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Reports and Papers

Refereed Papers

Greenwood, J.J.D., Baillie, S.R., Gregory, R.D., Peach, W.J. & Fuller, R.J. (1995) Some new approaches to conservation monitoring of British breeding birds. Ibis 137: S16-28.

Gregory, R.D. (1999) Broad-scale habitat use of sparrows, finches and buntings in Britain. Vogelwelt 120, Suppl.: 163-173.

Gregory, R.D. et al. (1998) Large-scale atlas and census studies in conservation science. (Abstract.) Ostrich 69: 167.

Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, S.R. (1998) Large-scale habitat use of declining British birds: implications for conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology 35: 785-799.

Gregory, R.D. & Gaston, K.J. (2000) Explanations of commonness and rarity in British breeding birds. Separating resource use and resource availablility. Oikos 88 (3), 515-526.

Gregory, R.D., Wilkinson, N.I., Noble, D.G., Robinson, J.A., Brown, A.F., Hughes, J., Procter, D., Gibbons, D.W. & Galbraith, C.A. (2002) The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: an analysis of conservation concern 2002-2007. British Birds 95: 410-450.

Marchant, J.H. (1994) The new Breeding Bird Survey. British Birds 87: 26-28.

Marchant, J. & Gregory, R. (1995) BBS gets a flying start. British Birds 88: 163.

Newson, S.E., Woodburn, R., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2005). Evaluating the Breeding Bird Survey for producing national population size and density estimates. Bird Study 52 (1), 42-54.

Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E., Baillie, S.R., Raven, M.J. & Gregory, R.D. (in press) Recent changes in UK bird populations measured by the Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Study.

Research Reports

Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P., Balmer, D.E., Bashford, R.I., Beaven, L.P., Freeman, S.N., Marchant, J.H., Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J., Siriwardena, G.M., Thewlis, R. and Wernham, C.V. (2001) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status 2000. BTO Research Report No. 252. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2000)

Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Leech, D.I., Marchant, J.H., Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J., Simpkin, A.P., Thewlis, R.M. & Wernham, C.V. (2002) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status 2001. BTO Research Report 278. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2001)

Baillie, S.R., Marchant, J.H., Crick, H.Q.P., Noble, D.G., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Coombes, R.H.,
Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Joys, A.C., Leech, D.I., Raven, M.J., Robinson, R.A. and Thewlis, R.M. (2005) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status 2004. BTO Research Report 385. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends)

Crick, H.Q.P., Baillie, S.R., Balmer, D.E., Bashford, R.I., Beaven, L.P., Dudley, C., Glue, D.E., Gregory, R.D., Marchant, J.H., Peach, W.J. & Wilson, A.M. (1998) Breeding birds in the wider countryside: their conservation status (1972-1996). BTO Research Report 198. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Crick, H.Q.P., Marchant, J.H., Noble, D.G., Baillie, S.R., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Coombes, R.H.,
Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Joys, A.C., Leech, D.I., Raven, M.J., Robinson, R.A. and Thewlis, R.M. (2004) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status 2003. BTO Research Report No. 353. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2003)

Crick, H.Q.P., Robinson, R.A., Appleton, G.F., Clark, N.A. & Rickard, A.D. (2002) Investigation into the causes of the decline of Starlings and House Sparrows in Great Britain. BTO Research Report 290. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Field, R.H. & Gregory, R.D. (1998) Habitat bias in actual and ideal transect lines in Breeding Bird Surveys, 1994-1997. BTO Research Report 214. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Field, R.H. & Gregory, R.D. (1999) Measuring population changes from the Breeding Bird Survey. BTO Research Report 217. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Freeman, S.N., Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E. & Baillie, S.R. (Oct 2002) Published 2003. Modelling bird population changes using data from the Common Birds Census and the Breeding Bird Survey. BTO Research Report 303. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Freeman, S.N., Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E. & Baillie, S.R. (2003) Importance of geographical location and local habitat features for species abundance: analyses using Breeding Bird Survey data. BTO Research Report No. 320. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, S.R. (1994) Evaluation of sampling strategies for 1km squares for inclusion in the Breeding Bird Survey. BTO Research Report 139. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Gregory, R.D., Bashford, R.I., Balmer, D.E., Marchant, J.H., Wilson, A.M. & Baillie, S.R. (1997) The Breeding Bird Survey 1995-1996. BTO Research Report 181. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Gregory, R.D., Bashford, R.I., Beaven, L.P., Marchant, J.H., Wilson, A.M. & Baillie, S.R. (1998) The Breeding Bird Survey 1996-1997. BTO Research Report 203. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Joys, A.C., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2003) Evaluation of species coverage and precision using the BBS indexing method. BTO Research Report 317. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Marchant, J.H., Forrest, C. & Greenwood, J.J.D. (1998) A review of large-scale generic population monitoring schemes in Europe. (2nd edition.) BTO Research Report 165. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Newson, S.E. (2003) Producing statistically valid maps of species abundance using geostatistical analysis in ArcGIS. BTO Research Report 318. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Abstract

Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. (2005) The production of population trends for UK mammals using BBS mammal data, 1995-2002. BTO Research Report No. 360. BTO, Thetford.

Newson, S. & Noble, D. (2005) Analyses of Breeding Bird Survey mammal data 1995-2002. BTO Research Report No. 367, BTO, Thetford. Abstract.
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Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. (2005) The production of population trends for UK mammals using BBS mammal data: 1995-2003 update. BTO Research Report No. 404. BTO, Thetford. Abstract.
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Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Marchant, J.H. (2005) Waterways Breeding Bird Survey: preliminary analyses of mammal data 1998-2003. BTO Research Report No. 405. BTO, Thetford. Abstract.
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Noble, D.G., Bashford, R.I. & Baillie, S.R. (2000) The Breeding Bird Survey 1999. BTO Research Report 247. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
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Noble, D.G., Bashford, R.I., Marchant, J.H., Baillie, S.R. & Gregory, R.D. (1999) The Breeding Bird Survey 1998. BTO Research Report 225. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J. & Baillie, S.R. (2001) The Breeding Bird Survey 2000. BTO Research Report 265. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
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Raven, M.J., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2002) The Breeding Bird Survey 2001. BTO Research Report 295. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
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Raven, M.J., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2003) The Breeding Bird Survey 2002. BTO Research Report 334. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
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Raven, M.J., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2004) The Breeding Bird Survey 2003. BTO Research Report 363. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
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Raven, M.J., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2005) The Breeding Bird Survey 2004. BTO Research Report 403. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
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Robinson, R.A., & Noble, D.G. (2000) Regional Indicators of Wild Bird Populations: an exploratory study. BTO Research Report 244. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Wilson, A. (1998) Evaluation of Land Use Bias in covered Vs not covered Breeding Bird Survey Squares. BTO Research Report 201. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Wilson, A.M., Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. (1997) Assessment of the Breeding Bird Survey in relation to monitoring of bird populations at Environmental Change Network sites. BTO Research Report 189. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Wilson, A.M., Marchant, J.H., Gregory, R.D., Siriwardena, G.M. & S.R. Baillie (1998) Enhancements for monitoring of opportunistic bird populations. BTO Research Report 200. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Other Publications

Anon (1995) Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group Report. Volume 2: Action Plans, HMSO, London.

BTO (1998) Breeding Bird Survey 1998 – instructions. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Carter, S.P. & Gregory, R.D. (1994) Keeping track of our breeding birds. BTO News 190: 12-13.

Dee, C.W. (1996) BTO breeding bird censuses 1994. Hertfordshire Bird Rep. 1994: 377-383.

Dee, C.W. (1996) BTO breeding bird censuses in 1995. Trans Herts Nat. Hist. Society 32: 563-569.

Dee, C.W. (1998) BTO breeding censuses in 1996. Trans. Herts. Nat. Hist. Society 33 (Hertfordshire Bird Report): 180-186.

Dee, C.W. (2000) BTO breeding censuses in 1998. Trans. Herts. Nat. Hist. Society 34: 91-97.

Dee, C.W. (2001) BTO breeding censuses in 1999. Trans. Herts. Nat. Hist. Society 34 (Hertfordshire Bird Report): 197-202.

Gibbons, D.W., Reid, J.B. & Chapman, R.A. (1993) The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991. T. & A.D. Poyser, London.

Gibbons, D.W., Avery, M., Baillie, S., Gregory, R.D., Kirby, J., Porter, R., Tucker, G. & Williams, G. (1996) Bird species of conservation concern in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: revising the Red Data list. RSPB Conserv. Rev. 10: 7-18.

Greenwood, J.J.D. (1993) Random sampling: getting the numbers right. BTO News 188: 11-13.

