Ekaterina Preobrazhenskaya
Ruusian Bird Conservation Union, Russia, Krasnodar Territory, 350087, Krasnodar, Teplichnaya st. 58 apt. 18 voop21@rambler.ru |
| Note: | Data from bird counts are stored in the Zoological monitoring database of the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (Novosibirsk). Mathematical data processing is carried out by Anton Morkovin (Zoological Museum of Moscow state University). |
| Name of scheme: | Moscow Birds Survey |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://birdsmoscow.net.ru/moscow-atlas/ |
| Organisation: | Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Program „Birds of Moscow and the Moscow Region“ |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 2006 |
| End: | 2018 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 67 |
| Species: | 226 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
Kalyakin, M., Voltzit, O., Groot Koerkamp, G. 2014. Atlas of the birds of Moscow City (in Russian and English). N.S. Morozov (ed.). Moscow, Fiton XXI. 332 p.
Kalyakin, M., Voltzit, O., Groot Koerkamp, G. 2013. Ornithological and practical results of the Project “Atlas of birds of Moscow City”. — Every bird counts. Book of abstracts of the 19th conference of the European Bird Census Council. Babes-Bolyai University, Romanian Ornithological Society, Cluj, Romania, p. 45. Kalyakin, M.V. and Voltzit, O.V. (2012) [Moscow]. In: Birds of the cities of Russia. V.M. Khrabryi (Ed.). 250–297 pp. [Birds of Moscow City: 2011, from square to square]. Proceedings of the Program Birds of Moscow City and the Moscow Region, Vol. 8. Kalyakin, M.V. and Voltzit, O.V. (eds.) (2012) 180 p. New online maps and species lists contain information about new registrations or nest status increase for the period since finishing the complete Atlas survey in Moscow (2011-2017). |
| Contact: |
Mikhail Kalyakin
kalyakin@zmmu.msu.ru Olga Voltzit voltzit@zmmu.msu.ru |
Serbia
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring obicnih vrsta – MOV (Common Birds Monitoring) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.ptica.org/ |
| Organisation: | League for Ornithological Action of Serbia |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 2010 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Brúnó Szokola-Simon
Radomira Raše Radujkova 1a, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia bruno.szokola.simon@pticesrbije.rs |
| Name of scheme: | Common Bird Monitoring Scheme |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BirdLife Serbia) |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2021 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 26 |
| Species: | 140 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Reference: | |
| Contact: |
Bruno Sokola-Šimon
bruno.szokola.simon@pticesrbije.rs info@pticesrbije.rs |
Slovakia
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring of dispersed bird species in Slovakia (Sčítanie bežných druhov vtáctva) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.vtaky.sk/stranka/97-Scitanie-beznych-druhov.html |
| Organisation: | Slovak ornithological society/BirdLife Slovakia |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1994 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 40 |
| Species: | 121 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
Hološková, A. 2022. Vyhodnotenie trendov početnosti vtákov poľnohospodárskej krajiny, príčiny ohrozenia a odporúčania pre manažment ich biotopov. - SOS/BirdLife Slovakia, Bratislava, 79 pp.
Slabeyová, K., Ridzoň, J., & Kropil, R. (2009): Trendy početnosti bežných druhov vtákov na Slovensku v rokoch 2005-2009. Tichodroma 21: 1-13. (abstract in English) |
| Contact: |
Jozef Ridzoň
SOS/BirdLife Slovensko, Zelinárska 4, 821 08 Bratislava ridzon@vtaky.sk Soňa Nuhlíčková sonanuhlickova@gmail.com |
Slovenia
Spain
| Name of scheme: | Common Breeding Bird Monitoring Scheme („SACRE“) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.seo.org/sacre |
| Organisation: | SEO/BirdLife |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1996 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 816 |
| Species: | 120 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | partial |
| Reference: |
Escandell, V. y Escudero, E. 2022. Sacre. Tendencia de las aves comunes. En, SEO/BirdLife. Programas de seguimiento y grupos de trabajo de SEO/BirdLife 2021, pp. 64-67. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid.
