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Résumé :
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This paper reports on 52 of the rarest and most endangered bird species breeding in Denmark, monitored by the Danish Ornithological Society in the year 2000. The monitoring project was implemented in 1998 and aims at collecting data on these species each year during the breeding season. The project is organised as a network of coordinators, each of which takes care of one or a few species. After the breeding season data are sent to a central coordinator who prepares the final report. It is the intention of the project organisers that the data and the acquired knowledge should be used to produce action plans for the most endangered species. So far an action plan for the White Stork has been published (Grell 2000a), and an action plan for the Crested Lark has been completed (Grell et al. in press). Action plans for Red Kite and Golden Plover will be produced during the present year. Furthermore, the National Forest and Nature Agency under the Ministry for Energy and Environment has produced a national action plan for the Corncrake (Skov- og Naturstyrelsen 2000). The results for 2000 are summarised in Table 1. The columns (left to right) are species name, number of confirmed breeding pairs, probable breeding pairs, and possible breeding pairs, respectively, number of sites, coverage, and name of species coordinator. The coverage codes are +++ Well covered species (all or almost all breeding pairs recorded), ++ Acceptably covered species (presumably a fairly good estimate, but some data missing), + Insufficiently covered species (chance observations only). Data are particularly sparse for nocturnal and dispersed species such as Turtle Dove, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Savi's Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Firecrest, Willow Tit, Golden Oriole, Nutcracker and Serin.
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