Belgium

bird monitoring scheme providing data to PECBMS in 2023 update

existing bird monitoring scheme

no bird monitoring scheme

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.