Birds

Strong increase continues

Strong increase continues February 26, 2016 The first Songthrushes and Chiffchaffs are heard singing again. Spring is approaching. Time to make plans for the coming bird counts in Southeastern Europe. Last year many people carried out bird counts, more than the year before. The number of point counts in Bulgaria and neighbouring countries increases since …

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Meeting Bird survey Bulgaria

Meeting Bird survey Bulgaria October 30, 2012 Last weekend some of the participants of the bird census in SE Europe in spring 2012 tested the web based data input module. The module makes it easier to add the results of bird counts at points to a database on the world wide web. You can either …

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Meeting Bird survey Bulgaria

Meeting Bird survey Bulgaria October 30, 2012 In the past three years 25 people took part in the bird surveys in SE Europe. Not only in the Eastern Rhodopes, but also in other parts of the country, particularly along the Black Sea coast. So it was time to come together and share some experiences. A …

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Donation by BirdLife Netherlands

Donation by BirdLife Netherlands February 23, 2012 BirdLife Netherlands and the National Postcode Lotery donate € 3.000,- for the project ‘Bird survey in Southeast Europe’. The money comes from the Kingfisher Fund (IJsvogelfonds). This fund was established in 2011 by BirdLife Netherlands, with financial support of the National Postcode Lotery, to help small bird working …

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Birds in Bulgaria stole my heart

Birds in Bulgaria stole my heart December 25, 2011 In spring 2011 Gerard ter Heijne took part in the bird count in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. In the members magazine of the Dutch Birding group Arnhem, Vlerk, he wrote full of enthusiasm about his experiences. Download the article as PDF-file (in Dutch) here. Project: Bird …

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