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FINLAND

Name of scheme: Annual monitoring of breeding birds in Finland
Organisation: Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History
Status: ongoing
Start: 1975
Number of fieldworkers: 100
Species: 100
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: line transects and point counts
Selection of plots: free choice and systematic selection
Sustainable support: yes

Reference: Väisänen, R. A. (2006): Monitoring population changes of 86 land bird species breeding in Finland in 1983-2005. Linnut-vuosikirja (The yearbook of the Linnut magazine) 2005: 83-98.
National indicators: general link to indicators, farmland bird indicator, forest bird indicator, mire bird indicator, archipelago bird indicator, urban bird indicator

Contact: Risto A. Väisänen, Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, P. Rautatiekatu 13, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: risto.vaisanen (at) helsinki.fi

Name of scheme: Raptor Grid Scheme
Organisation: Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History
Status: ongoing
Start: 1982
Species: 14

Contact: Risto A. Väisänen, Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, P. Rautatiekatu 13, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: risto.vaisanen (at) helsinki.fi

Name of scheme: Waterfowl Monitoring in Lakes
Organisation: Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History
Status: ongoing
Start: 1986
Species: 16

Contact: Risto A. Väisänen, Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, P. Rautatiekatu 13, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: risto.vaisanen (at) helsinki.fi

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

17.08.2009