Neil Calbrade | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

Job Description

WeBS Low Tide Count Organiser

Role

Neil is responsible for organising the WeBS Low Tide Counts.

Qualifications

BSc Hons Countryside Management, Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire 2000

Interests & Responsibilities

Neil is responsible for the overall running of the WeBS Low Tide Counts, including maintaining the WeBS database, producing the WeBS Newsletter and annual report, promoting the scheme, and liaising with WeBS volunteer surveyors and the network of volunteer WeBS Local Organisers. Neil also deals with requests for WeBS Data.

Other Information

Neil holds a ‘C’ ringing permit

Recent BTO Publications

Ross-Smith, V.H., Calbrade, N.A. & Austin, G.E. 2015. Analysis of waterbird population trends in the Mersey estuary SPA, Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore SPA and Ribble & Alt Estuaries SPA. Research Report no. 640. Link to publication

Calbrade, N.A. 2014. WeBS Low Tide Counts on English SPAs. Research Report no. 655. ISBN: 978-1-908581-44-0 49pp

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D A Still, N A Calbrade & C A Holt 2014. Review and analysis of changes in waterbird use of the Mersey Estuary SPA, Mersey Narrows & North Wirral Foreshore SPA and Ribble & Alt Estuaries SPA. Research Report no. 648. ISBN: 978-1-908581-46-4 203pp

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Austin, G. & Calbrade, N. 2013. Within-site waterbird trends relative to whole-site, regional and national population trends: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI. Research Report no. 546. ISBN: 978-1-908581-20-4 115pp

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Calbrade, N.A., Musgrove, A.J. & Austin, G.E. 2013. Waterbirds on English Sites of Special Scientific Interest: A review of the use made by non-breeding waterbirds of the English SSSI network. Research Report no. 574. ISBN: 978-1-908581-23-5 18pp

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N.A. Calbrade 2013. Humber Estuary Low Tide Programme 2011/12. Research Report no. 642. ISBN: 978-1-908581-24-2 168pp

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Other publications

Frost, T.M., Austin, G.E., Calbrade, N.A., Mellan, H.J., Hall, C., Hearn, R.D., Stroud, D.A., Wotton, S.R. & Balmer, D.E. 2017. Waterbirds in the UK 2015/16: The Wetland Bird Survey. BTO, RSPB and JNCC, in association with WWT. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Frost, T.M., Austin, G.E., Calbrade, N.A., Holt, C.A., Mellan, H.J., Hearn, R.D., Stroud, D.A., Wotton, S.R. & Balmer, D.E. 2016. Waterbirds in the UK 2014/15: The Wetland Bird Survey. BTO, RSPB and JNCC, in association with WWT. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.