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345 Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. (October 2003, Published April 2005) Comparison of population trends, abundance and species richness on land affected by SRDP agri-environment schemes with non-agreement land. ISBN 1-904870-29-5 36pp £5.00
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348 Wilson, A. & Crick, H.Q.P. (Nov 2004) Peregrine Survey Validation Exercise 2003. ISBN 1-904870-03-1 22pp £2.50 Abstract
349 WeBS Alert 2000/2001: Changes in numbers of wintering waterbirds in the UK, its constituent countries, Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSIs). Available on the web in a suite of pdf files from http://blx1.bto.org/webs/alerts/index.htm
352 Joys, A.C. & Crick, H.Q.P. (Apr 04) Breeding periods for selected bird species in England . ISBN 1-904870-07-4 46pp £5.00 Abstract
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353 Crick, H.Q.P., Marchant, J.H., Baillie, S.R., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Coombes, R.H., Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Joys, A.C., Leech, D.I., Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J., Robinson, R.A. & Thewlis, R.M. (2004) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside - Web access www.bto.org/birdtrends
354 Stilman, R.A., Clark, N.A., Atkinson, P.W., West, A.D., McGrorty, S. Le V dit Durell, S.E.A. & Yates, M.G. (2004) (Published May 2005) Assessing the impacts of shell-fishing & mussel farming on Oystercatcher populations in the Wash, England. Phase 1: Identification of model parameters to be refined. ISBN: 1-904870-38-4 23pp £2.50 Abstract
355 Jackson, S.F. (2006) Monitoring Methods for Non-Breeding Snipe ISBN: 1-904870-71-6 . Abstract
356 Newson, S. (2006) Comparison of London wild bird population trends with those in the surrounding area: update 1994-2002 ISBN: 1-904870-84-8 Abstract
357 Marchant, J.H. & Coombes, R.H. (Apr 2004) WBBS Progress report 2002-03 – 48pp (Environment Agency R&D Project W1-071) Abstract
358 Henderson, I., Clark, N., Bodey, T., Holloway, S.J. & Armitage, M. (Mar 04 Published April 2005) The use of pea crops by farmland birds: Evidence for an extended breeding and enhanced feeding opportunities in crop mosaics. ISBN: 1-904870-34-1 30pp £2.50
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359 Banks, A.N. & Austin, G.E. (Oct 2004) Statistical comparisons of waterbird site trends with regional and national trends for incorporation within the WeBS Alerts System. ISBN: 1-904870-15-5 31pp £2.5. Download complete report (pdf 700KB)*
360 Holloway, S.J., Grantham, M.J., Collier, M.P. & Burton, N.H.K. (Apr 04, Published April 2005). The effects on waterbirds of dredging at the Cardiff Bay Barrage for 2003/04. ISBN 1-904870-32-5 28pp £2.50 . Abstract
362 Moss, D., Joys, A.C., Clark, J.A., Kirby, A., Smith, A., Baines, D. & Crick, H.Q.P. (May 02) (Published July 2005) Timing of Breeding of Moorland Birds ISBN: 1-904870-31-7 116pp £10.00 Abstract
363 Raven, M.J., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (June 2004) The Breeding Bird Survey 2003 - Report No 9. ISBN: 1-904870-11-2 17pp £5.00
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Andy Wilson, Chris Pendlebury & Juliet Vickery (2005) Changes in lowland wet grassland breeding wader number: the influence if site designation ISBN: 1-904870-17-1
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366 Banks, A., Bolt, D., Bullock, I., Haycock, B., Musgrove, A., Newson, S., Fairney, N., Sanderson. B., Schofield, R., Smith, L., Raylor, R. & Whitehead, S. (2004) Marine monitoring project: ground & aerial monitoring protocols for inshore special protection areas: extension Common Scoter Surveys in Carmarthen Bay. During the Winters of 2002-03 and 2003-04. Published by CCW Marine Monitoring Report No 11
367 Newson, S. & Noble, D. (2005) Analyses of Breeding Bird Survey mammal data 1995-2002 ISBN: 1-904870-12-0
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368 Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Eaton, M.A. (2006) Preliminary BBS-based habitat-specific indicators for wild bird populations: 1994-2002 ISBN: 1-904870-83-X Abstract
369 Leech, D.I., Crick, H.Q.P. & Rehfisch, M.M. (2004, published 2006) The effect of climate change on bird species in the UK. ISBN 1-904870-85-6 Abstract
371 N.H.K. Burton, A.P. Goddard & A. Grant (2004) Impacts of changes in sewage disposal on populations of waterbirds wintering on the Northumbrian coast. Report for 2003/04. ISBN 978-1-906204-67-9 Abstract
