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159

Crick, H.Q.P. & Baillie, S.R. (1996)  A Review of the BTO's Nest Record Scheme.  Its value to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Country Agencies, and its methodology. 
ISBN 0-903793-61-X. 125 pp.  £10.00

160

Austin, G., Rehfisch, M.M., Holloway, S.J., Clark, N.A., Balmer, D.E., Yates, M.G., Clarke, R.T., Swetnam, R.D., Eastwood, J.A., le V dit Durell, S.E.A., West, J.R. & Goss-Custard, J.D. (1995) ESTUARIES, SEDIMENTS & SHOREBIRDS.  III.  Predicting waterfowl densities on intertidal areas. (A report by the BTO under contract to ETSU [ETSU T/04/00206]).  122 pp.  Published. NB Loan copies of this report are available from Renewable Enquiries Bureau, ETSU, B156, Harwell Laboratory, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA. £10.00

161

Toomer, D.K., Balmer, D.E., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. (1995) (Published Nov 03) The effect of the Cardiff Bay Barrage on waterfowl populations 6. Distribution and movement studies August 1994 - May 1995. (Report of work carried out by BTO under contract to Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.) ISBN 1-902576-93-4 141 pp. £10.00

164

Fuller, R.J.  (1996)  Relationships between grazing and birds with particular reference to sheep in the British uplands.  (A report by the BTO to the JNCC.)  ISBN 0-903793-66-0.  94 pp.  £10.00.

165

Marchant, J.H., Forrest, C. & Greenwood, J.J.D. (1996)  A review of large-scale generic population monitoring schemes in Europe.  (A report to the RSPB on behalf of the EBCC.) 
ISBN 0-903793-92-X 92 pp.   £10.00.
166 C. Forrest & N. Carter (1996) Provision of Breeding Bird Atlas Data to the Countryside Information System ISBN 978-1-906204-15-0 Abstract

171

Burton, N.H.K., Watts, P.N., Crick, H.Q.P. & Carter, N. (1996)  The effects of pre-harvesting operations on birds nesting in Oilseed Rape Brassica napus.  (Report of work carried out by the BTO under contract to Zeneca Agrochemicals.)  ISBN 0-903793-65-2.  34 pp.  £2.50.

172

Browne, S.J., Fuller, R.J. & Langston, R. (December 1996)  An Assessment of Bird Populations in Selected Forest Plots: A Contribution to the Biodiversity Research Programme.  (A report by the BTO to the Forestry Commission Research Division.)  ISBN 0-903793-77-6.  70 pp.  £5.00

173

Armitage, M.J.S., Burton, N.H.K., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. (January 1997) (Published Feb 2005) The Abundance and Distribution of Waterfowl within Milford Haven after the Sea Empress Oil Spill. Interim Report January 1997. (Report of work carried out by the BTO under contract to the Countryside Council for Wales and the Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee) ISBN 1-904870-21-X. 40 pp. £5.00 Abstract

174

Burton, N.H.K., Toomer, D.K., Balmer, D.E., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. (1997) (Published Nov 03) The Effect of the Cardiff Bay Barrage on Waterfowl Populations 7. Distribution and Movement Studies August 1996 - May 1996. (Report of work carried out by BTO under contract to Cardiff Bay Development Corporation) ISBN 1-902576-86-1 136pp £10.00

175

Balmer, D.E. & Peach, W.J. (1996)  Review of Natural Avian Mortality Rates. ISBN 0-903793-83-0 27 pp. £2.50

176

Marchant, J.H., Wilson, A.M., Chamberlain, D.E., Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, S.R. (1997) Opportunistic Bird Species - Enhancements for the Monitoring of Populations.(copies of this report are available from DETR 902E, Tollgate House, Houlton Street, Bristol, BS2 9DJ) 70 pp. £5.00.

177

Toms, M.P. (2001)  Project Barn Owl - Evaluation of an Annual Monitoring Programme.
ISBN - 1-902576-36-5.  38 pp. £5.00

178

Musgrove, A.J. & Holloway, S.J. (1997)  Counting Waterfowl on Large Estuaries at Low Tide (A report by the BTO to the WeBS Partners).   ISBN 0-903793-82-2   42 pp. £5.00

179

Holloway, S. (1997)  Winter Distribution and Disturbance of Wildfowl and  Waders on Findhorn Bay. ISBN No: 0-903793-89-X   136 pp. £10.00

181

Gregory, R.D, Bashford, R.I, Balmer, D.E, Marchant, J.H, Wilson, A.M & Baillie, S.R.  (1997) Breeding Bird Survey 1995-1996.  Report No. 2  ISSN 1368-9932 ISBN 0-903793-79-2   16 pp. £5.00

