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Name
Graham Appleton
Position
Director of Communications
Role
The department promotes work of the BTO, looks after members and volunteers and finds the funding for research and surveys. I have been working for the BTO since 1997 and was Head of Fundraising and Publicity until 2008.
Qualifications
After completing a degree in Mathematics, I had an eighteen-year career as a teacher, latterly as a senior manager. I am a trained bird ringer.
Research Interests/ Responsibilities
Although I am interested in the broad sweep of the BTO’s work, my particular interest is in migration. I worked with Jim Flegg in the development of Time to Fly. Over the next few years I hope that I can help to achieve significant growth in the membership, volunteer-base, profile and outreach of the BTO.
Other Information
I have been a BTO member since I was at school and am passionately interested in the work of the Trust. I have been involved in many BTO surveys and spend a significant amount of my holiday time looking for Black-tailed Godwits, with my wife Dr Jennifer Gill.
Selected Publications
Three children’s books: Rusty Flies South, Rusty’s Return and Spud Finds a Home Lead author of the 1995 Ringing Report Contributing author to The Migration Atlas (Lapwing) and The Birds of Norfolk (Curlew). Papers and BTO Reports in recent years relate to work on Nightingales (habitat selection), Black-tailed Godwits (migration strategy etc.), Icelandic bird distributions, Starlings and House Sparrows (population change) and Urban Birds.
Contact Details
Email: Telephone: Fax: Postal address:	01842 750050 01842 750030 British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU, UK.

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