Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside 2000: Contents

Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside:
their conservation status 2000

A report prepared within a Partnership between the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) (on behalf of Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage, Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment & Heritage Service of Northern Ireland) as part of its programme of research into nature conservation.

The Breeding Bird Survey is funded jointly by BTO, JNCC and RSPB. The BBS partnership is very grateful for the generous support of the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland to pay for a professional fieldworker to survey squares in difficult to cover areas of Northern Ireland, and to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Scotland for support for professional surveys in more difficult to cover areas of Scotland, between 1994 and 1999.

The report should be cited as: 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/birdtrends)

Contents:
Welcome
Contents
1.	General Introduction
	1.1	The BTO's monitoring of breeding birds in the UK
	1.2	The value of combining results from different monitoring schemes
	1.3	The aims of this report
2.	Methodology
	2.1	Common Birds Census
	2.2	Waterways Bird Survey
	2.3	Breeding Bird Survey
	2.4	Heronries Census
	2.5	Constant Effort Sites Scheme
	2.6	Nest Record Scheme
	2.7	The Alert System
3.	Executive Summary
4.	Discussion
	4.1	The new alert system
	4.2	The 30-year alerts
	4.3	Alerts over shorter time periods
	4.4	Increasing species
	4.5	Changes in breeding performance
	4.6	Discussion of trends
	4.7	Future developments
	4.8	Conclusion
	4.9	Appendix - Summary tables of changes in population size and breeding performance
	4.10	Select your own table of population changes
5.	References
6.	Species accounts : What the categories mean
	Jump to
		Waterbirds Raptors Gamebirds Waders Near passerines (pigeons etc.) Owls Larks	Thrushes Warblers Tits Crows Sparrows Finches Buntings
	List of species (Taxonomic order)
		WATERBIRDS Red-throated Diver Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Cormorant Grey Heron Mute Swan Greylag Goose Canada Goose Shelduck Mallard Tufted Duck Goosander RAPTORS Hen Harrier Sparrowhawk Buzzard Kestrel Merlin Hobby Peregrine Falcon GAMEBIRDS Red Grouse Red-legged Partridge Grey Partridge Pheasant Moorhen Coot WADERS Oystercatcher Ringed Plover Golden Plover Lapwing Snipe Curlew Woodcock Redshank Common Sandpiper NEAR PASSERINES Stock Dove Wood Pigeon Turtle Dove Collared Dove Cuckoo OWLS Barn Owl Little Owl Tawny Owl Long-eared Owl Nightjar Swift Kingfisher Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Spotted Woodpecker LARKS Woodlark Skylark Swallow Sand Martin House Martin Tree Pipit Meadow Pipit	Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail Dipper Dunnock Wren THRUSHES Robin Nightingale Redstart Whinchat Stonechat Wheatear Ring Ouzel Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush WARBLERS Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Wood Warbler Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Goldcrest Spotted Flycatcher Pied Flycatcher TITS Long-tailed Tit Marsh Tit Willow Tit Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper CROWS Jay Magpie Jackdaw Rook Crow Raven Starling SPARROWS House Sparrow Tree Sparrow FINCHES Greenfinch Goldfinch Siskin Linnet Lesser Redpoll Chaffinch Bullfinch BUNTINGS Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Corn Bunting

The report should be cited as: 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/birdtrends)

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