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COUNTS OF BIRDS ON 50 DANISH "EEC-LOCALITIES" AND ANNUAL STATEMENT OF A NUMBER OF ANNEX I SPECIES IN THE EEC-DIRECTIVE OF BIRD PROTECTION

Objectif

SELECTION OF BREEDING AND RESTING AREAS WHICH NEED A HIGHER DEGREE OF PROTECTION FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF ENDANGERED SPECIES.

IN THE PERIOD 1978-80 DOF ORGANISED A PROJECT "DANISH BIRD SITE REGISTER". ABOUT 1.000 LOCALITIES WERE INVESTIGATED, AND ABOUT 400 VOLUNTEERS TOOK PART IN THE PROJECT. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE GOOD INFORMATION OF THE BIRD LIFE ON NEARLY ALL "EEC-LOCALITIES", IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE WITH MONITORING IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING COUNTS OF BIRDS ON THESE IMPORTANT SITES IN THE COUNTRY. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRODUCE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF A NUMBER OF ANNEX I IN THE EEC-DIRECTIVE OF BIRD PROTECTION.

THE SPECIES IN QUESTION ARE RARE AND THREATENED IN DENMARK AS WELL AS IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF THEIR OCCURENCE AND THENCE TO REINFORCE APPROPRIATE MEASURES FOR EFFECTIVE PROTECTION.

FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE LISTED IN ANNEX I IN THE EEC-DIRECTIVE, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE POPULATION SIZE: PHALACROCORAX CARBO, BOTAURUS STELLARIS, CICONIA CICONIA, MILVUS MILVUS, CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS, CIRCUS PYGARGUS, PLUVIALIS APRICARIA, GELOCKELIDON NILOTICA, CLIDONIAS NIGRA, SYLVIA NISORIA.

FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIES, ALSO LISTED IN ANNEX I, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE CENSUSES ON SELECTED, REPRESENTATIVE LOCALITIES, HENCE AN ANNUAL INDEX OF THE STATUS OF THESE SPECIES MAY BE PRODUCED: PERNIS APIVORUS, RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA, TRINGA GLAREOLA,STERNA SANDVICENSIS, STERNA HIRUNDO, STERNA PARADISAEA, STERNA ALBIFRONS, ALCEDO ATHIS, DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS.

FOR SOME MIGRATORY SPECIES - GEESE, COASTAL WADERS AND CYGNUS CYGNUS, CYGNUS BEWICKII, HALIAETUS ALBICILLA AND AQUILA CHRYSAETOS - IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE CENSUSES OF THE NON-BREEDING POPULATION.

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CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

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Dansk Ornithologisk Forening
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Adresse

1620 København V
Danemark

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