373 Calladine, J., Wernham, C.V. & Robertson, D. (Oct 2004) The ranging behaviour of some granivorous passerines in winter on farmland: Report for the second season Winter 2003/04. ISBN No: 1-904870-13-9 47pp £5.00 Abstract
375 Chamberlain D., Calladine J. & Harding N. (2004) Ornithological Survey of a Proposed Windfarm at Nigg Hill ISBN 978-1-906204-13-6 Abstract
376 Newson, S.E., Crowe, O. & Noble, D. (July 04) (Published July 05) Scoping study on integrating CBS and BBS data to generate All-Ireland trends. ISBN: 1-904870-47-3 34pp £2.50 Abstract
377 Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E. & Joys, A.C. (March 2004, Published April 2005) Investigation of methods for producing joint CBC – BBS trends. ISBN 1-904870-27-9 70pp £5.00
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379 A.N. Banks, D.N. Noble & M.M. Rehfisch (2005) Thames Water Overwintering and Breeding Bird Indicators: Feasibility Study. ISBN 978-1-906204-12-9 Abstract
380 N.H.K. Burton, A.N. Banks, J.R. Calladine, G.E. Austin, M.J.S. Armitage & S.J. Holloway (2005) Indexing Winter Gull Populations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: an analysis of data from the 1953 to 2004 Winter Gull Roost Surveys ISBN: 1-906204-37-2. Abstract
382 Carter, N. & Glue, D. (2004) Westfield Farm, Cambs Plot 1572 Report on Breeding Birds 2003. ISBN 1-904870-14-7 15pp £2.50 Abstract
384 Chamberlain, D., Gough, S., Vaughan, H., Appleton, G., Freeman, S., Toms, M., Vickery, J. & Noble, D.G. (Dec 2004) The London Bird Report . (A report to The Bridge House Estates Trust) ISBN: 1-904870-18-X 190 pp £15.00
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385 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.
On-line web report at http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004
386 Glue, D. & Carter, N. (Jan 2005) Lark Rise Farm, Barton, Cambs (Plot 1571) The Countryside Restoration Trust Report on Breeding Birds 2003. ISBN 1-904870-16-3 18pp £2.50 Abstract
388 Banks, A.N. & Rehfisch, M.M. (May 2005) Overwintering waterbirds and waterskiing at Dosthill Lake ISBN: 1-904870-39-2 47pp £5.00 Abstract
393 Atkinson, P.W., Clark, N.A., Dodd, S.G. & Moss, D (Feb 2005) Changes in survival and recruitment of Oystercatchers Haemotopus ostralegus at Traeth LafanNorth Wales in relation to shellfish exploitation. ISBN: 1-904870-36-8 40pp £5.00 Abstract
398 G. Conway & I. Henderson (2005) The Status and Distribution of the European Nightjar Caprimulgus Europaeus in Britain in 2004 ISBN 978-1-906204-43-3 28pp £2.50 Abstract
394 J. Calladine, H. Crick & C. Wernham (2008) Development of methods for surveying and estimating population sixe of short-eared owls (Asio flammeus) ISBN 978-1-906204-41-9 Abstract
399 N.H.K. Burton, S. Baylis & S.J. Holloway (2005) The effects on waterbirds on Dredging at the Cardiff Bay Barrage Report for 2004/05. ISBN 978-1-906204-01-3 Abstract
400 Banks, A.N., Austin, G.E., Burton, N.H.K. & Mellan, H.J. (May 2005) Investigating possible movements of waterbirds between the Medway Estuary & Marshes SPA and neighbouring areas of the Thames and Swale Estuaries ISBN 1-904870-43-0 162pp £15.00 Abstract
401 Chamberlain, D., Freeman, S.N., Rehfisch, M.M., Fox & Desholm (Apr 2005) Appraisal of Scottish Natural Heritage’s Windfarm collision risk model and its application. ISBN: 1-904870-53-8 52pp £5.00 Abstract
402 Vickery, J.A., Atkinson, P.W., Marshall, J.H., West, T., Norris, K., Robinson, L.J., Gillings, S., Wilson, A. & Kirby, W. (May 2005) The effects of different crop stubbles and straw disposal methods on wintering birds and arable plants. ISBN: 1-904870-48-1 84pp £10.00 Abstract
403 Raven, M., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2005) The Breeding Bird Survey Report 2004 - Report No 10. ISBN 1-904870-42-2 £5.00
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404 Newson, S. & Noble, D. (2005) The production of population trends for UK mammals using BBS mammal data: 1995-2003 update. ISBN: 1-904870-40-6
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405 Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Marchant J.H. (2005) Waterways Breeding Bird Survey: preliminary analyses of mammal data 1998-2003. ISBN 1-904870-41-4
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406 Baylis, S.M., Austin, G.E., Hughes, G.J., Musgrove, A.J. & Rehfisch, M.M. (June 2005) Estimating Great Cormorant Phala crocorax carbo population changes as an aid to management. ISBN: 1-904870-49-x 45pp £5.00 Abstract
