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It is BTO’s policy to make public the results of our research. Our aim is to publish as much as possible of our work in the peer reviewed scientific literature.  Many results are also published in our BTO Research Report series.

Gunnarsson, T.G., Gill, J.A., Atkinson, P.W., G 2006. Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 75 : 1 119-1 127 Link to Article (DOI: 1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01131.x)
Gunnarsson, T.G., Gill, J.A., Goodacre, S.L., G 2006. Sexing of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa islandica: a comparison of behavioural, molecular, biometric and field-based techniques. Bird Study 53 : 193-198 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461433)
Gunnarsson, T.G., Gill, J.A., Goodacre, S.L., Gélinaud, G., Atkinson, P.W., Hewitt, G.M., Potts, P.M. & Sutherland, W.J. 2006. Sexing of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa islandica: a comparison of behavioural, molecular, biometric and field-based techniques.. Bird Study 53 : 193-198 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461433)
Hamer, K.C., Lewis, S., Wanless, S., Phillips, R.A., Sherratt, T.N., Humphreys, E.M., Hennicke, J. & Garthe, S. 2006. Use of gannets to monitor prey availability in the NE Atlantic Ocean: colony size, diet and foraging behaviour. Book title: Top predators in marine ecosystems: their role in monitoring and management Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Link to Article (DOI: 10.2277/052161256x)
Hardey, J., Crick, H., Wernham, C., Riley, H., Etheridge, B. & Thompson, D. 2006. Raptors: a field guide to survey and monitoring. [Superceded by 2nd edn 2009]. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh
Hewson, C.M. & Fuller, R.J. 2006. Little evidence of temporal changes in edge-use by woodland birds in southern England. Bird Study 53 : 323-327 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461449)
Holloway, S.J., Burton, N.H.K. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2006. The Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey. Book title: Waterbirds around the World The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 364-365
Huby, M., Cinderby, S., Crowe, A.M., Gillings, S., McClean, C.J., Moran, D., Owen, A. & White, P.C.L. 2006. The association of natural, social and economic factors with bird species richness in rural England. Journal of Agricultural Economics 57 : 295-312 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00053.x)
Humphreys, E.M., Wanless, S. & Bryant, D.M. 2006. Stage-dependent foraging in breeding black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla: distinguishing behavioural responses to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Journal of Avian Biology 37 : 436-446 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03594.x)
Jackson, S.F., Austin, G.E. & Armitage, M.J. 2006. Surveying waterbirds away from major waterbodies: implications for waterbird population estimates in Great Britain. Bird Study 53 : 105-111 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461423)
Jiguet, F., Julliard, R., Thomas, C.D., Dehorter, O., Newson, S.E. & Couvet, D. 2006. Thermal range predicts bird population resilience to extreme high temperatures. Ecology Letters 9 : 1 321-1 330 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00986)
Lack, P. 2006. Ringing Report 2005. Suffolk Bird Report 55 : 178-190
Learmonth, J.A., Macleod, C.D., Santos, M.B., Pierce, G.J., Crick, H.Q.P. & Robinson, R.A. 2006. Potential effects of climate change on marine mammals. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44 CRC Press : 431-464
Leech, D.I., Rowe, L.V. & Hartley, I.R. 2006. Experimental evidence for adjustment of parental investment in relation to brood sex ratio in the Blue Tit. Animal Behaviour 72 : 1 301-1 307 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.03.017)
Maclean, I.M.D., Hassall, M., Boar, R.R. & Lake, I.R. 2006. Effects of disturbance and habitat loss on papyrus-dwelling passerines. Biological Conservation 131 : 349-358 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.003)
Macleod, R., Barnett, P., Clark, J.A. & Cresswell, W. 2006. Mass-dependent predation risk as a mechanism for house sparrow declines?. Biology Letters 2 : 43-46 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0421)
