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DENMARK

Name of scheme: Point count census of breeding and wintering birds
Organisation: DOF-BirdLife Denmark (Danish Ornithological Society)
Status: ongoing
Start: 1976
Number of fieldworkers: 300
Species: 100
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: point counts
Selection of plots: free choice
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.dof.dk/punkt
Reference: Heldbjerg, H. and Eskildsen, A. (2009): Overvĺgning af de almindelige fuglearter i Danmark 1975-2008. Ĺrsrapport for Punkttćllingsprojektet.
Dansk Ornitologisk Forening. (in Danish with English summary)
National indicators: Farmland Bird Index, Danske 2010-indikatorer - almindelige fugle (´Danish 2010-indicators - common birds´) (in Danish)

Contact: Henning Heldbjerg & Michael Grell, Vesterbrogade 140, DK 1620, Copenhagen V, Denmark, e-mail: henning.heldbjerg (at) dof.dk, michael.grell (at) dof.dk

Indicators produced are used as official indicators in the country: no

17.08.2009