BCN 33/1-2
February 17, 2021
BCN 33/1-2 includes five papers and for the first time, it brings interviews, as well as another new series of articles, that aims to describe different online portals for national monitoring schemes.
Articles
New European Breeding Bird Atlas, a milestone for biodiversity research and nature conservation in Europe, is published
December 12, 2020
The European Bird Census Council publishes the second European Breeding Bird Atlas EBBA2, a milestone for biodiversity knowledge in Europe, a tremendous collaborative effort by the EBCC and its partner organisations made it possible to collect bird data from across 11 million km2 in a systematic and standardised manner.
EBCC invites you to the launch of the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2
November 16, 2020
Verena Keller, chair of the EBBA2 Atlas Steering Committee, receives a prestigious international award
October 29, 2020
Verena Keller of the Swiss Ornithological Institute (SOI) in Sempach has been awarded the Marsh Award for International Ornithology by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
Pre-publication offer of the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2
October 6, 2020
We are pleased to announce that the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2, the biggest citizen science biodiversity mapping project in Europe, is getting to its final phase.
Minutes of the June EBCC Annual General Meeting
August 25, 2020
Read about the topics discussed during the first EBCC AGM to be held by video conference which took place on 9 June 2020.
New report: The State of Birds in Switzerland 2020
May 29, 2020
The annual publication “The State of Birds in Switzerland” (in English, French, German, and Italian) summarises the results of our various monitoring projects, conducted with the support of more than 2000 volunteers in all parts of the country.
Drivers of population change in common farmland birds in Germany
May 18, 2020
A study on farmland bird populations in Germany was published in Bird Conservation International. The authors explored potential causes for bird population changes based on data from standardised German breeding bird monitoring schemes.
How many birds breed in Switzerland
May 11, 2020
A new study on the question “How many birds breed in Switzerland?” was published in Bird Study.
The new UK Breeding Bird Survey Report
May 7, 2020
The latest report from the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey is published, presenting results from 2019, and also long-term trends for 117 species. Volunteers visit randomly selected 1-km squares twice in the breeding season to gather these important data.