182

Armitage, M.J.S, Burton, N.H.K. & Rehfisch, M.M. (1997) (Published Feb 2005) The Abundance and Distribution of Waterfowl within Milford Haven after the Sea Empress Oil Spill. ISBN No. 0-903793-87-3 124pp £10.00 Abstract

183

Burton, N.H.K., Armitage, M.J.S., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. (1997) (Published Nov 03) The Effect of the Cardiff Bay Barrage on Waterfowl Populations. Distribution and Movement Studies August 1996-May 1997. ISBN 1-902576-87-X 166pp £15.00
184 K. Evans, A. Impey & S. Gough (2007) A Preliminary Study of Fish Refuges as a Means of Mitigating Perceived Cormorant Damage to a Put and Take Fishery. ISBN 978-1-906204-09-9 Abstract

185

Wernham, C.V., Armitage, M. Holloway, S.J., Hughes, B., Hughes, R., Kershaw, M., Madden, J.R., Marchant, J.H., Peach, W.J. & Rehfisch, M.M. (1999)  Population, distribution, movement and survival of fish-eating birds in Britain and Ireland (Eds. M.M.R. Rehfisch, C.V.Wernham & J.H. Marchant.). (Copies of report can be obtained from Publications Sales Centre, DETR, Unit 21, Goldthorpe Ind. Est, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9BL, Tel: 01709 891318, Fax: 01709 881 673) ISBN1-85112-3237. 

186

Wernham, C.V., Peach, W.J. & Browne, S. (1997)  Survival Rates of Rehabilitated Guillemots. ISBN No. 0-903793-71-7   40 pp.  £5.00

187

Crick, H.Q.P., Baillie, S.R., Balmer, D.E., Bashford, R.I., Dudley, C., Glue, D.E., Gregory, R.D., Marchant, J.H., Peach, W.J. & Wilson, A.M. (1997)  Breeding birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status (1971-1995).  ISBN No. 0-903793-88-1   165 pp   £15.00.

188

Clark, N.A & Evans, K. L.  (1997)  Setting up Monitoring and the Ringing of Rehabilitated Birds    Following the Sea Empress Oil Spill.  ISBN No. 1-902576-01-2. 15 pp. £2.50.

190

Musgrove, A.J.  (1997)  Validation of WeBS Methodology - the relationship between waterfowl counts carried out at high and low tide.  ISBN 0-903793-93-9  40 pp.   £ 5.00. Abstract

191

Burton, N. (1997)  A  Review of the Status and Population Trends of Birds Species on the Short and Middle UK BioDiversity Steering Group Lists. ISBN 0-903793-90-36. 64 pp. £5.00.

193

Armitage, M.J.S., Rehfisch, M.M. & Wernham, C.V. (1997) (Published Feb 2005) The 1997 Breeding Sawbill Survey. ISBN: 1-904870-23-6 50 pp. £5.00 Abstract

194

Gough, S.J. & Fuller, R.J.  (1998)  Scrub Management for Conservation in Lowland England: Practices, Problems and Possibilities. ISBN 0-903793-96-2.  64 pp   £5.00 Abstract

195

Fuller, R.J., Vickery, J.A.  (1998)  Use of Cereal Fields by Birds.  A Review in Relation to Field Margin Managements. ISBN 1-902576-08-X. 112 pp. £10.00. Abstract

196

Browne S.J. & Impey.A.  (1998)  An Analysis and Interpretation of the Surveys of Breeding and Winter Birds At Titley Court Farm, Herefordshire in1997/98.  ISBN 1-902576-13-6. 48 pp. £5.00 Abstract

198

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. and Wilson,  A.M., (1998)  Breeding Birds in the wider countryside: their conservation status (1972-1996). ISBN 0-903793-99-7. 170 pp. £15.00.

200

Wilson, A.M., Marchant, J.M., Gregory, R.G., Siriwardena, G.M. & Baillie, S.R. (1998) Enhancements for monitoring of opportunistic bird populations. ISBN 0-903793-95-4. 56pp. £5.00.

201

Wilson A. (1998)  Evaluation of Land Use Bias in covered Vs not Covered Breeding Bird Survey Squares. ISBN 1-902576-07-1. 46 pp. £5.00.

202

Burton, N.H.K. & Clark, N.A. (1998)  An Investigation of the Feeding Sites of Grey Herons Ardea     cinerea Producing Deformed Chicks at the Bethorpe Colony. ISBN 1-902576-02-0. 34 pp. £2.50.