Greenwood, J.J.D. (1996) Basic techniques. Pp 11-110 in: W.J. Sutherland (ed), Ecological census techniques: a handbook. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, S.R. (2004) Survey design and sampling strategies for breeding bird monitoring. In: Anselin, A. (ed.) Bird Numbers 1995, Proceedings of the International Conference and 13th Meeting of the European Bird Census Council, Pärnu, Estonia. Bird Census News 13 (2000): 19-31.

Gregory, R.D., Baillie, S.R. & Bashford, R.I. (2004) Monitoring breeding birds in the United Kingdom. In: Anselin, A. (ed.) Bird Numbers 1995, Proceedings of the International Conference and 13th Meeting of the European Bird Census Council, Pärnu, Estonia. Bird Census News 13 (2000): 101-112.

Gregory, R.D. & Bashford, R.I. (1995) Results from the 1994 Breeding Bird Survey. BTO News 201: 14-15.

Gregory, R.D., Bashford, R.I., Balmer, D.E., Marchant, J.H., Wilson, A.M. & Baillie, S.R. (1996) The Breeding Bird Survey 1994-1995. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Gregory, R.D. & Carter, S.P. (1993) Breeding bird survey takes to the air. BTO News 189: 1.

Gregory, R.D. & Carter, S.P. (1994) Results from the pilot census project. BTO News 194: 12-13.

Gregory, R.D. & Carter, S.P. (1995) Breeding Bird Survey: fourteen hundred squares and still counting. BTO News 196: 8-9.

Gregory, R.D., Carter, S.P. & Baillie, S.R. (1994) Monitoring breeding birds: a United Kingdom perspective. Bird Census News 7: 16-24.

Gregory, R.D. & Marchant, J.H. (1992) Pilot Census Project - notes for fieldworkers 2: Recording birds. BTO, Thetford.

Gregory, R.D., Noble, D.G., Campbell, L.H. & Gibbons, D.W. (2002) The State of the UK’s Birds 1999. Sandy (RSPB and BTO).

Gregory, R.D., Noble, D.G., Cranswick, P.A., Campbell, L.H., Rehfisch, M.M. & Baillie, S.R. (2001) The State of the UK’s Birds 2000. RSPB, BTO and WWT, Sandy.

Gregory, R.D., Noble, D.G., Robinson, J.A., Stroud, D.A., Campbell, L.H., Rehfisch, M.M., Cranswick, P.A., Wilkinson, N.I., Crick, H.Q.P. & Green, R.E. (2002) The state of the UK’s birds 2001. RSPB/BTO/WWT, Sandy.

Hume, R. (1995) Ups and Downs in the Bird World. Birds Spring 1995: 20-24.

Marchant, J.H. (1992) Pilot Census Project - plans for 1992. BTO News 178: 7.

Marchant, J. (1999) BBS methods successfully used on waterways. BTO News 221: 8–9.

Marchant, J.H., Forrest, C. & Greenwood, J.J.D. (1998) A review of large-scale generic population monitoring schemes in Europe. Bird Census News 10: 42-79.

Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. (1992) Pilot Census Project - notes for fieldworkers 1: Setting up a census route. BTO, Thetford.

Marchant, J.H.& Gregory, R.D. (1999) Waterways Breeding Bird Survey Pilot Survey 1998: adaptation of BBS census methods to rivers and canals. R&D Technical Report W205. Environment Agency, Bristol.

Marchant, J.H., Hudson, R., Carter, S.P. & Whittington, P.A. (1990) Population trends in British breeding birds. BTO, Tring.

Marchant, J.H., Sanderson, F. & Glue, D.E. (1999) Changes in breeding bird populations, 1997-98. BTO News 222: 10-14.

Morrison, P. (1996) Breeding censuses in Hampshire, 1994. Hampshire Bird Report 1994: 123-127.

Noble, D.G. & Freeman, S. (2001) Linking the Breeding Bird Survey to the Common Birds Census: a progress report. BTO News 236: 11.

Raven, M.J. (2002) What happened to breeding bird populations in 2001? BTO News 243: 8-10.

Raven, M.J. & Noble, D.G. (2001) The Breeding Bird Survey: 1994-2000. BTO News 237: 12-14.

Sanderson, F., Marchant, J.H. & Glue, D.E. (2000) Changes in breeding bird populations, 1998-99. BTO News 228: 10-14.

Thewlis, R.M., Marchant, J.H., Noble, D.G. & Glue, D.E. (2001) 2000 - A good year for many species. BTO News 235: 10-13.

 

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