Meet the newest EBCC Board member: Dimitrije Radišić
July 22, 2025
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Meet the newest EBCC Board member: Mattia Brambilla
July 10, 2025
At the EBCC conference in Riga, we welcomed three new enthusiastic Board members. We wish to express our gratitude to Mattia Brambilla (Italy), Dimitrije Radišić (Serbia) and Nicholas Strebel (Switzerland) for their decision to join the EBCC Board, and help us guide the work of the EBCC in the upcoming years. First, we would like to introduce you to Mattia Brambilla, his reserach background and what he hopes to achieve within his first term as a Board member.
In memory of Primož Kmecl
June 11, 2025
In May, we received heartbreaking news about the passing of our colleague Primož Kmecl, coordinator of the Slovenian monitoring of common farmland birds in DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia. In the reflections, friends and collaborators share their memories of a man whose life was devoted to birds, data, and the people around him.
The ongoing EBCC project in Serbia is very successful
June 10, 2025
Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia was awarded in 2024 by EBCC for the project "Survey of poorly known forest birds and the first census of Collared Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) colonies in Serbia".
Bird Numbers 2025 – an unforgettable event
May 8, 2025
The 23rd conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC), called "Bird Numbers 2025: Synergies in monitoring for conservation", took place from 31 March to 4 April 2025 in Riga, Latvia. The University of Latvia organised the conference with support from the Latvian Ornithological Society.
The Cyprus Bird Surveys Project: bird monitoring across the divide funded through the EBCC SGF
March 7, 2025
BirdLife Cyprus has been running long-term bird monitoring schemes for well over a decade, with some programmes ongoing since the 1980s. Unfortunately, however, the coverage of such monitoring schemes has been largely limited to part of the island.
State of Birds in the Netherlands 2024
February 7, 2025
Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology recently published its annual State of Birds. In this report, the most important current developments are listed in concise items, compiling knowledge and trends of 200 breeding and 204 migratory and wintering bird species. This information is based on data collected by volunteers throughout the country.
A Milestone for Common Bird Monitoring in Albania
December 16, 2024
The Albanian Ornithological Society (AOS) has taken an important step in bird conservation by launching the International Census Plot for Breeding Birds as part of the Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (CBMS). This initiative, implemented for the first time in Albania, aims to establish a sustainable long-term bird population monitoring framework.
The 21st EBP meeting and a LIFE EBP Reinforcement workshop brought together 36 participants from 18 countries
December 12, 2024
One of the objectives of the LIFE EBP Reinforcement project is to increase the quantity and quality of bird observations from SE Europe. Therefore, we took this opportunity to set up a regular EBP meeting in the core area in Podgorica, Montenegro. The meeting lasted for three days, from 28 to 30 October 2024, and was held in the building of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism. Our Montenegrian partners, CZIP, took care of the logistics.
Three bird monitoring projects need your support
September 19, 2024
The European Bird Census Council has set up a Small Grant Fund (SGF) to support national bird monitoring activities, particularly in Europe’s low- and middle-income countries. In 2024, the EBCC Board selected three projects as priorities for support. The projects come from three countries and request nearly 30,000 euros in total. As the EBCC’s resources are insufficient to fund all projects selected for support, we kindly ask individuals or organisations to donate and help us support the projects.