How many birds breed in Switzerland
May 11, 2020
A new study on the question “How many birds breed in Switzerland?” was published in Bird Study.
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The new UK Breeding Bird Survey Report
May 7, 2020
The latest report from the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey is published, presenting results from 2019, and also long-term trends for 117 species. Volunteers visit randomly selected 1-km squares twice in the breeding season to gather these important data.
An EBCC response to COVID-19
April 28, 2020
Across Europe, we are facing an unprecedented and challenging situation brought upon us by Covid-19, and the restrictions imposed upon normal life in response to the pandemic. At this time we, the European Bird Census Council, want to express our support to our community of birdwatchers, ornithologists, scientists, and conservationists across the continent.
BCN 32/1-2
April 21, 2020
BCN 32/1-2 includes five papers and its main theme is the monitoring of bird migration.
Butterfly Monitoring in Europe – how you can help
March 13, 2020
The European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (eBMS) was started in 2014 by Butterfly Conservation Europe and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. In December 2018 the eBMS was supported by a contract from the EU for a new project Assessing ButterfLies in Europe (ABLE).
Contrasting Common Starling trends across Europe
November 14, 2019
A recent paper published in Ornis Fennica (Heldbjerg et al. 2019) showed that positive population trends of Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in Central-East Europe contrast with negative trends in North and West Europe. The study, which included common bird monitoring data from 24 European countries and involved no less than 34 co-authors, provides an example of how useful the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) and all the included national monitoring schemes within this collaboration are.
EBCC celebrates two winners of the BTO Marsh Awards
October 26, 2019
We are very proud to announce that Petr Voříšek, the long-standing PECBMS coordinator, was awarded the BTO Marsh Award for International Ornithology and the EuroBirdPortal team is this year´s winner of the BTO Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology.
New paper shows how bird populations respond to climate warming
October 17, 2019
Recent research published online on October 9th, 2019 in Climate Change examined the strength of the relationship between species-specific regional population changes and climate suitability trends, using 30-year datasets of population change for 525 breeding bird species in Europe and the USA. The data for European species were obtained from PECBMS.
The loss of fallow land and farmland birds in Spain
July 12, 2019
In a science blog post Prof. Richard Gregory, Head of Species Monitoring and Research, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science and Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, University College London, discusses recently published research by Juan Traba and Manuel B. Morales in Scientific Reports on the decline of steppe bird species and the loss of fallow land due to agriculture intensification.
Mini-workshop on Wild Bird Indicators
April 3, 2019
On 11–12th March, a mini-workshop dedicated to wild bird indicators took place in Solsona, Spain. The Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) hosted more than 20 experts in bird monitoring thanks kind invitation from Lluís Brotons.