1. Sweden
Mikael Svensson

2. Sweden
Area: km2

3. Sweden Area: 450 000 km2 Population: 9.1 million
Organised ornithologists:
Useful ornithologists: 500+

4. Sweden Number of breeding bird species: 250+
Number of breeding birds: 70 million pairs

5. Major actors Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Swedish Ornithological Society

6. Major actors
Common birds
Rare birds

7. Other actors County administrative boards
Regional and local ornithological societies
Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management

8. Expertise spread over universities, authorities, organisations and individuals

9. What do we have?

10. General consensus …
2004

11. General consensus …
2004
2008

12. Population size Birds of Sweden – their numbers and distribution
Ottosson et al. in prep.
Estimates of population sizes for all breeding bird species 1997–2008

13. Population size

14. Population trends
Monitoring data
1973 –

15. Bird reporting
Species Gateway

18. Swedish Breeding Bird Atlas Capercaillie 1974 – 1984

19. Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

20. What do we need?

21. Better geographic coverage

23. Change of focus

25. Increased focus on migratory species

26. Swedish Bird Survey National panel Administrative office SEPA
County Boards
SOF – BirdLife
Hunters
Experts
Administrative office
Administration
Recruitment
Data collection
Databases
Annual reporting
Analyses