Bird Census News 38/1–2

This volume of Bird Census News features eight new articles on acoustic monitoring in bird research, including an introduction to the EBCC Acoustic Monitoring Group (AMOG), survey results on the role of acoustic monitoring in bird research, national case studies from Europe, and discussions on technical challenges and the importance of international collaboration. It aims to encourage new approaches and initiatives in acoustic monitoring.

Finally, we introduce the EBCC board secretary, Dawn Balmer.

We hope you find the new issue both insightful and inspiring. Enjoy the read!

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Cover illustration by Evgeniy Koblik.

Contents of the issue

Aleksi Lehikoinen and Danae Portolou: Editorial. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 1. PDF

Thomas Sattler and Maja Roodbergen: Introducing AMOG — the newest member of the EBCC family! Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 3. PDF

Petr Voříšek and Tatiana Kornienko: Role of acoustic monitoring in bird surveys and atlases: results of EBCC acoustic monitoring questionnaire. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 4-13. PDF

Maja Roodbergen, Chiel Boom and Niels van Harten: Applying Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Dutch common bird species: evaluating detection and classifier performance. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 14-25. PDF

Mark W. Wilson, James J.N. Heywood, Adham Ashton-Butt, Anthony Wetherhill and Simon Gillings: The potential of acoustic monitoring to inform and expand common bird monitoring. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 26-30. PDF

Tatiana Kornienko, Marc Kéry, Mathias Ritschard and Thomas Sattler: Detection probability and abundance of a Long-eared Owl population in Switzerland. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 31-36. PDF

Marina Klaas-Fábregasa, Alba Estrada, Iván Afonso, Irene Figueroa, Martí Franch, Rafael López del Río, José María Martínez, Blas Molina, Juan Carlos Del Moral, Diego Villanúa and Jesús Martínez-Padilla: Maximizing call detections of Boreal Owl by combining Kaleidoscope PRO and BirdNET. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 37-42. PDF

Leonhard Brüggemann, Daniel Otten, Frederik Sachser and Nils Aschenbruck: A Novel Approach to Estimate the Number of Territorial Birds in a Network of Spatially Distributed Acoustic Recording Units. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 43-47. PDF

Otso Ovaskainen, Ari Lehtiö, Patrik Lauha, Panu Somervuo, Ossi Nokelainen, Tomas Roslin and Aleksi Lehikoinen: Building future monitoring together — towards improved acoustic monitoring of European birds and bats. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2: 48-55. PDF

Introducing the EBCC Board: Dawn Balmer. Bird Census News 2025, 38/1-2:56-57. PDF