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THE POPULATION STATUS OF BIRDS IN THE UK

Birds of Conservation Concern: 2002-2007

Further Reading

A more complete explanation of the new listings is given in:

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

The following sources were invaluable in the production of these lists:

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 and Wernham C V (2002) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: Their Conservation Status 2001. BTO Research Report No 278. BTO, Thetford. See also www.bto.org/birdtrends.

Batten L A, Bibby C J, Clement P, Elliot G D and Porter R F (1990) Red Data Birds in Britain. T & A D Poyser, London.

BirdLife International (2000) Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.

BirdLife International/European Bird Census Council (2000) European Bird Populations: Estimates and Trends. BirdLife Conservation Series No 10. BirdLife International, Cambridge.

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

Gibbons D W, Avery M I and Brown A F (1996) Population trends of breeding birds in the United Kingdom since 1800. British Birds 89: 291-305.

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

Heath M F and Evans M I (eds) (2000) Important Bird Area in Europe: Priority Sites for Conservation. 1: Northern Europe. BirdLife Conservation Series No 8. BirdLife International, Cambridge.

IUCN (2001) www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/red-lists.htm

JNCC (1996) Birds of Conservation Importance. JNCC, Peterborough.

Musgrove A J, Pollitt M S, Hall C, Hearne R D, Holloway S J, Marshall P E, Robinson J A and Cranswick P A (2001) The Wetland Bird Survey 1999-2000: Wildfowl and Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Slimbridge.

Noble D G, Raven M J and Baillie S R (2001) The Breeding Bird Survey 2000. BTO Research Report No 265. BTO, Thetford.

Ogilvie M A and The Rare Breeding Birds Panel (2001) Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1999. British Birds 94: 344-381.

Rose P M and Scott D A (1997) Waterfowl Population Estimates (second edition). Wetlands International Publication 44. Wetland International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Stone B H, Sears J, Cranswick P A, Gregory R D, Gibbons D W, Rehfisch M M, Aebischer N J and Reid J B (1997) Population estimates of birds in Britain and in the United Kingdom. British Birds 90: 1-22.

Stroud D A, Chambers D, Cook S, Buxton N, Fraser B, Clement P, Lewis P, McLean I, Baker H and Whitehead S H. (2001) The UK SPA Network – its Scope and Content. JNCC, Peterborough.

Tucker G M and Heath M F (1994) Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status. BirdLife International, Cambridge.

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