bird monitoring scheme providing data to PECBMS in 2023 update
existing bird monitoring scheme
no bird monitoring scheme
| 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 |