Publications

Refereed papers
BTO Research Reports
Other publications
BirdTrends Reports
State of the UK's Birds Reports

Refereed Papers

Brereton, T.M., Cruickshanks, K.L. Risely, K., Noble, D.G., Roy, D. B. (2010) Developing and launching a wider countryside butterfly survey across the United Kingdom. Journal of Insect Conservation, preprint DOI 10.1007/s10841-010-9345-8.

Davey, C.M., Vickery, J.A., Boatman, N.D., Chamberlain, D.E., Parry, H.R. & Siriwardena, G.M. (2010). Assessing the impact of Environmental Stewardship on lowland farmland birds in England. Aspects of Applied Biology 100:51-58

Davey, C.M., Vickery, J.A., Boatman, N.D., Chamberlain, D.E., Parry, H.R. & Siriwardena, G.M. (2010). Assessing the impact of Entry Level Stewardship on lowland farmland birds in England. Ibis 152: 459–474.

Davey, C.M., Vickery, J.A., Boatman, N.D., Chamberlain, D.E. Parry, H.R. & Siriwardena, G.M. (2010). Regional variation in the efficacy of Entry Level Stewardship in England. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 139: 121-128.

Davey, C.M., Chamberlain, D.E., Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Johnston, A. (2011) Rise of the generalists: evidence for climate driven homogenization in avian communities. Global Ecology and biogeography DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00693.x

Douglas, D.J.T., Newson, S.E., Leech, D.I., Noble, D.G. & Robinson, R.A. (2010). How important are climate-induced changes in host availability for population processes in an obligate brood parasite, the European cuckoo? Oikos 119: 1834-1840.

Eaton, M.A., Brown, A.F., Noble, D.G., Musgrove, A.J., Hearn, R.D., Aebischer, N.J., Gibbons, D.W., Evans, A. & Gregory, R.D. (2009) Birds of Conservation Concern 3: the population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. British Birds 102: 296–341.

Eglington, S.M., Davis, S.E., Joys, A.C., Chamberlain, D.E. & Noble, D.G. (2010) The effect of observer experience on English Breeding Bird Survey population trends. Bird Study. 57, 129-142

Evans, K.L., Newson, S.E., Storch, D., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. (2008) Spatial scale, abundance and the species-energy relationship in British birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77, 395-405.

Evans, K.L., Newson, S.E., & Gaston, K.J. (2009) Habitat influences on urban avian assemblages. Ibis, 151, 19-31.

Evans, K.L., Chamberlain, D.E., Hatchwell, B.J., Gregory, R.D. & Gaston, K.J. (2011). What makes an urban bird? Global Change Biology 17: 32–44.

Freeman, S.N., Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E. & Baillie, S.R. (2007) Modelling population changes using data from different surveys: the Common Birds Census and the Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Study, 54, 61-72.

Freeman, S.N. & Newson, S.E. (2008) On a log-linear approach to detecting ecological interactions in monitored populations. Ibis, 150, 250-258.

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. 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.

Gillings, S., Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Vickery, J.A. (2005) Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding population trends. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B Biological Sciences, 272 (1564), 733-739.

MacLeod, C.J., Newson, S.E., Blackwell, G. & Duncan, R.P. (2009) Enhanced niche opportunities: can they explain the success of New Zealand’s introduced bird species? Diversity & Distributions, 15, 41-49.

Magurran, A.E., Baillie, S.R., Buckland, S.T., Dick, J McP, Elston, D.A., Scott, E.M., Smith, R.I., Somerfield, P.J. & Watt, A.D. (2010). Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 574-582.

Morrison, C.A., Robinson, R.A., Clark, J.A & Gill, J.A. (2010) Spatial and temporal variation in population trends in a long-distance migratory bird. Diversity & Distributions 16:620-627.

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

Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. (2008) The Breeding Bird Survey for mapping Britain's birds: A preliminary assessment of performance at two spatial scales. Rivista Catalana d'Ornithologia, 24, 107-117.