SEO/BirdLife 2013. SEO/BirdLife bird monitoring programmes in 2012. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (in English) SEO/BirdLife, 2012. SEO/BirdLife 2011. Birds monitoring programmes. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (in English) All the Spanish reports |
| Contact: |
Virginia Escandell
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain vescandell@seo.org Juan Carlos del Moral Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain jcdelmoral@seo.org |
| Name of scheme: | Seguiment dels Ocells Comuns de Catalunya – Catalan Common Bird Survey (SOCC) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://socc.cat/socc/ |
| Organisation: | Catalan Ornithological Institute |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2002 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 279 |
| Species: | 147 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified semi-random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Programa SOCC 20/2022
ICO. 2021. Disetè informe del Programa de Seguiment d’Ocells Comuns a Catalunya (SOCC). Institut Català d’Ornitologia, Barcelona (In Catalan with English summary) |
| Contact: |
Sergi Herrando
Catalan Ornithological Institute, Natural History Museum of Barcelona, Plaça Leonardo da Vinci 4-5, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ornitologia@ornitologia.org Marc Anton Catalan Ornithological Institute, Natural History Museum of Barcelona, Plaça Leonardo da Vinci 4-5, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain anuari@ornitologia.org Lluís Brotons Catalan Ornithological Institute, Natural History Museum of Barcelona, Plaça Leonardo da Vinci 4-5, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain lluis.brotons@gmail.com |
| Name of scheme: | Owls and Nightjars Breeding Monitoring Scheme („NOCTUA“) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.seo.org/noctua-4/ |
| Organisation: | SEO/BirdLife |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1998 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 568 |
| Species: | 8 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
SEO/BirdLife 2013. SEO/BirdLife bird monitoring programmes in 2012. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (in English)
SEO/BirdLife, 2012. SEO/BirdLife 2011. Birds monitoring programmes. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (in English) All the Spanish reports |
| Contact: |
Virginia Escandell
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain vescandell@seo.org Juan Carlos del Moral Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain jcdelmoral@seo.org |
| Name of scheme: | Wintering Bird Monitoring Scheme („SACIN“) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.seo.org/sacin |
| Organisation: | SEO/BirdLife |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2008 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 762 |
| Species: | 180 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: |
SEO/BirdLife 2013. SEO/BirdLife bird monitoring programmes in 2012. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (in English)
SEO/BirdLife, 2012. SEO/BirdLife 2011. Birds monitoring programmes. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (in English) All the Spanish reports |
| Contact: |
Virginia Escandell
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain vescandell@seo.org Juan Carlos del Moral Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain jcdelmoral@seo.org |
| Name of scheme: | National Census (Censos nacionales) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.seo.org/censos |
| Organisation: | SEO/BirdLife |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2004 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 2000 |
| Species: | 170 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Juan Carlos Del Moral
SEO/BirdLife, Melquiades Biencinto, 34 28053 Madrid Spain censos@seo.org |
| Note: | Methods: Specific methodology for each species. |
| Name of scheme: | Climate and Birds (Aves y Clima) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.seo.org/avesyclima/ |
| Organisation: | SEO/BirdLife |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2005 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 1175 |
| Species: | 66 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: | Boletin Seguimento 2019 update |
| Contact: |
Blas Molina
SEO/BirdLife, Melquiades Biencinto, 34 28053 Madrid Spain bmolina@seo.org Juan Carlos Del Moral SEO/BirdLife, Melquiades Biencinto, 34 28053 Madrid Spain jcdelmoral@seo.org |
| Note: | Methods: Arrived data, breeding data, last bird detected, etc. |
Sweden
| Name of scheme: | Swedish Breeding Bird Survey (“summer point counts”) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.fageltaxering.lu.se/ |
| Organisation: | Dept. of Biology, Lund University |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1975 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 130 |
| Species: | 140 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Åke Lindström
Dept. of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building, S-22362 Lund ake.lindstrom@biol.lu.se |
| Name of scheme: | Swedish Breeding Bird Survey (“fixed routes”) |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.fageltaxering.lu.se/ |
| Organisation: | Dept. of Biology, Lund University |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1996 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 240 |
| Species: | 180 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | systematic |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Ottvall, R., Green, M., Lindström, Å., Svensson, S., Esseen, P.-A. and Marklund, L. (2008): Distribution and habitat selection of Ortolan Bunting in Sweden. Ornis Svecica 18: 3-16. |
| Contact: |
Åke Lindström
Dept. of Biology, University of Lund, Ecology Building, S-22362 Lund ake.lindstrom@biol.lu.se |
| Name of scheme: | Swedish Breeding Bird Census |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Dept. of Biology, Lund University |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 1969 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 125 |
| Species: | 100 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Åke Lindström
Dept. of Biology, University of Lund, Ecology Building, S-22362 Lund ake.lindstrom@biol.lu.se |
| Name of scheme: | Swedish Breeding Bird Survey (“night routes”) |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Dept. of Biology, Lund University |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 2010 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 110 |
| Species: | 30 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | point counts |
