Dansk Ornitologisk Forening (DOF), also known as the Danish Ornithological Society or BirdLife Denmark, is a

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. Founded on 15 October 1906 by

Eiler Lehn Schiøler Eiler Lauritz Theodor Lehn Schiøler (30 October 1874 – 13 August 1929) was a Danish ornithologist and banker who came from a family of stockbrokers. He was the author of a major but incomplete multi-volume work on the birds of Denmark published ...

and

Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (27 August 1856 – 7 June 1921) was a Danish teacher and ornithologist. He was the first to employ bird ringing for scientific purposes. Mortensen was born in Jonstrup on the island of Zealand, Denmark. A ...

, it is the principal

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and

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organisation in the country and the Danish partner of BirdLife International. It has about 12,000 members in 12 local branches and administers 18 bird reserves. It publishes the journal ''Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift'' (Journal of the Danish Ornithological Society) and the magazine ''Fugle og Natur'' (Birds and Nature). DOF was responsible for establishing the network of volunteer caretaker groups that watch over Denmark's 128 Important Bird Areas, and in the designation of

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s which have legal protection under the

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