203

Gregory, R.D., Bashford, R.I., Beaven, L.P., Marchant, J.H., Wilson, A.M. & Baillie, S.R. (1998)Breeding Bird Survey 1996-1997.  ISBN 1-902576-00-4.  ISSN 1368-9932.  16 pp. £5.00.
205 Burton, N., Rehfisch, M., Clark, N., (Published February 2005) The effect of Cardiff Bay Barrage on Waterfowl 9 -Distribution and Movement Studies August 97-May 98. ISBN: 1-904870-22-8 68pp £5.00 Abstract

208

Balmer, D. E. (1998, published Feb 2006) A study of the risk of collision with power lines by Common Terns at Shotton Steel Works, North Wales. ISBN: 1-904870-64-3 24pp £2.50

209

Chamberlain, D.E., Fuller, R.J., Shrubb, M., Bunce, R.G.H., Duckworth, J.C., Garthwaite, D.G., Impey, A.J. & Hart, A.D.M. (1999)  The Effects of Agricultural Management on Farmland Birds.  ISBN 1-902576-12-8.  254 pp. £20.00.

210

Field, R.H., Armitage, M.J.S., Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Musgrove, A.J. & Holloway, S.J. 1999. Lappel Bank and Flagbury Flats Compensatory Measures Site Suitability for Waterfowl. Published by ABP Research in Report R800 85pp £10.00.

211

Marchant, J.H., Gregory, R.D., Balmer, D.E., Gough, S.J. & Wilson, A. (1998)  A Comparison of breeding bird numbers along canals with and without a close season for fishing. ISBN 1-902576-06-3. 40 pp. £5.00

212

Holloway, S.H. & Glue, D. (1999)  Site Action Plan for Black Redstarts Phoenicurus Octiruros in the Deptford Creek Area, Greenwich, London.  ISBN 1-902576-11-X.  30 pp. £2.50.

213

Clark, N.A & Burton, N.H.K. (1998)  A pilot field trial into the effectiveness of the CatAlert TM collar at reducing predation by domestic cats.  ISBN 1-902756-04-7. 10 pp. £2.50.

214

Field, R.H. & Gregory, R.D. (1998) Habitat bias in actual and ideal transect lines in Breeding Bird Surveys 1994-1997.  ISBN 1-902576-05-5.  32 pp. £2.50. Abstract
215 Balmer, D. & Holloway, S. (1998, published Feb 2006) A Study of the risk of collision with power lines by Waterbirds at Shotton Steel Works North Wales. ISBN: 1-904870-65-1 34pp £2.50

217

Field, R.H. & Gregory, R.D. (1999)  Measuring population changes from the Breeding Bird Survey. ISBN 1-902576-09-8. 62 pp. £5.00 Abstract

218

Marchant, J. & Gregory, R. (1999) Waterways Breeding Bird Survey Plot Study 1998: Adaption of Census methods to Rivers and Canals. Published by Environment Agency as R&D Technical Report W205.

219

Henderson, I. (1999)  Birds Eye Wall’s: Partnership for Sustainability.  A Resume of the Usage of Winter Stubbles by Birds on Arable Farmland in the UK.  ISBN 1-902576-17-9.13 pp. £2.50  Abstract
220 Balmer, D.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. (1999, published Feb 2006) Assessment of Feeding Reg of Overwintering Waterfowl at Hickling Broad. ISBN: 1-904870-66-X 47 pp. £5.00 Abstract

221

Gregory, R., Gibbons, R., Impey, A. & Marchant, J. (1999) Generation of the Headline Indicator of Wildbird Populations. ISBN 1-902576-20-9 36pp (To be published by DETR)

222

Vickery, J.A, Tallowin, J.T., Feber, R.E., Atkinson, R.W., Asteraki, E.J., Fuller, R.J. & Brown, V.K. (1999)  Changes in Lowland Grassland management: Implications for Invertebrates & Birds. ISBN 1-902576-14-4. 106 pp. £10.00.

223

Toms, M.P., Siriwardena, G.M. & Greenwood, J.J.D. (Part III.A.1 written by Freeman, S.N. & Siriwardena, G.M.) (1999)  Developing a mammal monitoring programme for the UK. 
ISBN 1-902576-19-5.  313 pp. £20.00. Abstract

224

Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. (1999) Winter Ecology of Golden Plovers and Lapwings: A Review and Consideration of Extensive Survey Methods.  ISBN 1-902576-18-7.  56 pp. £5.00. Abstract

225

Noble, D.G., Bashford, R.I., Marchant, J.H., Baillie, S.R. & Gregory, R.D. (1999) The Breeding Bird Survey. Report Number 4.  ISBN 1-902576-16-0.  16 pp. £5.00.

