SMPnews is issued each spring. It complements the more formal SMP Report of SMP Official Statistics. The annual newsletter covers information on our survey news, seabird sites and species focuses, identification features and plenty of articles for anyone interested in seabirds.
The latest edition
The spring 2025 issue of SMPnews contains a special feature about our inland colonies of Black-headed Gulls and Common Terns, alongside a small gull ID guide and an in-depth article about seabirds at inland site Rye Meads in Hertfordshire.
You'll also find an update on the Our Lost Seabirds appeal ringing grants, which have been supporting new seabird ringing volunteers, species focus articles on Common Terns and Arctic Skuas, and an introduction to the BTO SMP team.
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SMPnews - Issue 3 - Spring 2025
The spring 2025 issue of SMPnews contains a special feature about our inland colonies of Black-headed Gulls and Common Terns, alongside a small gull ID guide and an in-depth article about seabirds at inland site Rye Meads in Hertfordshire. You'll also find an update on the Our Lost Seabirds appeal ringing grants, which have been supporting new seabird ringing volunteers, species focus articles on Common Terns and Arctic Skuas, and an introduction to the BTO SMP team.
28.04.25
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SMPnews - Issue 2 - Spring 2024
Monitoring internationally important seabird populations across the UK
28.04.24
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SMPnews - Issue 1 - Spring 2023
Welcome... to the first issue of SMP news. The Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP) tracks the population changes of the UK’s internationally important breeding seabird species at coastal and inland colonies.
28.04.23
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