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Name of scheme:	Monitoring Häufige Brutvögel (Monitoring of common breeding birds)
Website:	https://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/monitoring-of-common-breeding-birds/
Organisation:	Swiss Ornithological Institute
Status:	ongoing
Start:	1999
Number of fieldworkers:	200
Species:	75
Habitats record:	no
Methods:	territory mapping
Selection of plots:	systematic
Sustainable support:	yes
Reference:	Strebel N. et al. (2025): Data of the Swiss common breeding bird monitoring program. Ecology Volume106, Issue12; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70268Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Knaus, P., T. Sattler, H. Schmid, N. Strebel & B. Volet (2020): The State of Birds in Switzerland. Report 2020. Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach Knaus, P., T. Sattler, H. Schmid, N. Strebel & B. Volet (2020): État de l'avifaune en Suisse. Rapport 2020. Station ornithologique suisse, Sempach. Knaus, P., T. Sattler, H. Schmid, N. Strebel & B. Volet (2020): Zustand der Vogelwelt in der Schweiz. Bericht 2020. Schweizerische Vogelwarte, Sempach. Knaus, P., T. Sattler, H. Schmid, N. Strebel & B. Volet (2020): Situazione dell'avifauna in Svizzera. Rapporto 2020. Stazione ornitologica svizzera di Sempach, Sempach. State of the breeding birds
Contact:	Roman Bühler Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, CH-6204, Switzerland roman.buehler@vogelwarte.ch Samuel Wechsler Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, CH-6204, Switzerland samuel.wechsler@vogelwarte.ch

Name of scheme:	Monitoring breeding birds in wetlands (Monitoring Brutvögel in Feuchtgebieten)
Website:	https://www.vogelwarte.ch/de/projekte/monitoring-brutvoegel-in-feuchtgebieten/
Organisation:	Swiss Ornithological Institute
Status:	ongoing
Start:	1990
Number of fieldworkers:	100
Species:	13
Habitats record:	no
Methods:	territory mapping
Selection of plots:	stratified random
Sustainable support:	yes
Reference:	Hinweise zum Projekt Monitoring Brutvögel in Feuchtgebieten (2024) Müller, C. (2019): Seltene und bemerkenswerte Brutvögel 2018 in der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beob. 116: 165–178.
Contact:	Roman Bühler Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, CH-6204, Switzerland roman.buehler@vogelwarte.ch Claudia Müller Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland claudia.mueller@vogelwarte.ch

Name of scheme:	Monitoring Selected Species (Monitoring Ausgewählte Arten)
Website:	https://www.vogelwarte.ch/de/projekte/monitoring-ausgewaehlte-arten/
Organisation:	Swiss Ornithological Institute
Status:	ongoing
Start:	1987
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:	Samuel Wechsler Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland samuel.wechsler@vogelwarte.ch Claudia Müller Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland claudia.mueller@vogelwarte.ch