Download Towards a new European Breeding Bird Atlas - Atlas 2013-2016

Towards a new European
Breeding Bird Atlas
Ruud Foppen, Verena Keller
Hans-Günther Bauer, Lluis Brotons, Ian
Burfield, Mark Eaton, Mikhail Kalyakin,
David Noble
Squares, grids and points
Bird atlas on the go
Jouke Altenburg & Hans Schekkerman
Foto’s:
Harvey van Diek
Peter Eekelder
Hans Schekkerman
Jouke Altenburg
1973-1977
1983-1987
1998-2000
2012-2015
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1950’s
1972-1976
1993-1996
2013-2016
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General methods
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‘golden grid’
Breeding and wintering birds
3 field seasons
5x5 and 1x1 km
Repeated point coints (2x5 minutes)
Dichtheid
p/km2
40
30
20
10
Marc Kéry
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Have a look at www.vogelatlas.nl
What is the EBCC?
What are our aims?
We want to:
1. Study
To study the distribution, numbers and demography of European birds
2. Monitor
To monitor distribution, numbers and demography so that
changes may be both detected and if possible understood
3. Promote
To promote the organisation and development of bird atlases, census work,
population studies and monitoring in all European countries.
4. Encourage
To encourage communication, contacts and collaboration between organisations,
institutions and individuals interested and involved in bird atlases, census work,
population studies and monitoring, primarily in and across Europe.
5. Collaborate
To work closely with other international organisations for the study and
conservation of birds; to collaborate with them when its expertise in atlas, census,
demographic and monitoring work can be used, particularly for conservation.
EBCC is a key partner in PECBMS
PECBMS outputs – Pan-European trends and indicators
140
Population Index (1980=100)
Other common birds (25)
120
100
Common forest birds (33)
80
60
Common farmland birds (19)
EBCC/RSPB/BirdLife/Statistics Netherlands
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1980
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1995
Year
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2005
The first European Breeding Bird Atlas
• Published in 1997
• Spatial coverage:
all of Europe except parts of European
Russia and Turkey
• Species coverage: comprehensive
• Grid size: 50x50 km
• Data sampling period
Intention: 1985-88
Reality: (70)/80-90/(95)
• General method: field work for atlas
• Estimates of breeding numbers
Maps also available on web: www.ebcc.info
Uses of previous European Bird Atlas data
• Targeting conservation measures
• Basis for Red-Listing and EU Nature Directives
reporting
• Basis for priority setting in species conservation
• Research into impacts of climate change
• Evaluating impacts of land use change in Europe
• Modelling the epidemiology of vector-borne
diseases
• Many other projects from scientists around the
world
Uses of previous European Bird Atlas data
• Targeting conservation measures
How well are European
wetland species covered by
the NATURA 2000 network?
(Jantke et al. 2011)
Uses of previous European Bird Atlas data
• Research into impacts of climate change
Uses of previous European Bird Atlas data
• Research into impacts of climate change
Maggini et al. (in prep.)
Uses of previous European Bird Atlas data
• Basis for priority setting in species conservation
Determining responsibility of countries
CH: 40‘000-60‘000 BP
EU: 280‘000 BP
CH: 18 %
(Keller & Bollmann 2001)
Why a new atlas?
• Knowing where birds occur, and how this has changed, is a crucial
part in targeting conservation action
• Over the last 30 years, many environmental changes have impacted
on populations of birds across Europe.
• We need up-to-date information
• New opportunities have arisen, improving our ability to incorporate
even the most remote parts of Europe
• New baseline for future monitoring across the whole continent.
• It also provides valuable data for scientific analyses
What will the new Atlas achieve?
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Up-to-date distribution maps for birds across the whole of Europe.
Changes in distribution since the 1980s
One of the most comprehensive biodiversity data sets in the world
New analytical approaches will allow better maps of range and
relative abundance than ever before
• Capacity building for conservation and monitoring in areas where
this is most needed
How will the Atlas be produced?
• Data collection by volunteer citizen scientists and professional
ornithologists
• National Atlas coordinators responsible for compiling the data
• EBCC: overall coordination
• Use of existing data where possible, but new data will have to be
collected from many areas
• Analysis and production of maps in collaboration with specialists of
EBCC member organisations
EBBA2 Steering Committee
Working group within the EBCC board
Verena Keller (Chair)
Ruud Foppen
David Noble
Hans-Günther Bauer
Lluis Brotons
Mark Eaton
Ian Burfield
Mikhail Kalyakin
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Daniel Hayhow, RSPB
[email protected]
What outputs are planned?
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Results presented in a book
Publication by 2020
Interactive maps available online
Summaries to highlight the most crucial findings
Atlas database available for further scientific work
Recent National
Bird Atlases
Online
Recording
Schemes in
Europe
National
Common Bird
Monitoring
Schemes
New Field Data
Collection
Validation procedures / scaling / standardisation
Combining and
Modelling Data to
Produce Smoothed
Maps
European Breeding
Bird Atlas
Questionnaires
• Sent out end of October 2011 to EBCC delegates
• Sent out to 46 countries
• Answers received : 42 countries
All countries answering want to collaborate!
Planned Atlases
yes, fieldwork 2013ff
no, but atlas just finished
uncertain
no
Support from outside country needed
no
uncertain
funding
funding plus advice,
material, observers etc.
Next steps
• Promote the Atlas and highlight its value across Europe
• Engage prospective national and international data holders
(Atlases, common bird monitoring programmes, online portals)
• Obtain funding to start and for subsequent modules
• Establish European Coordinator
• Start plans for field work in known gaps
• Support national atlases where needed
• Develop guidelines for data collection, define standards;
Latest developments
• Promising: positive responses from Croatia, Serbia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, but in need of
support
• Funding from ICO: [email protected]
• Funding for a workshop in Barcelona March 2013
• Support from RSPB in project building and funding
opportunities
• Support from Schweizerische Vogelwarte for Russian
atlas
• Start with one year contract for a part time coordinator
beginning next year
More information: www.ebcc.info
So,
For all the Swiss bird watchers that have finished fieldwork for the
Swiss Atlas ……..
Please JOIN an atlas projects in a nice country somewhere on the
edges of Europe
Thank you for your attention!