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Name
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Dr Mark M. Rehfisch
Position
Director of Development
Role
Responsible for overseeing raising of BTO contract income and delivery of contracts; and also for developing the Development Department’s vision and implementing its strategy.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Zoology, Hull University
PhD Ecology, Hull University
Research Interests/Responsibilities
Clients include JNCC, CCW, Defra, DoE(NI), EA, EN, Oman govt, consultancies, FTSE 100 companies, RSPB and WWF. Supervision of a wide range of projects ranging from research into the factors affecting waterbird population dynamics (e.g. climate change, habitat change, water quality) to EIAs, and non-native species. Research interest in waterbird population dynamics and ecology.
Other Information

Chairman, British Ornithologist’s Union Meeting Committee (2003-2007).
Organiser 2002 & 2007 BOU Annual Conferences, 2000 International Wader Study Group Conference.
Organising Committee Waterbirds Around the World, Edinburgh 2004.
Convenor International Ornithological Congress symposia: 2002 China, 2006 Germany.
Convenor European Ornithological Union symposia, 1999 Poland, 2005 France.
Ran research station, Tunisia; taught Saudi Arabia.
Fluent French, some German.

Selected Publications
  • Maclean, I.M.D., Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., et al. In press. Global warming causes rapid changes in the distribution and abundance of birds in winter. Global Change Biology.
  • Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J.R. & Holloway, S.J. 2007. Population size and differential population growth of introduced Greater Canada Geese Branta canadensis and re-established Greylag Geese Anser anser across habitats in Great Britain in the year 2000. Bird Study 54, 343-352.
  • Rehfisch, M.M. 2007. Helping birds adapt to climate change. Proceedings of the Practicalities of Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation Conference of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Cardiff, November 2006. IEEM. Pp 92-101.
  • Atkinson, P.W., Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Baker, H., Cranswick, P., Kershaw, M., Robinson, J., Langston, R.H.W., Stroud, D.A., Van Turnhout, C. & Maclean, I.M.D. 2006. Identifying declines in waterbirds: the effects of missing data, population variability and count period on the interpretation of long-term survey data. Biological Conservation, 130, 549-559.
  • Austin, G.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2006. S08-5 A methodology for predicting the impact of sea level rise on shorebirds (Charadrii) in estuaries. Acta Zool. Sin., 52 (Suppl.), 169-172.
  • Austin, G.E., Maclean, I.M.D., Rehfisch, M.M.. & Atkinson, P.W. 2006. The UK Waterbirds Alerts System. Waterbirds around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. Pp. 705-710.
  • Baillie, S.R. & Rehfisch, M.M. (Editors). 2006. National and site-based alert systems for UK birds. BTO Research Report No. 436 to the Alerts Recommendation Group. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, UK.
  • Baker, H., Stroud, D.A., Aebischer, N.J., Cranswick, P.A., Gregory, R.D., McSorley, C.A., Noble, D.G. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2006. Population estimates of birds in Britain and in the United Kingdom. British Birds, 99, 2-24.
  • Burton, N.H.K., Rehfisch, M.M., Clark, N.A. & Dodd, S.G. 2006. Impacts of sudden winter habitat loss on the body condition and survival of redshank Tringa totanus. Journal of Applied Ecology, 43, 464-473.
  • Chamberlain, D.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Fox, A.D., Desholm, M., Anthony, S.J. 2006. The effect of avoidance rates on bird mortality predictions made by wind turbine collision risk models. Ibis, 148, 198-202.
  • Goss-Custard, J.D., Burton, N.H.K., Clark, N.A., Ferns, P.N., McGrorty, S. Reading, C.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Stillman, R.A., Townend, I., West, A.D. & Worrall, D.H. 2006 Test of a behavior-based individual-based model: response of shorebird mortality to habitat loss. Ecological Applications 16, 2215–2222.
  • Grieve, A., Holloway, S.J., Rehfisch, M.M. & Fletcher, D.J. 2006. Qurm Environmental Information Centre (QEIC) Development Project, Oman: Creation of Natural Lagoons and Visitor Facilities. A report to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). BTO Research Report No. 436. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, UK.
  • Maclean, I.M.D., Skov, H., Rehfisch, M.M. and Piper, W. 2006. Use of aerial surveys to detect bird displacement by offshore windfarms. BTO Research Report No. 446 to COWRIE. BTO, Thetford.
  • Rehfisch, M.M. & Austin, G.E. 2006. Climate change and coastal waterbirds - the United Kingdom experience reviewed. Waterbirds around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. Pp. 398-404.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J., Hughes, B., Rhymer, J., Robertson, P., Shaw, K.A. & Williams, M. 2006. Symposium 33 Competition and hybridization resulting from introduced waterbirds: an issue rising up the political agenda. Acta Zool. Sin., 52 (Suppl.), 570-571.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Blair, M.J., McKay, H. & Musgrove, A.J. 2006. S33-1 The impact and status of introduced waterbirds in Africa, Asia Minor, Europe and the Middle East. Acta Zool. Sin., 52 (Suppl.), 572-575.
