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IRELAND

Name of scheme: Countryside Bird Survey (CBS)
Organisation: BirdWatch Ireland, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service
Status: ongoing
Start: 1998
Number of fieldworkers: 300
Species: 55
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: line transect
Selection of plots: stratified random
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.birdwatchireland.ie
Reference: Coombes, R.H., Crowe, O., Lauder, A., Lysaght, L., O´Brien, C., O´Halloran, J., O´Sullivan, O., Tierney, T.D., Walsh, A.J. and Wilson, H.J. (2009): Countryside Bird Survey Report 1998-2007. BirdWatch Ireland, Wicklow.
National indicators: Farmland Bird Index

17.08.2009