| Selection of plots: | systematic |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Martin Green
Dept. of Biology, University of Lund, Ecology Building, S-22362 Lund martin.green@biol.lu.se |
Switzerland
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring breeding birds in wetlands (Monitoring Brutvögel in Feuchtgebieten) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/monitoring/monitoring-breeding-birds-in-wetlands |
| Organisation: | Swiss Ornithological Institute |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1999 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 100 |
| Species: | 13 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Müller, C. (2019): Seltene und bemerkenswerte Brutvögel 2018 in der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beob. 116: 165–178. |
| Contact: |
Claudia Müller
Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland claudia.mueller@vogelwarte.ch Peter Knaus Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland peter.knaus@vogelwarte.ch |
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring Selected Species (Monitoring Ausgewählte Arten) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/monitoring/monitoring-selected-species |
| Organisation: | Swiss Ornithological Institute |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1990 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 200 |
| Species: | 40 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Müller, C. (2019): Seltene und bemerkenswerte Brutvögel 2018 in der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beob. 116: 165–178. |
| Contact: |
Claudia Müller
Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland claudia.mueller@vogelwarte.ch Peter Knaus Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland peter.knaus@vogelwarte.ch |
Ukraine
| Name of scheme: | Monitoring of birds on the west of Ukraine (West-Ukrainian Ornithological Society and Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds); Regional ornithological monitoring (ROM) on the south of Ukraine (the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station) |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds, West-Ukrainian Ornithological Society, Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1980 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 20 |
| Species: | 70 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: |
complete counts
line transects point counts |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Contact: |
Igor Gorban
Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds, P. O. Box 33, Kyiv 01103, Ukraine ihorban@yahoo.com |
United Kingdom
| Name of scheme: | Breeding Bird Survey |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.bto.org/bbs |
| Organisation: | British Trust for Ornithology |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1994 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 2732 |
| Species: | 223 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | stratified random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Kelly, L., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P., Wotton, S. & Gillings, S. 2022. The Breeding Bird Survey 2021. BTO Research Report 745. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Eaton, M.A., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P. & Gillings, S. 2020. The Breeding Bird Survey 2019. BTO Research Report 726 British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Breeding Bird Surveys |
| Contact: |
James Haywood
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK james.heywood@bto.org |
| Name of scheme: | Waterways Breeding Bird Survey |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.bto.org/wbbs |
| Organisation: | British Trust for Ornithology |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1998 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 250 |
| Species: | 24 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | line transects |
| Selection of plots: | random |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: |
Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Eaton, M.A., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P. & Gillings, S. 2020. The Breeding Bird Survey 2019. BTO Research Report 726 British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Eaton, M.A., Gillings, S., Noble, D.G., Balmer, D.E., Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Woodcock, P. 2019. The Breeding Bird Survey. BTO Research Report 717. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. |
| Contact: |
Sarah Harris
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK wbbs@bto.org |
| Name of scheme: | Heronries Census |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/heronries-census |
| Organisation: | British Trust for Ornithology |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1928 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 550 |
| Species: | 3 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | no |
| Reference: | Marchant, J.H., Freeman, S.N., Crick, H.Q.P. & Beaven, L.P. (2004): The BTO Heronries Census of England and Wales 1928-2000: new indices and a comparison of analytical methods. Ibis 146: 323-334. |
| Contact: |
Ian Woodward
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK herons@bto.org |
| Name of scheme: | UK Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://www.bto.org/webs |
| Organisation: | BTO/RSPB/JNCC in association with WWT |
| Status: | ongoing |
| Start: | 1947 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 3100 |
| Species: | 110 |
| Habitats record: | no |
| Methods: | other |
| Selection of plots: | other |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Contact: |
Teresa Frost
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU UK teresa.frost@bto.org |
| Note: | Methods: waterbird counts. Selection of plots: all large wetlands plus some smaller ones. |
| Name of scheme: | Waterways Bird Survey |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.bto.org/about-birds/birdtrends/2015/methods/waterways-bird-survey-waterways-breeding-bird-survey |
| Organisation: | British Trust for Ornithology |
| Status: | finished |
| Start: | 1974 |
| End: | 2007 |
| Number of fieldworkers: | 110 |
| Species: | 24 |
| Habitats record: | yes |
| Methods: | territory mapping |
| Selection of plots: | free choice |
| Sustainable support: | yes |
| Reference: | Marchant, J.H., Hudson, R., Carter, S.P. & Whittington, P.A. (1990): Population trends in British breeding birds. Tring, BTO/NCC. |
| Contact: |
Dawn Balmer
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK dawn.balmer@bto.org |
News
What is new in 2024 data update?
