SEO/BirdLife has launched citizen science programs such as ‘Sacino’ or ‘Noctua’, where NGO volunteers will carry out censuses. to watch birds Suggest actions for protection during the winter season. Especially during the winter season the organization focuses on species such as: red partridge, long-tailed warbler or barn owl.
In this sense, ‘Sacin’ is a program. To know the conservation status of the most common winter birds, will start later 15 November It occurred in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and in the Canary Islands earlier this month.
Like this, It is possible to know the population status of more than 80 bird speciesbecause previous programs revealed that the chaffinch, black redstart, wood pigeon, corvid and great woodpecker were in an advantageous situation, while the red partridge, long-tailed warbler, skylark, skylark and mountain notary were in an advantageous situation. They are in decline.
Thus, it will be possible to conduct a study after the data on the protection status of winter birds is known. individual management of each As well as getting an indication of the biodiversity of the environment, as SEO/BirdLife Sacin Program coordinator Virginia Escandell explains.
“Additionally, bird movements in winter can be driven by climatic variables, so this index may also serve as an indicator of climate change,” Escandell said.
On the other hand, the organization is developing the ‘Noctua’ program to learn the status of nine night bird species in early December, while it is implementing the ‘Sacre’ program to learn the trends of birds commonly seen in Spain in the spring months. this period..
All information at: https://seo.org/comienza-el-seguimiento-de-aves-en-invierno/
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