226

Baillie, S.R. & Rehfisch, M.M. (Eds.) (2006) National and site-based alert systems for UK birds.  ISBN 1-904870-78-3.  149 pp.
Abstract
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227

Armitage, M.J.S., Rehfisch, M.M. & Burton, N.H.K.  (2001)  Impact of the Sea Empress Oil Spill on the Abundance and Distribution of Waterbirds within Milford Haven Year 3 Final Report, July 1999.   ISBN 1-902576-35-7.  84pp.  £10.00

228

Evans, K. (1997)  Site Action Plan for Black Redstarts Phoenicurus Octiruros in the Deptford Creek Area. ISBN 1-902576-22-5.  8 pp. £2.50. Abstract

229

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 Research Contract CR0219. 130 pp. ISBN 1-902576-60-8 £10.00

230

Burton, N.H.K. & Fuller, R.J. (Published March 03) A Review of the Status and Population Trends of Ground-Nesting Birds Vulnerable to Mink Predation on Harris & Lewis. ISBN 1-902576-61-6. 53pp, £5.00. Abstract

231

Henderson, I.G. (1999 Published April 2005) A Large Scale Survey of the Use of Winter Bird Crops by Foraging Birds on Farmland. ISBN: 1-904870-33-3 34 pp. £2.50 Abstract

233

Burton, N.H.K., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. (2000) (Published Nov 03) The Effect of the Cardiff Bay Barrage on waterfowl populations 10. Distribution and Movement Studies August 1998-May 1999. ISBN 1-902576-88-8 69pp £5.00

234

Henderson, I.G., Wilson, A.M. & Steele, D. (1999) (Published Nov 03) Population Estimates & Habitat Associations of Breeding Waders in Northern Ireland, 1999: The Results of an Extensive Survey. ISBN 1-902576-21-7. 40pp. £5.00 Abstract

235

Clark, N.A. (1999)  Progress report on the effectiveness of the Mark II CatAlertTM  collar at reducing predation by domestic cats. ISBN 1-902576-23-3.  10 pp.  £2.50

236

Chamberlain, D.E., Warren, R.W., Crick, H.Q.P., Hall, J., Metcalf, S., Ormerod, S., Whyatt, D. & Vickery, J.AAcidification and Terrestrial Birds.  ISBN 1-902576-27-6.  150 pp.  £35.00 (This report contains 26 colour maps) Abstract

237

Henderson, I.G. 2000. Published June 03 Birds Eye Walls: Partnership for Sustainability. Progress report on the use of pea fields by birds. ISBN 1-902576-68-3 56pp Abstract

238

Atkinson, P.W., Clark, N.A. & Clark J.A. (BTO), Bell, M.C. & Dare, P.J. (CEFAS) & Ireland, P.L.  (2000) The effects of changes in shellfish stocks and winter weather on shorebird populations: results of a 30-year study on the Wash, England. ISBN 1-902576-25-X. 54pp.  £5.00 Abstract

239

Atkinson, P.W., Austin, G.E., Burton, N.H.K., Musgrove, A.J., Pollitt, M. & Rehfisch, M.M. WeBS Alerts 1998/99: (2000) Changes in Numbers of Wintering Waterbirds in the UK at National, Country and Protection Area (SPA) scales. (May 2002) ISBN 1-902576-47-0  143pp  £10.00 Abstract
241 Marchant, J.H. & Noble, D.G (2000, published 2006) Waterways Breeding Bird Survey: Progress report for 1998-99 ISBN 1-904870-86-4
Abstract
242 Armitage, M.J.S., Holloway, S.J. & Rehfisch, M.M. (2000, published Feb 2006) Monitoring the use made of Chara intermediae beds by waterfowl on Hickling Broad during the 1999/2000 winter. ISBN: 1-904870-69-4 52pp £5.00 Abstract

244

Robinson, R. & Noble, D.G. (2000) Regional Indicators of Wild Bird Populations: an explanatory study. ISBN 1-902576-26-8. 46pp.  £5.00

245

Vanhinsbergh, D., Fuller, R.J. & Noble, D. (Dec 03) A review of possible causes of recent changes in populations of woodland birds in Britain. ISBN 1-902576-98-5 92pp £10.00 Abstract

247

Noble, D.G., Bashford, R.I. & Baillie, S.R. (2000) The Breeding Bird Survey 1999. Report No.5. ISBN 1-902576-29-2. ISSN 1368-9932.  16pp. £5.00

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