BirdLife Austria

  • Breeding bird monitoring

    Breeding bird monitoring Annual countsThis advanced citizen science project requires knowledge of the common native breeding bird species and participation over several years. Twice a year, the participants count all birds seen and heard at fixed points. The total of all counts is then used to calculate population trends. The available data is currently sufficient to determine meaningful trends for about 90 bird species – from 1998 onwards. Sadly, the results show how important it is to monitor our breeding bird...

  • Waterbird Census

    Waterbird Census
    • Project lead: Norbert Teufelbauer
    • BirdLife Austria
    • Address: BirdLife Österreich Diefenbachgasse 35/1/6, A-1150 Wien
    • Telephone: +43 / 1 / 523 46 51
    • Topic: Animals
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.birdlife.at/vogelschutz/forschung-und-monitoring/wasservogelzaehlung/
    Citizen Science with a long traditionThe first water bird counts in Austria took place as early as the 1950s. In the following years, the number of counts was gradually increased, and from 1970 onwards Austria-wide surveys have been carried out. This makes the waterbird census one of the longest running citizen science projects of BirdLife Austria. The censuses are carried out by volunteers between one and five times per winter (depending on the province) at defined river sections.Decline in...

  • ornitho.at

    ornitho.at
    • Project lead: Norbert Teufelbauer
    • BirdLife Austria
    • Address: BirdLife Österreich Diefenbachgasse 35/1/6, A-1150 Wien
    • Telephone: +43 / 1 / 523 46 51
    • Topic: Animals
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.ornitho.at/
    • Visit Website
    • Visit Website
    Important groundwork for bird protectionThe association BirdLife Austria has been researching and protecting the native avifauna for over 50 years. Citizen science has always been an essential basis of this work, as BirdLife's expertise is based on decades of collecting bird records. In the past, observations were recorded on paper slips, today www.ornitho.at is a modern and simple way to report bird observations.Many functionalitiesWith the platform ornitho.at you can not only report...

  • Breeding bird atlas

    Breeding bird atlas
    • Project lead: Norbert Teufelbauer
    • BirdLife Austria
    • Address: Diefenbachgasse 35/1/6, A-1150 Wien
    • Topic: Animals
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Participation: Closed participation
    • Project link: https://www.birdlife.at/page/brutvogelatlas
    The Austrian Breeding Bird Atlas 2013-2018, published in 2024, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on the occurrence of breeding birds in Austria and changes in their distribution over the last few decades.What is the Breeding bird atlas?The breeding bird atlas presents the distribution of all 235 bird species that bred in Austria in the period 2013-2018 on 680 pages and compares these results with the first Austrian breeding bird atlas (1981-1985). During the six...

  • "Stunde der Wintervögel" - An hour for winter birds

    "Stunde der Wintervögel" - An hour for winter birds
    • Project lead: Evelyn Hofer
    • BirdLife Austria
    • Address: BirdLife Österreich Diefenbachgasse 35/1/6, A-1150 Wien
    • Telephone: +43 (0) 660 922 58 68
    • Topic: Animals
    • Activity: measuring, identifying, locating, observing, Offline participation
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Family-friendly: Family-friendly
    • Project link: https://www.birdlife.at/page/stunde-der-wintervoegel
    The Austrian wide winter bird count of BirdLife AustriaEvery year, the bird conservation organisation BirdLife Austria hosts the "Hour of Winter Birds", the Austrian winter bird count. All nature lovers are invited to count birds for one hour on the days around January 6th. All participants actively contribute to bird research with their personal count results.Anyone can take part even without much prior knowledge in bird identification. The campaign focuses on the most common and...