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Farmland Grassland Habitats International Marine Migration Monitoring Non-natives Other wildlife Population dynamics Predators Renewables Species interactions Technology Tracking Upland Urban Wetland Wildlife health Woodland Search Reset Assessing the vulnerability of wild bird populations to high pathogenicity avian influenza Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Clewley, G., Bolton, M., Banyard, A.C., Marco Falchierie, M., Lindley, P. & Atkinson, P.W. Published: 2025 A vulnerability assessment to high pathogenicity avian influenza predicted mortality at the avian family, but not the species, level. Waterfowl, seabirds, other waterbirds and raptors were ranked as most vulnerable families. 16.05.25 Papers View on journal website Using expert elicitation to assess the likely effectiveness of conservation interventions during an unprecedented outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Pollock, C.J. Published: 2025 16.05.25 Papers View on journal website How do synchrony in survival and productivity influence abundance synchrony in European landbirds? Author: Morrison, C.A., Gill, J.A., Buchan, C., Robinson, R.A., Arizaga, J., Baltà, O., Baltag, E., Cepák, J., Henry, P.-Y., Henshaw, I.,Karcza, Z., Lehikoinen, P., Jorge Lopes, R., Meister, B., Pirello, S., Thorup, K. & Butler, S.J. Published: 2025 We all know that population vary over time, but also between locations. However, the changes in some locations can be more similar to each other than the changes at other locations, that is the ups and downs over time tend to be more closely matched. This is known as ‘synchrony’, when the population does well at one site, it does well at others, and similarly they tend to dip at the same time. There can be a number of reasons why this might occur, including similar changes in habitat, or weather, or simply populations might be linked by dispersing individuals. Understanding these patterns can help in the design of conservation strategies by helping better target scarce resources to where they might be most effective. 13.05.25 Papers View on journal website Using ring (band) recovery data to examine the impact of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) on wild bird populations Author: Johnston, D.T., Atkinson, P.W., Leech, E.I., Burton, N.H.K., Humphreys, E.M., Robinson, R.A., Blackburn, J.R., Blackburn, A.C., Brides, K., Boland, H., Burke, B., Daunt, F., Davies, J.C., Edwards, P.J., Furness, R.W., Holman, D., Redfern, C.P.F., Swann, R.L., Roper, P., Stansfield, S.D., Walsh, A.J. & Pearce-Higgins, J.W Published: 2025 02.05.25 Papers View on journal website Significant decline of a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo population during an outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) Author: Swann, R.L, & Beckmann, B.C. Published: 2025 30.04.25 Papers View on journal website Reduced breeding success consistent with effects of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) on raptors in Scotland in 2022 Author: Wilson, M.W., Beckmann, B.C. & Wernham, C.V. Published: 2025 28.04.25 Papers View on journal website Description of the downy chicks of the Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Author: Wetherhill, A.S., Dickson A. Matthew, D.A., Mayowa, E.S. & Izang, M.S. Published: 2025 The Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus is fairly common across its wide distribution in west and central Africa, south of the Sahel zone, but until this study, its downy chicks had been described only briefly. 22.04.25 Papers View on journal website Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next Last page Last
Search settings Search Order by: Order by Latest Oldest Filter by: BTO Author Species Partners Publication Year Project Region Science topic BTO Author Adham Ashton-ButtAilidh BarnesAli JohnstonAllison KewAmanda TraskAmy ChallisAndrew DobsonAndrew JoysAndy ClementsAndy MusgroveAnna RenwickAnne CottonAnthony WetherhillAonghais CookBen DarvillBjörn BeckmannBlaise MartayBob SwannBrian EtheridgeBridget GriffinCallum MacgregorCarl BarimoreCaroline BrightonCat MorrisonCatharine HorswillCharlotte WattsChas HoltChris HewsonChris PollockChris ThaxterChris WernhamClaire BoothbyClare SimmDan ChamberlainDaniel JohnstonDaria DadamDario MassiminoDavid DouglasDavid JarrettDavid NobleDavid NorfolkDawn BalmerDiana de PalacioDorian MossEllie LeechEmily ScraggEmma CaulfieldEsther KettelGary ClewleyGavin SiriwardenaGraham AppletonGraham AustinGreg ConwayHannah HerewardHarry EwingHazel McCambridgeHeidi MellanHenrietta PringleHugh HanmerIain DownieIan HendersonIan WoodwardJacob DaviesJacquie ClarkJames BrayJames ClarkeJames HeywoodJames Pearce-HigginsJennifer BorderJeremy SmithJez BlackburnJoe CooperJohn CalladineJohn MarchantJuliet VickeryKaren WrightKate PlummerKate RiselyKatharine BowgenKatherine Booth JonesKelvin JonesKev LeightonLee BarberLiz HumphreysLucy WrightMadeleine BartonMáire KirklandMandy CookMark GranthamMark HulmeMark MillerMark RehfischMark WilsonMartin SullivanMike TomsNancy OckendonNeil CalbradeNiall BurtonNick MoranNicola BuggNigel ClarkNina O’HanlonPaul