Founded in: 1945
Members: 11,000
Staff: 24
Address: Stenhusa Gård,
SE-380 62 Mörbylånga,
Sweden
Tel : +46 (0)485-444 40 / +46 (0)485-444 48
Email: info@sofnet.org
Web: http://www.sofnet.org

Mission of the organisation

Three goals of equal importance:

bird conservation;
to carry out investigation and documentation;
to promote interest in birds and birdwatching.

Key Activities

Run conservation issues, both national and partly-international
Publish three magazines and various books
Run the Ottenby Bird Observatory and a Nature Centre at the same spot (c.200, 000 visitors every summer)
Sell books and binoculars in the society's nature bookshop
Support 24 regional branches
Invititation to travel with the SOF-travel agency;
Carry out inventories at different levels, with focus on a single species, area or as monitoring;
Run and improve Homepage;
Undertake of bird reporting through a new web-based reporting system;
Serve as a partner within BirdLife, and as such give support work to Latvia;
Run activities for younger birdwatchers.

Recent Achievements

Developed a monitoring system for forest birds, such as Three-toed Woodpecker, Marsh Tit and Willow Tit
The following species were awarded protection from hunting: Pintail, Shoveller, Coot and Common Snipe
During the annual Honey Buzzard Day funds were raised for production of a children’s bird book in Malta, a conservation project carried out by the Maltese BirdLife partner
The development of an electronic, internet-based bird reporting system The Swallow used by thousands of Swedish birders to report sightings
Worked with the BirdLife Partner in Latvia to establish eight regional groups
With assistance published the first of three volumes of a national ringing recovery atlas

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