Looking for two bird ringers for autumn 2024 (11.06.2024)
Lista Bird Observatory requires two expert bird ringers and birders for the autumn 2024 (period upon agreement). We run standardized ringing campaigns, census and daily migration counts of both passerines and seabirds. Approximately 2000-4000 birds are ringed every year.
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The annual report for 2023 is available! (02.02.2024)
By the end of 2023, the standardized trapping scheme at Jomfruland and Lista Bird Observatories (BO) have been carried out for 34 years. This report presents both long-term trends and data from the 2023 trapping season for 49 species included in the scheme.
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Report from spring 2023 (02.08.2023)
Lista Bird Observatory completed in 2023 its 34th consecutive year of spring ringing campaign.
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A new radar project is underway! (30.03.2023)
Lista Fuglestasjon (BirdLife Norway) will, in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for Natural Sciences (NINA), carry out a project called VisAviS, which will run from 2022 to 2026. NINA is responsible for the project.
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The timing of bird migration in autumn is changing (23.12.2022)
The new report that BirdLife Norway has produced on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency with data from Jomfruland and Lista bird observatories shows important differences in relation to when different species migrate in autumn.
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Report from autumn 2022 (22.12.2022)
Lista Bird Observatory completed in 2022 its 33rd consecutive year of autumn ringing campaign. The station has been run for a total of 124 days from July 15 until November 15. 13 mist-nets have been currently used on the standardized (138 meters) and the results have much below average with 3147 birds ringed (average for autumn is 4031) of 60 different species.
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Report from spring 2022 (16.06.2022)
Lista Bird Observatory completed in 2022 its 33rd consecutive year of spring ringing campaign.
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The annual report for 2021 is available! (16.02.2022)
By the end of 2021, the standardized trapping scheme at Jomfruland and Lista Bird Observatories (BO) have been carried out for 32 years. This report presents both long-term trends and data from the 2021 trapping season for 48 species included in the scheme.
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