NoyesPeadar O'ConnellPeter LackPhil AtkinsonPhilipp Boersch-SupanRachel TaylorRob FullerRob RobinsonRobert JaquesRos GreenRuth WalkerSabine SchäeferSamantha FranksSamuel LangloisSarah EglingtonSarah HarrisShane WolseySimon GillingsSophie BennettStaffan RoosStephen BaillieStephen McAvoyStuart NewsonSu GoughTeresa FrostTim HarrisonViola Ross-Smith Species Arctic SkuaArctic TernAvocetBadgerBar-tailed GodwitBarnacle GooseBatsBewick’s SwanBlack GrouseBlack GuillemotBlack RatBlack-headed GullBlack-tailed GodwitBlack-throated DiverBlackbirdBlackcapBlue TitBrown RatButterflies and mothsBuzzardCanada GooseCarrion CrowChaffinchChiffchaffChoughCommon GullCommon NighthawkCommon TernCormorantCorn BuntingCuckooCurlewCurlew SandpiperDunlinEdible DormouseEiderFieldfareFulmarGannetGatekeeperGolden EagleGolden OrioleGolden PloverGoldeneyeGoldfinchGoosanderGoshawkGreat Black-backed GullGreat Crested GrebeGreat Northern DiverGreat SkuaGreat TitGreater Spotted EagleGreen-veined WhiteGreenfinchGreenshankGrey PloverGuillemotHarvest MouseHazel DormouseHerring GullHobbyHooded CrowHouse MartinHouse MouseHouse SparrowInvertebratesJayKittiwakeKnotLapwingLeach’s PetrelLesser Black-backed GullLesser Spotted WoodpeckerLinnetLittle OwlLittle Ringed PloverLittle TernLong-tailed DuckLong-tailed TitMagpieMallardMammalsManx ShearwaterMarsh TitMediterranean GullMontagu’s HarrierMoorhenNightingaleNightjarNuthatchOriental CuckooOystercatcherPeregrinePheasantPied FlycatcherPuffinPurple SandpiperRavenRazorbillRed-backed ShrikeRed-breasted MerganserRed-legged PartridgeRed-throated DiverRedshankRedstartRedwingRing-necked ParakeetRinged PloverRookRoseate TernRuffSanderlingSandwich TernSemipalmated SandpiperSerinShagShelduckShort-eared OwlShort-toed TreecreeperSiskinSkylarkSlavonian GrebeSmall WhiteSmewSnipeSong ThrushSpotted FlycatcherSpotted RedshankStarlingStorm PetrelSwallowSwiftTawny OwlTealTemminck’s StintTree PipitTree SparrowTurnstoneTurtle DoveVelvet ScoterWhimbrelWhinchatWhite StorkWhite-fronted GooseWhite-tailed EagleWillow TitWillow WarblerWood mouseWood WarblerWoodcockWoodpigeonWrenWryneckYellow-browed WarblerYellow-legged GullYellow-necked Mouse Partners BTO DAERA JNCC Natural England NatureScot RSPB From year Choose2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995 To year Choose2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995 Month Month ChooseJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day Choose12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Project ChooseBird Ringing SchemeBirds in GreenspacesBirdTrackBlackbirds in GardensBreeding Bird Survey (BBS)BTO Acoustic PipelineCuckoo Tracking ProjectCudyll Cymru – Monitoring Raptors in WalesCudyll Cymru – Monitoring Raptors in Wales (Cymraeg)Gamekeeper Wader TransectsGarden Bird Feeding SurveyGarden BirdWatchGarden Wildlife HealthGoose and Swan Monitoring ProgrammeHeathland Birds SurveyHeronries CensusNest Record SchemeNesting NeighboursSeabird Monitoring ProgrammeVolunteer Mountain Hare SurveyWader CalendarWaterways Breeding Bird SurveyWetland Bird Survey (WeBS)Winter Bird SurveyWoodcock Survey Region UK East of England South East England East Midlands South West Ireland London West Midlands Island territories North East Yorkshire and the Humber Northern Ireland North West Scotland Wales Science topic Biodiversity Birds and people Climate change Conservation Demographics Farmland Grassland Habitats International Marine Migration Monitoring Non-natives Other wildlife Population dynamics Predators Renewables Species interactions Technology Tracking Upland Urban Wetland Wildlife health Woodland Search Reset Assessing the vulnerability of wild bird populations to high pathogenicity avian influenza Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Clewley, G., Bolton, M., Banyard, A.C., Marco Falchierie, M., Lindley, P. & Atkinson, P.W. Published: 2025 A vulnerability assessment to high pathogenicity avian influenza predicted mortality at the avian family, but not the species, level. Waterfowl, seabirds, other waterbirds and raptors were ranked as most vulnerable families. 16.05.25 Papers View on journal website Using expert elicitation to assess the likely effectiveness of conservation interventions during an unprecedented outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Pollock, C.J. Published: 2025 16.05.25 Papers View on journal website How do synchrony in survival and productivity influence abundance synchrony in European landbirds? Author: Morrison, C.A., Gill, J.A., Buchan, C., Robinson, R.A., Arizaga, J., Baltà, O., Baltag, E., Cepák, J., Henry, P.-Y., Henshaw, I.,Karcza, Z., Lehikoinen, P., Jorge Lopes, R., Meister, B., Pirello, S., Thorup, K. & Butler, S.J. Published: 2025 We all know that population vary over time, but also between locations. However, the changes in some locations can be more similar to each other than the changes at other locations, that is the ups and downs over time tend to be more closely matched. This is known as ‘synchrony’, when the population does well at one site, it does well at others, and similarly they tend to dip at the same time. There can be a number of reasons why this might occur, including similar changes in habitat, or weather, or simply populations might be linked by dispersing individuals. Understanding these patterns can help in the design of conservation strategies by helping better target scarce resources to where they might be most effective. 