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Name
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Dr Andy Musgrove
Position
Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) National Coordinator
Role
I am a Research Manager in the Wetland & Coastal Ecology Unit and have responsibility for the implementation of all aspects of the Wetland Bird Survey.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Bristol University, 1989-1992
PhD Investigations into a Raptor-Human Conflict, Bristol University, 1992-1996
Research Interests/Responsibilities
My work involves managing the surveillance of the UK's internationally important waterbird populations, and in disseminating the results to researchers, government, consultancies and the wider public. I am also involved in a wide range of other waterbird-related research.
Other Information
Advisor to Defra on wild birds and avian influenza.
Interest in the colonisation of the UK by the Little Egret.
Selected Publications
  • Banks, A.N., Sanderson, W.G., Hughes, B., Cranswick, P.A., Smith, L.E., Whitehead, S., Musgrove, A.J., Haycock, B. & Fairney, N.P. In press. The Sea Empress oil spill (Wales, UK): effects on Common Scoter Melaniita nigra in Carmarthen Bay and status ten years later. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
  • Burton, N.H.K., Musgrove, A.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Sutcliffe, A. & Waters, R. 2003. Numbers of wintering gulls in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: a review of the 1993 and previous Winter Gull Roost Surveys. British Birds, 96, 376-401.
  • Crowe, O., Austin, G.E., Colhoun, K., Cranswick, P.A., Kershaw, M. & Musgrove, A.J. 2008. Estimates and trends of waterbird numbers wintering in Ireland, 1994/95 to 2003/04. Bird Study, 55, 66-77.
  • Musgrove A.J., Langston R.H.L., Baker H. & Ward R.M. (eds). 2003. Estuarine Waterbirds at Low Tide: the WeBS Low Tide Counts 1992-93 to 1998-99. WSG/BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Thetford.
  • Musgrove, A.J. 2002. The non-breeding status of the Little Egret in Britain. British Birds, 95, 62-80.
  • Musgrove, A.J., Collier, M.P., Banks, A.N., Calbrade, N.A., Hearn, R.D. & Austin, G.E. 2007. Waterbirds in the UK 2005/06: The Wetland Bird Survey. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Thetford.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Armitage, M.J.S., Atkinson, P.W., Holloway, S.J., Musgrove, A.J. & Pollitt, M.S. 2003. Numbers of wintering waterbirds in Great Britain and the Isle of Man (1994/95 - 1998/99): II. Coastal waders (Charadrii). Biological Conservation, 112, 329-341.
  • Snow, L.C., Newson, S.E., Musgrove, A.J., Cranswick, P.A., Crick, H.P.Q. & Wilesmith, J.W. 2007. Risk-based surveillance for H5N1 avian influenza virus in wild birds in Great Britain. Veterinary Record, 161, 775-781.
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01842 750050
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British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU, UK.

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