AGM is running, join us: us02web.zoom.us/j/88232167062?…
👏We are pleased to introduce Julia Stahl, the new EBCC Treasurer who has been elected immediately!

EBCC Annual General Meeting
Tomorrow, 16 April,19:00 CEST

Reports, Board Elections and talks by the delegates from Spain, Portugal and Albania

Join us via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/88232167062?…

We look forward to meeting you!

The European Parliament just adopted the law to #RestoreNature !!!

Thank you for voting for our future.

Our reaction will follow soon.

😔The Portuguese Little Bustard breeding population is in a steep decline.
👉Silva, J.P. et al.: A nationwide collapse of a priority grassland bird related to livestock conversion and intensification. doi.org/10.1038/s41598…
Photo: A. Chateignier (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)

🎉EBCC Small Grant Fund obtained funding for two projects and will support bird monitoring in Cyprus and Bulgary!
👏We are very grateful to the Swiss Ornithological Institute, BirdLife Denmark, the Catalan Ornithological Institute and private donors for their contributions.

😔The Yellow Wagtail is one of the species whose abundance has declined the most in the EU over the last 40 years.
👉Check the 2023 PECBMS species trends update: pecbms.info/trends-and-ind…

The 20th EBP meeting brought together 49 people from 21 different countries in Brno (Czech Republic) and was combined with a life.eurobirdportal.org workshop 👉Read the summary here: life.eurobirdportal.org/news/The-20th-… LIFE Programme

😔Willow warbler declines across Europe.
👉Check the PECBMS 2023 species trends update: pecbms.info/trends-and-ind…

Joanna Bagniewska The 10 biggest science stories of 2023 – chosen by scientists RSPB Science European Bird Census Council Guardian Environment Česká společnost ornitologická BirdLife Europe & Central Asia BirdLife International UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research Including bird declines paper & link here ⬇️

Rigal et al. “Bird decline linked to herbicides and pesticides” paper in PNASNews in top 10 science stories of 2023 European Bird Census Council RSPB Science RSPB UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research UCL Biosciences 🐦

👍Black Redstart´s numbers are moderately increasing in Europe. It has been changing its migratory behaviour in recent years, with some individuals overwintering in their breeding sites instead of migrating to the Mediterranean.
pecbms.info/trends-and-ind…

📣Postdoc Opportunity Reopened
The HABITRACK project at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology in Brno, Czechia, is open for applications!
👉Apply Now:
bit.ly/Habitrack
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/163506

👍Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia (Research in Ornithology) published Flavio Ferlini's review dedicated to the Breeding Bird Atlas of Ukraine
👇sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/…

🎉Good news: Not every species is declining!🙂
👍European White Storks are doing well. And with next year's eighth International Stork Census, we may soon learn more!
👉Check the 2023 PECBMS update: pecbms.info/press-release-…

Today, we updated the common bird trends and indicators💪
👉Check the update: pecbms.info/what-is-new-in…

🐦‍⬛Counting mammals while counting birds❓
🔸In 2008, the Catalan Common Bird Survey (SOCC) included mammals in their protocol across 336 transects
🔸Population trends for 7 species calculated
👉Read more in the Bird Census News: ebcc.info/.../2023/12/3-…

👉Read a summary of the training workshop on online portals and International Census Plots in Brno at the Institute for Vertebrate Biology
🔸22–25 Nov
🔸23 participants from 12 countries
🔸organised by Česká společnost ornitologická
ebcc.info/training-works…

📣Six bird monitoring projects need your support
🙏Please donate to the EBCC Small Grant Fund and help us support the projects.
❤️Thank you!
ebcc.info/six-bird-monit…

🎉EuropaBON turns 3⃣!

And what a better way to celebrate this occasion, than with the release of our ninth electronic newsletter!
🙏Thank you for continuously support us and helping us achieve our goals!

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