Morecroft, M.D., Sier, A.R.J., Elston, D.A., Nevison, I.M., Hall, J.R., Rennie, S.C., Parr, T.W. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2006. Targeted monitoring of air pollution and climate change impacts on biodiversity. A report to Defra. CEH, Wallingford
Niles, L.J., Dey, A.D., Douglass, N.J., Clark, J.A., Clark, N.A., Gates, A.S., Harrington, B.A., Peck, M.K. & Sitters, H.P. 2006. Red Knots wintering in Florida: 2005/6 expedition. Wader Study Group Bulletin 111 : 86-99 View Abstract
Rehfisch, M.M. & Austin, G.E. 2006. Climate change and coastal waterbirds - the United Kingdom experience reviewed. Book title: Waterbirds around the World The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 398-404
Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J., Hughes, B., Rhymer, J., Robertson, P., Shaw, K.A. & Williams, M. 2006. Symposium 33 Introduction to competition and hybridization resulting from introduced waterbirds: an issue rising up the political agenda. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 : 570-571 View Abstract
Rehfisch, M.M., Blair, M.J., McKay, H. & Musgrove, A.J. 2006. S33-1 The impact and status of introduced waterbirds in Africa, Asia Minor, Europe and the Middle East. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 : 572-575 View Abstract
Robinson, R.A. 2006. Killer Bush. (Response in 'The last word'). New Scientist 2 254
Robinson, R.A., Siriwardena, G.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2006. S31-1 The population decline of the Starling Sturnus vulgaris in Great Britain: patterns and causes. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 : 550-553 View Abstract
Serra, L., Clark, N.A. & Clark, J.A. 2006. Primary moult, body mass and migration of Grey Plovers Pluvialis squatarola in Britain. Ibis 148 : 292-301 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00532.x)
Siriwardena, G.M. 2006. Avian nest predation, competition and the decline of British Marsh Tits Parus palustris. Ibis 148 : 255-265 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00525.x)
Siriwardena, G.M., Calbrade, N.A., Vickery, J.A., & Sutherland, W.J. 2006. The effect of the spatial distribution of winter seed food resources on their use by farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 : 628-639 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01170.x)
Sparks, T.H., Collinson, N., Crick, H.Q.P., Croxton, P., Edwards, M., Huber, K., Jenkins, D., Johns, D., Last, F., Maberly, S., Marquiss, M., Pickup, J., Roy, D., Sims, D., Shaw, D., Turner, A., Watson, A., Woiwod, I. & Woodbridge, K. 2006. Natural Heritage Trends of Scotland: phenological indicators of climate change. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 167. SNH, Inverness View Abstract
Spina, F. & Clark, J.A. 2006. EURING: its role in migration and flyway atlases. Book title: Waterbirds around the World The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 569-573
Stroud, D.A., Harradine, J., Shedden, C., Hughes, J., Williams, G., Clark, J.A. & Clark, N.A. 2006. Reducing waterbird mortality in severe cold weather: 25 years of statutory shooting suspensions in Britain. Book title: Waterbirds around the World The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 784-790
Sutherland, W.J., Armstrong-Brown, S., Armsworth, P.R., Brereton, T., Brickland, J., Campbell, C.D., Chamberlain, D.E., Cooke, A.I., Dulvy, N.K., Dusic, N.R., Fitton, M., Freckleton, R.P., Godfray, H.C., Grout, N., Harvey, H.J., Hedley, C., Hopkins, J.J., Kift, N.B., Kirby, J., Kunin, W.E., MacDonald, D.W., Markee, B., Naura, M., Neale, A.R., Oliver, T., Osborn, D., Pullin, A.S., Shardlow, M.E.A., Showler, D.A., Smith, P.L., Smithers, R.J., Solandt, J-L., Spencer, J., Spray, C.J, Thomas, C.D., Thompson, J., Webb, S.E., Yalden, D.W., & Watkinson, A.R. 2006. The identification of one hundred ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 : 617-627 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01188.x)
Toms, M.P. & Newson, S.E. 2006. Volunteer surveys as a means of inferring trends in garden mammal populations. Mammal Review 26 : 309-317 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00094.x)
Tryjanowski, P., Sparks, T.H. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2006. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio nest performance in a declining British population: a comparison with a stable population in Poland. Ornis Fennica 83 : 181-186 View Abstract
