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ESTONIA

Name of scheme: Point Count Project
Organisation: Estonian Ornithological Society (EOS)
Status: ongoing
Start: 1983
Number of fieldworkers: 20
Species: 90
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: point counts
Selection of plots: free choice
Sustainable support: basic
Website: http://www.eoy.ee/projektid/punktloendus_e.htm
Reference: Leito, A. and Kuresoo, A. (2004): Preliminary results of a national bird monitoring programme in Estonia. In: Anselin, A (ed.) Bird Numbers 1995, Proceedings of the International Conference and 13th meeting of the EBCC, Pärnu, Estonia. Bird Census News 13 (2000): 81-86.
National indicators: Farmland Bird Index

Contact: Andres Kuresoo, P.O. Box 227, 50002 Tartu, Estonia, e-mail: andres.kuresoo (at) emu.ee

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

17.08.2009