407 Robinson, R. (June 2005) Birdfacts: species profiles of birds occurring in Britain and Ireland.
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408 Leech, D.I., Banks, A.N. & Crick, H.Q.P. (2005) The influence of the 2001 Foot and Mouth disease outbreak on Barn Owl productivity in the UK. ISBN 1-904870-44-9 28pp £2.50 Abstract
409 G. Champion, A. Dewar, S. Gough, L. Haycock, I. Henderson & M. May (2005) The Value of the Sugar Beet Crop for Birds and the Farm Environment (Report A – Uncropped Headlands ISBN 978-1-906204-23-5 Abstract
410 Noble, D., Carter, P., Harris, S., Leech, D., Poulton, S. & Shearer, G. (2005) Winter Mammal Monitoring - a pilot study. ISBN: 1-9048700-45-7
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411 Leech, D.I., Crick, H.Q.P. & Shawyer, C.R. (2005) The BTO Barn Owl Monitoring Programme: fourth year 2003 ISBN: 1-904870-46-5 50pp £5.00 Abstract
414 Robinson,R.A. Learmonth, J.A., Hutson, A.M., Macleod, C.D., Sparkes, T.H., Leech, D.I., Pierce, G.J., Rehfisch, M.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. (2005) Climate Change and Migratory Species . Available as a pdf on http://www.bto.org/research/reports/researchrpt_complete/RR414_Climate%20change_&_migratory_species.pdf
416 Maclean, I.M.D., Austin, G.E. & Mellan, H.J. (Aug 2005) Wetland Bird Survey Alerts 2003/04 Changes in numbers of wintering waterbirds in the constituent countries of the UK, Special Protection Areas (SPA’s) and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI’s) . Web report link: http://blx1.bto.org/webs/alerts/index.htm
417 Burton, N.H.K. & goddard, A.P. (sept 2005 published in Apr 2009) Impacts of changes in sewage disposal on populations of waterbirds wintring on the Northumbrian coast. Report for 2004/05. ISBN 978-1-906204-53-2 40pp. £5.00 Abstract
419 A.N. Banks, I.M.D. Maclean, N.H.K. Burton, G.E. Austin, N. Carter, D.E. Chamberlain, C. Holt & M.M. Rehfisch (2005) The Potential Effects on Birds of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Report for February 2004 to March 2005. ISBN 978-1-906204-04-4 Abstract
422 G. Conway & I. Henderson (2005) A continuation Survey of Nightjars Caprimulgus on SSSIs in East Anglia 2005 ISBN 978-1-906204-03-7 Abstract
423 John Calladine (2005) A pilot study to test the efficacy of field methods for wide scale monitoring of Ptarmigan in Scotland. ISBN 1-904870-51-1 28pp £2.50 Abstract
424 Leech, D.I., Crick, H.Q.P. & Shawyer (2005) The BTO Barn Owl Monitoring Programme: 5th year 2004. ISBN: 1-904870-52-X 64pp £5.00
428 Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. (2006) The production of population trends for UK mammals using BBS mammal data: 1995-2004 update. ISBN No 1-904870-54-6.
