European Bird Census Council

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2. Who are we?
3. Conferences & Workshops
4. Bird Census News
5. European Breeding Bird Atlas
6. Pan-European Common Bird
   Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS)
7. SEED Birds Indicators
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10. Monitoring
    software and methods
11. How to get involved
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BELGIUM

Flanders

Name of scheme: Common Breeding Birds Flanders

Status: ongoing
Start: 2007
Number of fieldworkers: 300
Species: 101
Habitats recorded: no
Methods: point counts
Selection of plots: random stratified
Sustainable support: yes
Reference: Vermeersch, G. and Anselin, A. (2009): Broedvogels in Vlaanderen 2006-2007: recente status en trends van Bijzondere Broedvogels en soorten van de Vlaamse Rode Lijst en/of Bijlage I van de Europese Vogelrichtlijn.
National indicators: Common Bird Index for Flanders region

Contact: Glenn Vermeersch, INBO, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium, e-mail: glenn.vermeersch (at) inbo.be


Brussels

Name of scheme: Brussels Common Breeding Birds Survey
Organisation: Aves - Natagora
Status: ongoing
Start: 1992
Number of fieldworkers: 35
Species: 134
Habitats recorded: no
Methods: point counts
Selection of plots: other
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.aves.be
National indicators: wild bird indicators for Brussels region

Reference: Weiserbs, A. and Jacob, J. P. (2007): Survey of common breeding birds in the Brussels Region: Analyze of the results 1992-2005. Aves 44: 65-78.

Wallonia

Name of scheme: Common Breeding Birds Survey in Wallonia
Organisation: Aves - Natagora
Status: ongoing
Start: 1990
Number of fieldworkers: 80
Species: 140
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: point counts
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.natagora.be/index.php?id=oiseaux
National indicators: wild bird indicators for Wallonia region



Indicators produced are used as official indicators in the country: yes

05.08.2009