Netherlands

bird monitoring scheme providing data to PECBMS in 2023 update

existing bird monitoring scheme

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: Chris van Turnhout
SOVON, PO Box 6521, 6503 GA Nijmegen, Netherlands
chris.vanturnhout@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