Newson, S.E., Evans, K.L., Noble, D.G., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. (2008) Use of distance sampling to improve estimates of national population sizes for common and widespread breeding birds in the UK. J. Appl. Ecol., 45, 1330-1338. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01480x

Newson, S.E., Ockendon, N., Joys, A., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2009) Comparison of habitat-specific trends in the abundance of breeding birds in the UK. Bird Study, 56, 233-243

Newson, S.E., Rexstad, E.A., Baillie, S.R., Buckland, S.T. & Aebischer, N.J. (2010). Population change of avian predators and grey squirrels in England: Is there evidence for an impact on avian prey populations? Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 244-252.

Newson, S.E., Leech, D.I., Hewson, C.M., Crick, H.Q.P. & Grice, P.V. (2010) Population impact of grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis on woodland bird populations in England. Journal of Ornithology, 151, 211-218.

Newson, S.E., Johnston, A., Parrott, D. & Leech, D.I. (2011). Evaluating the population-level impact of an invasive species, Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri, on native avifauna. Ibis 113: 509-516.

Noble, D.G & Raven, M.J. (2002) Regional trends in farmland birds in the UK. Aspects of Applied Biology 6, Birds and Agriculture, 141-146.

Pickett, S.R.A. & Siriwardena, G.M. (2011). The relationship between multi-scale habitat heterogeneity and farmland bird abundance. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06608.x (online early)

Renwick, A.R., Massimino, D., Newson, S.E., Chamberlain, D.E., Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Johnston, A. (in press) Modelling changes in species’ abundance in response to projected climate change. Diversity and Distributions

Robinson, R.A., Lawson, B., Toms, M.P., Peck, K.M., Kirkwood, J.K., Chantrey, J., Clatworthy, I.R., Evans, A.D., Hughes, L.A., Hutchinson, O.C., John, S.K., Pennycott, T.W., Perkins, M.W., Rowley, S.A., Simpson, V.R., Tyler, K.M. & Cunningham A.A. (2010) Emerging infectious disease leads to rapid populations declines of common British birds. PLOS One 5(8): e12215. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012215

Sims, V., Evans, K.L., Newson, S.E., Tratalos, J. & Gaston, K.J. (2008) Avian assemblage structure and domestic cat densities in urban environments. Diversity & Distributions, 14, 387-399.

Siriwardena, G.M., Cooke, I.R. & Sutherland, W.J. (2011). Landscape, cropping and field boundary influences on bird abundance. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06839.x (online early)

Thaxter C, Joys A, Gregory R, Baillie S & Noble D. (2010) Hypotheses to explain patterns of population change among breeding bird species in England. Biological Conservation 143: 2006-2019.  

BTO Research Reports

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.

Eglington, S.M. & Noble, D.G. (2010) Final Report for 2009 on the Scottish Woodland Breeding Bird Surveys.  BTO Research Report 549. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Link

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.

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

Freeman, S.N., Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E. & Baillie, S.R. (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.

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.

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.

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.

Newson, S.E. & Noble D.G. (2003) Producing statistically valid maps of species abundance from UK Breeding Bird Survey counts using Geostatistical Analyst in ArcGIS. BTO Research Report 318.

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.

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.

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.  

Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. (2006) The production of population trends for UK mammals using BBS mammal data: 1995-2004 update. BTO Research Report No. 428. BTO, Thetford. 

Noble, D.G., Newson, S.E. & Joys, A.C. (2004) Investigation of methods for producing joint CBC – BBS trends. BTO Research Report 377.

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.

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.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.

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.

Other publications 

Buckland, S.T., Studeny, A., Magurran, A.E. & Newson, S.E. (2011). Biodiversity monitoring: the relevance of detectability. In:Biological diversity: frontiers in measurement and assessment. Eds. A. Magurran & B. McGill. Oxford University Press

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.

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.

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. (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.