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.
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.
October 26, 2018
The first Atlas of Wintering and Migratory Birds of Portugal is the largest collective ornithological work of the last 10 years in the country and is finally published. Fieldwork produced almost 4000 hours of the census and 150 thousand bird records, covering three-quarters of the national territory in systematic visits. In all, more than 400 bird species have been registered. These are extraordinary results for a project of national scope, whose fieldwork was carried out in only two years.
June 28, 2018
March 7, 2018
All supra-national projects coordinated by EBCC, especially EBBA2, EuroBirdPortal, and PECBMS, require binding decisions on the taxonomy and nomenclature employed for the birds. This demands a classification system that is standardized, trustworthy, and globally accepted and is also likely to stand the test of time.
June 28, 2017
January 27, 2016
November 11, 2013