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429 G.J. Conway, H.Q.P. Crick, R.J. Fuller, M. Handschuh, I.M.D. Maclean, J.H. Marchant, A.J. Musgrove, S.E. Newson, D.G. Noble, M.M. Rehfisch & R.M. Thewlis (2006) Coverage of designated Sites in England by BTO Bird Monitoring Schemes: A Review to 2005 ISBN 978-1-906204-16-7 Abstract
430a Carter, N. (2006) Westfield Farm, Cambridgeshire (Plot 1572), The Countryside Restoration Trust Report on Breeding Birds 2004. ISBN: 1-904870-80-5. Abstract
431 Collier, M.P., Burton, N.H.K. & Baylis, S. A survey and assessment of the birds of the Cam Washes and Berry Fen SSSIs, Cambridgeshire, focussing on breeding and wintering waterbirds. ISBN: 1-904870-81-3. Abstract
432 I.M.D. Maclean, N.H.K. Burton & G.E. Austin (2006) Declines in over-wintering diving ducks at Lough Neagh and Lough Beg: comparisions of within site, regional, national and European trends. ISBN 978-1-906204-06-8 Abstract
433 Newson, S.E., Ekins, G.R., Marchant, J.H., Rehfisch, M.M. & Sellers, R.M. (2006) The status of inland and coastal breeding Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in England. ISBN. No. 1-904870-72-4. Abstract
434 Burton, H.H.K. & Holloway, S.J. (2006) The effects on waterbirds of dredging at the Cardiff Bay Barrage Report for 2005/06 ISBN: 1-904870-88-0 Abstract
435 Baillie, S.R., Marchant, J.H., Crick, H.Q.P., Noble, D.G., Balmer, D.E., 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. (2006) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status 2005.
Online web report at http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2005
436 Grieve, A., Holloway, S.J., Rehfisch, M.M. & Fletcher, D.J. (2006) Qurm Environmental Information Centre (QEIC) Development Project: Creation of Natural Lagoons and Visitor Facilities. ISBN: 1-904870-74-0 Abstract
437 D.E. Chamberlain & J.A. Vickery (2006) Assessment of the Impacts of the Entry Level Scheme on Bird Populations: Results from the Baseline Year, 2005. ISBN 978-1-906204-11-2 Abstract
438 G.E. Austin, S.J. Holloway & M.M. Rehfisch (2006) 2007 Non-estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey: Preparation & Stratification ISBN 978-1-906204-99-6 Abstract
439 Raven, M.J. & Noble, D.G. (2006) The Breeding Bird Survey 2005 - Report No 11. ISBN 1-904870-75-9 £5.00
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440 A.N. Banks, I.M.D. Maclean, N.H.K. Burton, G.E. Austin, N. Caretr, D.E. Chamberlain, C. Holt, M.M. Rehfisch, S. Pinder, A, Batty, E. Wakefield & P.Gill (2006) The Potential Effects on Birds of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Report for February 2004 to April 2006. ISBN 978-1-906204-05-1 Abstract
442 N.H.K. Burton & A. Goddard (2006) Impacts of changes in sewage disposal on the Northumbrian coast – Final Report. ISBN978-1-906-204-66-2 Abstract
443 Banks, A.N., Ellis, P., Holloway, S.J., Holt, C., Horner, R., Maclean, I.M.D., Marchant, J., Musgrove, A.J., Schofield, R.A., Sheldon J. & Stenning, J. Surveying waterbirds in Morecambe Bay for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) Low Tide Count Scheme. ISBN: 1-904870-76-7. Abstract
444 Carter, N. (2006) Lark Rise Farm, Barton, Cambs (Plot 1571, The Countryside Restoration TrustReport on Breeding Birds 2004. ISBN: 1-904870-79-1. Abstract
445 N.H.K. Burton, S.J. Holloway, R.M. Thewlis, N. Carter & M.M. Rehfisch (2006) The Potential Effects on Birds Arising from the Onshore Infrastructure of the Proposed Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.. ISBN 978-1-906204-02-0 Abstract
446 Ilya M.D. Maclean, Henrik Skov, Mark M. Rehfisch and Werner Piper (2006) Use of aerial surveys to detect bird displacement by offshore windfarms Published by COWRIE Ltd. Abstract
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Crick, H. Q. P., Atkinson, P.W, Newson, S. E., Robinson, R A., Snow L., Balmer, D.E., Chamberlain,D.E., Clark, J.A., Clark,N.I., Cranswick, P.A., Cromie,R.L., Hughes, B., Grantham, M.J., Lee, R., & Musgrove, A.J.
Avain Influenza Incursion Analysis (through wild birds). ISBN: 1-904870-87-2. Abstract
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451 G.E. Austin, N.H.K. Burton & M.M. Rehfisch (2006) Newport Wetlands Reserve: Assessment of the SPA Established Wetland 2000/1 to 2005/06 ISBN 978-1-906204-00-6 Abstract
453 Robinson, R.A. & Clark, J.A. (2007) Declines of Afro-Palaearctic Migrants: Reviewing Current Information and Developing Hypotheses ISBN 1-904870-92-9 Abstract
454 Leech, D.I., Barimore, C.J., Crick, H.Q.P. & Shawyer, C.R. (2006) The BTO Barn Owl Monitoring Programme: sixth year 2005 ISBN: 1-904870-89-9. Abstract

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