  • Austin, G. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2005. Shifting non-breeding distributions of migratory fauna in relation to climatic change. Global Change Biology, 11, 31-38.
  • Robinson, R.A., Learmonth, J.A., Hutson, A.M., Macleod, C.D., Sparks, T.H., Leech, D.I., Pierce, G.J., Rehfisch, M.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2005. Climate Change and Migratory Species. A report to the Convention on Migratory Species. BTO, UK.
  • Wither, A., Rehfisch, M. & Austin, G. 2005. The impact of bird populations on the microbiological quality of bathing waters. Water Science & Technology, 51, 199-207.
  • Atkinson, P.W., Crooks, S., Drewitt, A., Grant, A., Rehfisch, M.M., Sharpe, J. & Tyas, C. 2004. Managed realignment in the UK – the first five years of colonisation by birds. Ibis, 146, S101-S110.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Freeman, S.N., Armitage, M.J.S. & Burton, N.H.K. 2004. The possible impact of climate change on the future distributions and numbers of waders on Britain’s non-estuarine coast. Ibis, 146, S70-S81.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Feare, C.J., Jones, N.V. & Spray, C. (eds.) 2004. Climate Change and Coastal Birds. Ibis, 146 (Supplement 1). 124 pp
  • Austin, G. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2003. The likely impact of sea level rise on waders (Charadrii) wintering on estuaries. Journal for Nature Conservation, 11, 43-58.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Armitage, M., Atkinson, P., 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.
  • Rehfisch, M.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2003. Predicting the impact of climatic change on Arctic-breeding waders. Wader Study Group Bull., 100, 86-95.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Holloway, S.J. & Austin, G.E. 2003. Population estimates of waders on the non-estuarine coasts of the UK and the Isle of Man during the winter of 1997-98. Bird Study, 50, 22-32.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Insley, H. & Swann, B. 2003. Fidelity of overwintering shorebirds to roosts on the Moray Basin, Scotland: implications for predicting impacts of habitat loss. Ardea, 91, 53-70.
  • Burton, N.H.K., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. 2002. Impacts of disturbance from construction work on densities and feeding behavior of waterbirds using the intertidal mudflats of Cardiff Bay, UK. Environmental Management, 30, 865-871.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Holloway, S.J., Allan, J.R. & O’Connell, M. 2002. An approach to the assessment of change in the numbers of Canada Branta canadensis and Greylag Geese Anser anser in Southern Britain. Bird Study, 49, 50-59.
  • Burton, N.H.K., Jones, T.E., Austin, G.E., Watt, G.A., Rehfisch, M.M. & Hutchings, C.J. 2004. Effects of reductions in organic and nutrient loading on bird populations in estuaries and coastal waters of England and Wales. Phase 2 Report. EN Research Report 586. EN, UK.
  • Atkinson, P., Crooks, S., Grant, A. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2001. The success of creation and restoration schemes in producing intertidal habitat suitable for waterbirds. EN Research Reports. EN, UK.
  • Blair, M.J., McKay, H., Musgrove, A.J. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2000. Review of the status of introduced non-native waterbird species in the agreement area of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. BTO Research Report 229, BTO, UK.
  • Austin, G.E., Peachel, I. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2000. Regional trends in coastal wintering waders in Britain. Bird Study, 47, 352-371.
  • Aebischer, N.J., Potts, G.R. & Rehfisch, M.M. 1999. Using ringing data to study the effect of hunting on bird populations. Ringing & Migration, 19 (suppl.), S67-81.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Wernham, C.V. & Marchant, J.H. (eds) 1999. Population, distribution, movements and survival of fish-eating birds in Great Britain. DETR, London. 360pp.
  • Rehfisch, M.M. et al. 1999. Predicting the effect of habitat change on waterfowl communities: a novel empirical approach. In: Predicting Habitat Loss (ed. J. Goss-Custard, R. Rufino & A. Luis), pp. 116-126. HMSO, London.
  • Rehfisch, M.M. 1998. Wading in. The New Scientist, 2148, 50.
  • Rehfisch, M.M., Clark, N.A., Langston, R.H.W. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 1996. A guide to the provision of refuges for waders: an analysis of thirty years of ringing data from the Wash, England. Journal of Applied Ecology, 33, 673-687.
  • Rehfisch, M.M. 1994. Man-made lagoons - and how their attractiveness to waders might be increased by manipulating the biomass of an insect benthos. Journal of Applied Ecology, 31, 383-401.
  • Dick, G., Rehfisch, M., Skinner, J. & Smart, M. 1991. Wintering Greylag Geese Anser anser in North Africa. Ardea, 79, 283-286.
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