13.05.25 Papers View on journal website Using ring (band) recovery data to examine the impact of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) on wild bird populations Author: Johnston, D.T., Atkinson, P.W., Leech, E.I., Burton, N.H.K., Humphreys, E.M., Robinson, R.A., Blackburn, J.R., Blackburn, A.C., Brides, K., Boland, H., Burke, B., Daunt, F., Davies, J.C., Edwards, P.J., Furness, R.W., Holman, D., Redfern, C.P.F., Swann, R.L., Roper, P., Stansfield, S.D., Walsh, A.J. & Pearce-Higgins, J.W Published: 2025 02.05.25 Papers View on journal website Significant decline of a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo population during an outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) Author: Swann, R.L, & Beckmann, B.C. Published: 2025 30.04.25 Papers View on journal website Reduced breeding success consistent with effects of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) on raptors in Scotland in 2022 Author: Wilson, M.W., Beckmann, B.C. & Wernham, C.V. Published: 2025 28.04.25 Papers View on journal website Description of the downy chicks of the Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Author: Wetherhill, A.S., Dickson A. Matthew, D.A., Mayowa, E.S. & Izang, M.S. Published: 2025 The Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus is fairly common across its wide distribution in west and central Africa, south of the Sahel zone, but until this study, its downy chicks had been described only briefly. 22.04.25 Papers View on journal website Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next Last page Last
Assessing the vulnerability of wild bird populations to high pathogenicity avian influenza Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Clewley, G., Bolton, M., Banyard, A.C., Marco Falchierie, M., Lindley, P. & Atkinson, P.W. Published: 2025 A vulnerability assessment to high pathogenicity avian influenza predicted mortality at the avian family, but not the species, level. Waterfowl, seabirds, other waterbirds and raptors were ranked as most vulnerable families. 16.05.25 Papers View on journal website
Using expert elicitation to assess the likely effectiveness of conservation interventions during an unprecedented outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Pollock, C.J. Published: 2025 16.05.25 Papers View on journal website
How do synchrony in survival and productivity influence abundance synchrony in European landbirds? Author: Morrison, C.A., Gill, J.A., Buchan, C., Robinson, R.A., Arizaga, J., Baltà, O., Baltag, E., Cepák, J., Henry, P.-Y., Henshaw, I.,Karcza, Z., Lehikoinen, P., Jorge Lopes, R., Meister, B., Pirello, S., Thorup, K. & Butler, S.J. Published: 2025 We all know that population vary over time, but also between locations. However, the changes in some locations can be more similar to each other than the changes at other locations, that is the ups and downs over time tend to be more closely matched. This is known as ‘synchrony’, when the population does well at one site, it does well at others, and similarly they tend to dip at the same time. There can be a number of reasons why this might occur, including similar changes in habitat, or weather, or simply populations might be linked by dispersing individuals. Understanding these patterns can help in the design of conservation strategies by helping better target scarce resources to where they might be most effective. 13.05.25 Papers View on journal website
Using ring (band) recovery data to examine the impact of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) on wild bird populations Author: Johnston, D.T., Atkinson, P.W., Leech, E.I., Burton, N.H.K., Humphreys, E.M., Robinson, R.A., Blackburn, J.R., Blackburn, A.C., Brides, K., Boland, H., Burke, B., Daunt, F., Davies, J.C., Edwards, P.J., Furness, R.W., Holman, D., Redfern, C.P.F., Swann, R.L., Roper, P., Stansfield, S.D., Walsh, A.J. & Pearce-Higgins, J.W Published: 2025 02.05.25 Papers View on journal website
Significant decline of a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo population during an outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) Author: Swann, R.L, & Beckmann, B.C. Published: 2025 30.04.25 Papers View on journal website
Reduced breeding success consistent with effects of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) on raptors in Scotland in 2022 Author: Wilson, M.W., Beckmann, B.C. & Wernham, C.V. Published: 2025 28.04.25 Papers View on journal website
Description of the downy chicks of the Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Author: Wetherhill, A.S., Dickson A. Matthew, D.A., Mayowa, E.S. & Izang, M.S. Published: 2025 The Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus is fairly common across its wide distribution in west and central Africa, south of the Sahel zone, but until this study, its downy chicks had been described only briefly. 22.04.25 Papers View on journal website