European Bird Census Council

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[Richard D Gregory @RichDGregory3]

***New** Latest wild bird trends in Europe: Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) indicators & species trends 1980–2024. Data = 168 bird species, 30 countries⬇️@RSPBScience @BirdLifeEurope @ebcc @EU_ENV @UCLCBER
https://t.co/MfyWVRGYtw https://t.co/olTGyM5wI0 🐦 📉

[Grupo de Investigación en Aves Esteparias @giaeavesteparia]

To open the second day of #SteppeBirds2025, Dr. Alena Klvaňová will present her work on using PECBMS and EBBA2 data on steppe birds in European policy and research! 🌾🪶

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

In February, we kicked off a campaign in order to increase the engagement of observers and number of complete lists in SE Europe thanks to @LIFEprogramme
@EuroBirdPortal Reinforcement project. Read more here: https://t.co/kuK6iTOKOH

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

The latest @EuroBirdPortal meeting gathered 36 participants (from 18 countries), read more about the overall progress of the project and where it is heading with thanks to @LIFEprogramme https://t.co/k07vneXWUp

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

🤔How difficult it is to predict species population changes in the future?
🧐What kind of species are predicted to increase or decrease in North Europe?
Sirke Piirainen asked such questions in her PhD thesis at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
https://t.co/wwS4fnBTlr

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

Two new Barn Owl Tyto alba guttata breeding locations in Ukraine❗️
🔹In October 2023, owls bred in Lyman, Donetsk.
🔹In spring 2024, six chicks were observed in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr.
👍These sites now mark the most northeastern breeding records for the species in Europe.

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

📣Riga Conference: register now!
The 23rd EBCC conference will be held from 31 March to 4 April 2025 in Riga, Latvia.
👉The deadline for abstract submission for posters https://t.co/0wr7lDL7go and early bird registration https://t.co/0wr7lDL7go is January 15, 2025

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

🧐Did you know?
👉@_EBCC EBBA2 maps are now available in the Collins Bird Guide App! #ornithology
❓Do you use it on your mobile phone?

[Grupo de Investigación en Aves Esteparias @giaeavesteparia]

🌟 Alena Klvaňová of @birdlifecz will discuss trends in European steppe bird populations at #SteppeBirds2025! 🦅 Discover how @_EBCC findings guide policy decisions in Europe. Don’t miss it!
ℹ️ https://t.co/fZhRdy37I7
#Ornithology #ConservationScience

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

🧐How are the birds in Europe doing?
👉Check the 2024 species trends update: https://t.co/BP4NfR0ON1

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

🧐What is new in European bird monitoring?
👉Check the Winter issue of the EBCC Newsletter: https://t.co/1ANgENXHcS
Photo by jiří Parůžek https://t.co/ghDV8QnRdL

[GBiC_CTFC @GBiC_CTF]

🚨JOB OFFER🚨 2-year postdoc position @BiodiversaPlus TABMON (Towards a transnational Acoustic Biodiversity MONitoring network) project at @ctforestal on #bioacoustics & #ornithology with 🇳🇴🇫🇷🇳🇱 partners and collaboration with @ICOcells & @_EBCC . + info: https://t.co/qQg9zuuI1q

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

🧐How are the birds doing in Europe?
👉Explore 170 updated species trends:
https://t.co/BP4NfR0gXt

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

👉Today, we published the 2024 PECBMS update of bird trends and Wild Bird Indices
https://t.co/woVAH8WpYM
Unfortunately, the birds keep declining.

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

👉An exciting EBCC Spatial Modelling Group workshop is taking place now at SOVON (Nijmegen, The Netherlands). Boosted by the EBP Life Reinforcement project, 23 researchers are exploring methods to develop a new generation of maps based on EBP and PECBMS data.

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

Attend Conference on Steppe Birds !
Early Bird registration: January 15, 2025
Submission Deadline: November 18, 2024
👉Visit the website: https://t.co/VTo4p7AY5x

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

Continuing with the EBP LIFE Reinforcement workshop, David Marti and Marc Illa from @ICOcells gave an overview of EBP dataflow and taxonomy mapping

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

EBP annual meeting and LIFE workshop second day: Petr Vorisek from CSO commenting on the importance of standard bird monitoring and filling the gap in SE Europe on the example of Turtle Dove

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

EBP annual meeting and LIFE Reinforcement project started yesterday in sunny Podgorica, 36 participants from 18 countries joined us

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

In the central-eastern flyway, hunting efforts were only reduced, the numbers continued to decline to a historic low of 0.56 million pairs in 2023, down by 15 % since 2021. Read the paper: https://t.co/o6rfFHhsEe.

[European Bird Census Council @_EBCC]

📣The suspend hunting from 2021 has allowed a population recovery in Turtle Dove!
A paper published in Conservation Letters today shows the population response in terms of breeding numbers after the first two seasons of the moratorium.
Read more: https://t.co/ETfS3F4erj