When I joined the editorial board of BirdLife Sweden‘s peer-reviewed ornithological journal Ornis Svecica in 2017, I had quite a few ideas of things that I thought could be improved. The journal has been published since 1991, and caters to academic researchers as well as non-professional ornithologists. It is a great resource with no publishing or article processing fees, but very little had changed since the founding of the journal. Late last year, the publisher made the decision to stop printing the journal, which forced a kick-start overhaul in order to find a new solution for the journal, where all material could be easily accessible online. I was glad to be appointed Managing Editor, and since then I have worked hard together with Editor-in-Chief Sören Svensson and the rest of the editorial board to achieve this goal. I am therefore pleased to say that Ornis Svecica relaunches as an open access, no fees, online only journal on the World Migratory Bird Day, May 11, 2019. Check out the site at http://os.birdlife.se, learn something about the foraging prerequisites of Ortolan Buntings or the range expansion of European Stonechats and see what you think of the new graphic profile, and read some more of my thoughts in this editorial. Any new articles will be published shortly after acceptance in a continuous publication model. I hope you will enjoy – and I hope you’ll consider submitting a contribution!

The cover of Ornis Svecica’s relaunch Volume 29 features a beautiful photo of an Ortolan Bunting by Ivan Sjögren (c).