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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.

Glue, D.E. & Bodenham, D. 1977. Sewage farm bird-life increases during 1976 summer drought. Bird Study 24 : 200-201 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476556)
Glue, D.E. & Bowman, P. 1977. Communal roosting at a mature gravel pit. Bird Study 24 : 198-199 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476556)
Glue, D.E. & Morgan, R.A. 1977. Recovery of bird rings in pellets and other prey traces of owls, hawks and falcons. Bird Study 24 : 111-113 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476540)
Hickling, R.A.O. 1977. Inland wintering of gulls in England and Wales, 1973. Bird Study 24 : 79-88
Hudson, R. 1977. Sections on Movements. Book title: The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol 1. University Press, Oxford
Jones, P.H., Mead, C.J. & Durman, R.F. 1977. The migration of the Pied Flycatcher from and through Britain. Bird Study 24 : 2-14 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476526)
Mead, C.J. 1977. The wing-formulae of some live warblers from Portugal. Ringing & Migration 1 : 178-183
Monaghan, P. & Coulson, J.C. 1977. Status of large gulls nesting on buildings. Bird Study 24 : 89-104
Morgan, R. & Glue, D.E. 1977. Breeding, mortality and movements of Kingfishers. Bird Study 24 : 15-24 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476527)
Morgan, R.A. & Davis, P.G. 1977. The number of broods reared by Stonechats in Surrey. Bird Study 24 : 229-232 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476562)
Peirce, M.A. & Mead, C.J. 1977. Haematozoa of British birds. II. Blood parasites of birds from Hertfordshire. Journal of Natural History 11 : 597-600 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00222937700770521)
Prater, A.J. 1977. Birds of Estuaries Enquiry, 1974-75 Report. RSPB, Sandy
Prater, A.J. 1977. The birds of the Burry Inlet. Proceedings of Burry Inlet Symposium
Prater, A.J. 1977. The distribution of coastal waders in Europe and North Africa. Book title: Proceedings International Conference on the Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl, Heligenhafen 1974 : 255-271
Prater, A.J. 1977. Wader Research Group Report. Bulletin of the International Waterfowl Research Bureau 43/44 : 47-50
Prater, A.J., Marchant, J.H. & Vuorinen, J. 1977. Guide to the identification and ageing of Holarctic waders. BTO Guide No. 17. BTO, Tring
Spencer, R. 1977. The role of the amateur in bird research in Britain and Ireland. Vogelwarte 29 : 54-56
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1977. Report on bird-ringing for 1975. Bird Study 24 : 1-64
Williamson, K. 1977. A waterways bird survey in Britain and Ireland. Polish Ecological Studies 3 : 229-236
Williamson, K. 1977. Blyth's Pipit in the Western Palearctic. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 97 : 60-61
Williamson, K. 1977. Looking at birds. Natural History Book Reviews 2 : 48-51
Williamson, K. & Batten, L.A. 1977. Ecological implications of the Common Birds Census. Polish Ecological Studies 3 : 237-244
Williamson, K., Doney, J.G. & Hager, P.D. 1977. The natural history of the Ashridge Estate. The National Trust.
Batten, L.A. 1976. Bird communities of some Killarney woodlands. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 76 : 285-313
Batten, L.A. & Marchant, J.H. 1976. Bird population changes for the years 1973-74. Bird Study 23 : 11-20 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657609476479)
Blindell, R.M. 1976. The status of the Little Tern Sterna albifrons in Essex 1950-74. Essex Bird Report 1 974 : 69-75
Broom, D.M., Dick, W.J.A., Johnson, C.E., Sales, D.I. & Zahavi A. 1976. Pied Wagtail roosting and feeding behaviour. Bird Study 23 : 267-280 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657609476513)
Bull, A.L., Mead, C.J. & Williamson, K. 1976. Bird-life on a Norfolk farm in relation to agricultural changes. Bird Study 23 : 163-182 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657609476498)
Flegg, J.J.M. & Morgan, R.A. 1976. Mortality in British gulls. Ringing & Migration 1 : 65-74
Gribble, F.C. 1976. A census of Black-headed Gull colonies in England and Wales in 1973. Bird Study 23 : 135-145
Hudson, R. 1976. Ruddy Ducks in Britain. British Birds 69 : 132-143
Hudson, R. . 1976. Threatened Birds of Europe.
Mead, C.J. & Wallace, D.I.M. 1976. Identification of European treecreepers. British Birds 69 : 117-131
Mead, C.J. & Watmough, B.R. 1976. Suspended moult of trans-Saharan migrants in Iberia. Bird Study 23 : 187-196 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657609476500)
Morgan, R. 1976. The Nest Record Scheme 1973-74. Bird Study 23 : 147-152 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657609476494)
Peirce, M.A. & Mead, C.J. 1976. Haematozoa of British birds I. Blood parasites of birds from Dumfries and Lincolnshire. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 96 : 128-132
Prater, A.J. 1976. Birds of Estuaries Enquiry. Report of counts in 1973-74. BTO/RSPB/WT, Tring.
Prater, A.J. 1976. Breeding population of the Ringed Plover in Britain. Bird Study 23 : 155-161 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657609476496)
Prater, A.J. 1976. Changes in the numbers of some waders in Devon. Devon Birds 29 : 9-19
Prater, A.J. 1976. The midwinter estuarine population of waders in Wales, 1971-74. Nature in Wales 15 : 2-7 View Abstract
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1976. The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. BTO, Tring
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1976. Report on bird-ringing for 1974. Bird Study 23 : 1-64
Williamson, K. 1976. Bird-life in the Wood of Cree, Galloway. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 70 : 206-215
Williamson, K. 1976. Recent climatic influences on the status and distribution of some British birds. Weather 31 : 362-384
Batten, L.A. & Marchant, J.H. 1975. Bird population changes for the years 1972-73. Bird Study 22 : 99-104 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476451)
Blindell, R.M. 1975. The Maplin Study Project 8. The estuarine bird populations of the region, Orwell-Thames, 1972-1975. Report to ITE/NERC.
Flegg, J.J.M. 1975. Bird population and distribution changes and the impact of man. Bird Study 22 : 191-202 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476463)
Flegg, J.J.M. & Cox, C.J. 1975. Mortality in the Black-headed Gull. British Birds 68 : 437-449
Flegg, J.J.M. & Cox, C.J. 1975. Population and predation in a tit nest box colony. Bird Study 22 : 105-112 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476452)
Flegg, J.J.M. & Glue, D.E. 1975. The nesting of the Ring Ouzel. Bird Study 22 : 1-8 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476434)

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