Role of acoustic monitoring in bird surveys and atlases: results of EBCC acoustic monitoring questionnaire

In order to understand the importance and furutre potential of the currently quickly developing acoustic methods of research, the questionnaire with 36 questions about acoustic monitoring and its role was distributed in Autumn 2024 among the EBCC network. Answers of the respondents from 32 countries showed the interest of the EBCC community in this topic and a lot of possibilities for implementation of acoustic monitoring methods within EBCC. Some countries use it a lot already, some haven’t started yet, so EBCC can bring them together for effective and productive collaboration to improve the data sets on bird distribution and abundance across Europe.