@ed_hawkins there is #EBBA2 (atlas of European breeding #Birds) which someone in my TL pointed me to when I posted about the North American equivalent

I'm not sure how long the time series of either are though (I am gone the coverage is also patchier going back in time just like er, weather data😉)

Ask, and you shall receive: I posted yesterday asking if there was a European equivalent to the #BirdMaps of #eBirdTrends and @piotr_kania refers me to the epic #EBBA2. #EuropeanBreeding #BirdAtlas.
And it's *incredible*

Here for example is the #European distribution of my blog's namesake the #ArcticTern...

#EuropeanBirdCensusCouncil #EveryBirdCounts

https://ebba2.info/maps/species/Sterna-paradisaea/ebba2/abundance/

European Breeding Bird Atlas

The European Breeding Bird Atlas is one of the most ambitious biodiversity mapping projects ever done. A total of 596 breeding bird species in Europe. A collaboration across political borders strengthening a network of 120,000 people and organisations who worked together in one of the biggest citizen science projects on biodiversity ever.

European Breeding Bird Atlas