European Bird Census Council

Main categories:

1. What is EBCC?
2. Who are we?
3. Conferences & Workshops
4. Bird Census News
5. European Breeding Bird Atlas
6. Pan-European Common Bird
   Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS)
7. SEED Birds Indicators
8. Country Reports
9. Useful reading and references
10. Monitoring
    software and methods
11. How to get involved
12. Links

SPAIN

Name of scheme: Common Breeding Bird Monitoring Scheme ("SACRE")
Organisation: SEO/BirdLife
Status: ongoing
Start: 1996
Number of fieldworkers: 890
Species: 100
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: point counts
Selection of plots: stratified random
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.seo.org/?seguimientodeaves
Reference: Del Moral, J. C., Bermejo, A., Molina, B., Escandell, V. and Palomino, D. (Eds.) (2009): Programas de seguimiento de SEO/BirdLife en 2007. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid.
Del Moral, J. C., Escandell,V., Bermejo, A., Molina, B. and Palomino, D. (Eds.) (2008): Programas de seguimiento de SEO/BirdLife en 2006. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. (English version in PDF)
Escandell, V. (2006): Breeding Bird Survey in Spain. Report 1996-2005. SEO/BirdLife, Madrid.
National indicators: ´Farmland, Forest, Urban and Wetland Bird Index´

Contact: Virginia Escandell & Juan Carlos del Moral, Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain, e-mail: vescandell (at) seo.org, jcdelmoral (at) seo.org

Name of scheme: Catalan Common Bird Survey (SOCC)
Organisation: Catalan Ornithological Institute
Status: ongoing
Start: 2002
Number of fieldworkers: 300
Species: 100
Habitats recorded: no
Methods: line transects
Selection of plots: stratified random
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.ornitologia.org/monitoratge/socc.htm or http://www.sioc.cat
National indicators: Farmland, Shrubland, Forest, Steppe, Wetland and Urban Indicator

Contact: Sergi Herrando, Catalan Ornithological Institute, Museu de Cičncies Naturals de la Ciutadella, Passeig Picasso s/n. ES-08003 Barcelona, Spain, e-mail: ornitologia (at) ornitologia.org

Scheme: Owls and Nightjars Breeding Monitoring Scheme ("NOCTUA")
Organisation: SEO/BirdLife
Status: specialized ongoing scheme
Start: 1998
Number of fieldworkers: 490
Species: 8
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: point counts
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.seo.org/programa_ficha.cfm?idPrograma=3

Contact: Virginia Escandell & Juan Carlos del Moral, Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquíades Biencinto 34 ES-28053, Madrid, Spain, e-mail: vescandell (at) seo.org, jcdelmoral (at) seo.org

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

18.08.2009