The latest issue of Bird Census News is dedicated to acoustic monitoring and features eight new articles. Technical advances over the past decade have driven greater use and interest in passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) of birds. These developments have also raised questions about the current state of the art in PAM, the quality of available tools, and the use of PAM in bird monitoring. In this issue, we introduce the EBCC Acoustic Monitoring Group (AMOG), present survey results on the role of acoustic monitoring from coordinators across Europe, and highlight national examples of PAM use in either species-specific or common bird monitoring schemes. As acoustic monitoring is rapidly evolving, we hope this issue provides an exciting read!
This Bird Census News issue brings us three new articles, the first of which explores the use of historical bird records in Denmark and combining it with current atlas and monitoring data to draw conclusions on the changes in the avifauna within the last century, the second one from Belgium exploring the impact of Usutu virus on wild bird populations using the Common Bird Monitoring dataset, and finally an assessment of the status and conservation of Cinereous vulture in Armenia. Enjoy the read!
The EBCC, in cooperation with BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, has published a technical report to try to assist their partners, relevant ministries and environmental agencies at national and EU levels in the unfolding of the obligations established in the EU Nature Restoration Regulation regarding forest bird indices.
