The European Ornithological Atlas Project
The European Ornithological Atlas project was initiated in 1971. Its fieldwork took the form of surveys during the breeding season, in each of the countries within the region, between 1985 and 1988.
The survey area covered by the project extends to include Madeira, The Azores, Iceland, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land and Transcaucasia, as well as European Russia east to the Urals. However, Turkey, Cyprus, Greenland and the Canary Islands are excluded.
Read more about this topic: The EBCC Atlas Of European Breeding Birds
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