December 11, 2024
Collecting data with only a one-year delay has become the golden PECBMS standard. We are grateful to all the national coordinators for their efforts to deliver their data up to 2023.
Trends of wild birds in Europe, 2024 update
December 11, 2024
This report presents updated population trends and indices of 170 wild European bird species for 1980–2023 produced by the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) in 2024. The species trends presented are for an extended period (from 1980 until 2023) and the last ten years (2014–2023).
European Wild Bird Indices, 2024 update
December 11, 2024
The Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) presents a set of updated European Wild Bird Indices (indicators) covering 1980–2023. The outputs, based on data for 168 wild bird species, come from 30 European countries. We thank all the national coordinators for their efforts to cope with the new programs and the thousands of volunteers counting birds in the field.
How are the birds doing in Europe
Great Tit
Parus major
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The Great Tit population shows a steady, moderate increase, likely benefiting from the availability of nest boxes and bird feeding. Citizen science projects like Winter Bird Count show it as one of the most frequent species observed at European feeders.
Photo by Květa Skopalová
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The Common Raven population increased in most of Europe. The main reason for its recovery is the end of persecution in many countries and reintroduction programmes. The species also profits from anthropogenic food sources in some regions.
Photo by Pavel Štěpánek
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The Goldcrest shows population fluctuations due to high breeding potential and sensitivity to cold winters, but overall, it is declining. Climate change and range contraction northward likely contribute, reflecting its preference for spruce forests and cooler climates.
Photo by Pavel Štěpánek
Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
In contrast to Goldcrest, Firecrest populations are rising, and their range is expanding northward. Unlike Goldcrest, Firecrests thrive in mixed or deciduous forests, adapting well even when only a few conifers are present.
Photo by Pavel Štěpánek
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turtur
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The Turtle Dove is a protected EU species facing severe decline. Adaptive Harvest Management began in 2021, with a hunting ban in the western flyway sparking population recovery. However, limited hunting restrictions in the Central-Eastern flyway led to continuing declines.
Photo by Pavel Štěpánek
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The Common Starling is a numerous and widespread European farmland breeding bird. Starlings are predominantly grassland invertebrate feeders, often breeding in association with human habitation. The population is declining in Europe, however with a contrasting increase in Central-Eastern Europe compared to a decline in the rest of the European regions. The major declines in farmland Starling breeding abundance have been linked to the general intensification of European agriculture as the species is dependent on grazed grassland and meadow areas.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
Eurasian Tree Sparrow populations showed a moderate decline in the 1980s and 1990s mainly due to agriculture intensification. So did also its more common relative House Sparrow. However, more recently both species have been stable.
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The wild bird indicator also includes wetland species, such as Common Snipe which has been moderately declining. However, the species has an extremely large range and its population size is also large so the species is evaluated as Least Concern under the IUCN criteria.
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO
The population of Sardinian Warbler is stable. This is one of the most generalist Mediterranean warblers, present in many types of warm habitats. The species' ecological flexibility could explain their population dynamics in changing Mediterranean landscapes. It benefits from land abandonment, recolonizes burnt areas just a few years after the fire, and has adapted to urbanized environments much better than other warblers.