December 16, 2024
The Albanian Ornithological Society (AOS) has taken an important step in bird conservation by launching the International Census Plot for Breeding Birds as part of the Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (CBMS). This initiative, implemented for the first time in Albania, aims to establish a sustainable long-term bird population monitoring framework.
December 12, 2024
One of the objectives of the LIFE EBP Reinforcement project is to increase the quantity and quality of bird observations from SE Europe. Therefore, we took this opportunity to set up a regular EBP meeting in the core area in Podgorica, Montenegro. The meeting lasted for three days, from 28 to 30 October 2024, and was held in the building of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism. Our Montenegrian partners, CZIP, took care of the logistics.
September 19, 2024
The European Bird Census Council has set up a Small Grant Fund (SGF) to support national bird monitoring activities, particularly in Europe’s low- and middle-income countries. In 2024, the EBCC Board selected three projects as priorities for support. The projects come from three countries and request nearly 30,000 euros in total. As the EBCC’s resources are insufficient to fund all projects selected for support, we kindly ask individuals or organisations to donate and help us support the projects.
September 18, 2024
During 2010–2018, 798 students from nine European countries participated in the combined field and online teaching program in bird identification arranged by Nord University. The research method was an online bird identification test (www.birdid.no) at the beginning of the study, an online test and a field test (point count) at the end of the field teaching period, and an online exam at the end of the study. The results showed great progress from the beginning to the exam at the end of the study, measured on the 61 students who completed all four tests in 2018.
September 16, 2024
The 23rd conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) "Bird Numbers 2025: Synergies in monitoring for conservation" will be held from 31 March to 4 April 2025 in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The conference will be organised by the University of Latvia with support from the Latvia Ornithological Society. The abstract submission is now open. The deadline for oral presentations is September 30, and for poster presentations – January 15, 2025.
August 21, 2024
Martin Abbas Hellicar, a highly respected and beloved advocate for the environment and one of BirdLife International's most committed conservation leaders as the Director of BirdLife Cyprus, tragically passed away on June 15, 2024. Today, we bring three memories of this unforgettable man and friend from his colleagues.
June 14, 2024
On 13 May 2024, researchers from the EBCC and BirdLife International published a new paper about European bird population estimates. The article can be openly accessed in the journal Bird Conservation International. Population sizes collated in the European Red List of Birds (ERLoB), and the abundances compiled in the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 are compared at country and continental levels to find ways to improve the process of estimating bird populations in Europe.
May 15, 2024
EBCC is inviting new applications to the Small Grant Fund, which aims to support national bird monitoring activities by EBCC partner organisations in low—and middle-income countries in Europe.
May 14, 2024
The publication of the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 (EBBA2) represented a milestone for European ornithology. Developing a European atlas takes time, and 30 years elapsed between EBBA1 and EBBA2. Updating data on species’ distributions on a more frequent basis and ensuring that they are harmonised across Europe could complement the role of atlases. The European Bird Census Council (EBCC) has started the project EBBA Live, which attempts to fill in this gap of information for as many species as possible. This ambitious project has started with a pilot project on farmland birds, which is called EBBA Live Farmland.
March 29, 2024
The EBCC Annual General Meeting will be held on 16 April 2024 at 19:00 CEST. The meeting will begin with an administrative part, followed by reports on EBCC activities in 2023 and several short presentations by EBCC National delegates. It is open to all people interested in EBCC.
