Ecology and Conservation of Forest Birds

Ecology and Conservation of Forest Birds is a unique review of current understanding of the relationships between forest birds and their changing environments. Large ecological changes are being ...

Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2017

Since 1986, seabird populations in the UK and Ireland have been monitored through the Seabird Monitoring Programme coordinated on behalf of partnership organisations by JNCC. Sample data on breeding ...

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Assessing habitat use of Herring Gulls in the Morecambe Bay SPA using GPS tracking devices

Number of coastal Herring Gull populations have reduced markedly in recent years. The breeding gull colony of the South Walney and Piel Channel Flats Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), within ...

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Assessing the habitat use of Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) from the Bowland Fells SPA - ANNEX 1 - 2017 update

This annex to BTO Research Report 694 (Clewley et al. 2016) presents a summary update for 2017 on the results of a GPS tracking study of Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus breeding in the Bowland ...

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Improving understanding of the possible relationship between improving freshwater and coastal water quality and bird interest on ...

Over the past 50 years there has been widespread improvement in water quality in many freshwater and coastal systems driven by domestic and European legislation, most recently the EU Water Framework ...

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Estimating national population sizes: Methodological challenges and applications illustrated in the common nightingale, a ...

Large-scale population estimates of species are used for several reasons, including the assessment and protection of important sites. However, determining a national population requires extensive ...

Dodging the blades: new insights into three-dimensional space use of offshore wind farms by lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus

Initial findings suggest that Lesser Black-backed Gulls in north-west England fly within wind farms, but may avoid wind turbines once there.