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Estonia – Estonian Ornithological Society (EOS)

BirdLife Partner
Founded in 1921
Members: 550
Staff: 6
eoy@eoy.ee
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Members: 550
Staff: 6
Veski 4, Tartu, EE, EE-51005
Tel. +372 7 422 195eoy@eoy.ee
Mission of the organisation
Our mission is to achieve favourable condition of birds in Estonia by means of bird studies, habitat conservation and awareness raising in the society.
Key Activities
- Carrying out inventories of Important Bird Areas and Natura 2000 sites
- Coordinating 9 annual, plus several periodic bird monitoring schemes (http://www.eoy.ee/node/131).
- Carrying out applied research projects to gain new knowledge on the ecology and habitat use of rare and declining forest and farmland birds.
- Advocacy work with national and local governments and institutions.
- Media work and consultancy.
- Coordination of the annual “Bird of the Year” campaigns to raise awareness and involve the public in data gathering (http://www.eoy.ee/aastalind).
- Organizing traditional birdwatching events throughout the year.
- Coordinating two citizen science projects – Winter Garden Birdwatch (www.eoy.ee/talv) and Summer Garden Bird Diary (www.eoy.ee/aed) – that attract around 3000 people each year.
- Operating live web-cameras to broadcast the nest life of some of the rarest birds in Europe (http://www.eoy.ee/node/1035).
- Publishing the scientific bird journal “Hirundo”, where recent results in Estonian bird ecology and ornithology are being published (www.eoy.ee/hirundo).
- Publishing the free quarterly journal “Tiirutaja”, which is targeted at a wider audience to raise awareness of birds, their ecology, behaviour and promote events (http://www.eoy.ee/tiirutaja).