Wanless, S., Frederiksen, M., Harris, M.P. & Freeman, S.N. 2006. Survival of Gannets Morus bassanus in Britain and Ireland, 1959-2002. Bird Study 53 : 79-85 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461419)
Wilson, J.D., Akriotis, T., Balmer, D.E., Hatton, L. & Millar, S. 2006. Biometrics and wing moult of migrating Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica in Greece. Ringing & Migration 23 : 57-61 View Abstract
Appleton, G.F. & Balmer, D. 2005. Moving on up - migration: the first arrival dates of our summer migrants are the subject of folklore and cutting-edge ornithological research alike. Birdwatch - April 2005 : 25-28
Atkinson, P.W., Baker, A.J., Bevan, R.M., Clark, N.A., Cole, K.B., Gonzalez, P.M., Newton, J., Niles, L.J., & Robinson, R.A. 2005. Unravelling the migration and moult strategies of a long-distance migrant using stable isotopes: Red Knot Calidris canutus movements in the Americas. Ibis 147 : 738-749 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00455.x)
Atkinson, P.W., Clark N.A., Dodd., S.G. & Moss, D. 2005. Changes in fisheries practices and Oystercatcher survival, recruitment and body mass in a marginal Cockle fishery. Ardea 93 : 199-212 View Abstract
Atkinson, P.W., Fuller, R.J., Vickery, J.A., Conway, G.J., Tallowin, J.R.B., Smith, R.E.N., Haysom, K.A., Ings, T.C., Asteraki, E.J. & Brown V.K. 2005. Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use by birds in lowland England. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 : 932-942 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01070.x)
Austin, G.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2005. Shifting nonbreeding distributions of migratory fauna in relation to climatic change. Global Change Biology 11 : 31-38 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00876.x)
Besbeas, P., Freeman, S.N. & Morgan, B.J.T. 2005. The potential of integrated population modelling. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 47 : 35-48 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.00370.x)
Browne, S.J., Aebischer, N.J. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2005. Breeding ecology of Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in Britain during the period 1941-2000: an analysis of BTO nest record cards. Bird Study 52 : 1-9 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461368)
Burton, N.H.K. & Armitage, M.J.S. 2005. Differences in the diurnal and nocturnal use of intertidal feeding grounds by Redshank Tringa totanus. Bird Study 52 : 120-128 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461381)
Burton, N.H.K., Fuller, R.A. & Eaton, M.A. 2005. Between-year changes in the wintering sites of Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres: a response to diminished food resources?. Wader Study Group Bulletin 107 : 36-39 View Abstract
Cannon, A.R., Chamberlain, D.E., Toms, M.P., Hatchwell, B. J. & Gaston, K.J. 2005. Trends in the use of private gardens by wild birds in Great Britain, 1995-2002. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 : 659-671 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01050.x)
Catry, P., Lecoq, M., Arua 2005. Differential migration of chiffchaffs Phyllosocopus collybita and P. ibericus in Europe and Africa. Journal of Avian Biology 36 : 184-190 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03445.x)
Chamberlain, D.E., Vickery, J.A., Glue, D.E., Robinson, R.A., Conway, G.J., Woodburn, R.J.W. & Cannon, A.R. 2005. Annual and seasonal trends in the use of garden feeders by birds in winter. Ibis 147 : 563-575 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00430.x)
Clark, J.A., Robinson, R.A., Balmer, D.E., Blackburn, J.R., Grantham, M.J., Griffin, B.M., Marchant, J.H., Risely, K. & Adams, S.Y. 2005. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2004. Ringing & Migration 22 : 213-253 View Abstract
Clark, N.A. & Austin, G.E. 2005. The use of tape recordings of roosting wader flocks to increase wader mist netting success. Wader Study Group Bulletin 107 : 46-49 View Abstract
Clark, N.A., Gillings, S., Baker, A.J., Gonz 2005. The production and use of permanently inscribed leg flags for waders. Wader Study Group Bulletin 108 : 38-41 View Abstract
Clarke, R., Lauder, A., Field, R. & Newson, S.E. 2005. Current colour-ringing projects on cormorants in the UK. Cormorant Research Group Bulletin 6 : 58-60 View Abstract

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