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NORWAY

Name of scheme: Norwegian Breeding Bird Census
Organisation: Norwegian Ornithological Society and Nord-Trøndelag University College
Status: ongoing
Start: 1995
Number of fieldworkers: 120
Species: 58
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: point counts
Selection of plots: free choice
Sustainable support: no
Reference: Husby, M. (2003): Point count census using volunteers of terrestrial breeding birds in Norway, and its status after six years. Ornis Hungarica 12-13: 63-72.
National indicators: Farmland Bird Index

Contact: Magne Husby, Nord-Trøndelag University College, Røstad, NO-7600, Levanger, Norway, e-mail: magne.husby (at) hint.no

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

18.08.2009