Research Support Officer
Role and responsibilities
Heidi is a member of the Monitoring Team and she jointly organises the Wetland Bird Survey with Teresa Frost and Neil Calbrade.
Interests
Heidi is responsible for maintaining the WeBS Counter and Local Organiser database, providing access to WeBS Online and liaising with WeBS volunteer counters and the network of volunteer WeBS Local Organisers. She also helps to organise the WeBS LOAC (Local Organiser Advisory Committee), and helps to update the WeBS website.
Recent BTO publications
- Humphreys, E.M., Austin, G.E., Frost, T.M., Mellan, H.J., Boersch-Supan, P., Burton, N.H.K. & Balmer, D.E. 2021. Wader populations on the UK’s open coast: results of the 2015/16 Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS-III) and a review of population trends. Bird Study 67: 371-384 doi:10.1080/00063657.2021.1884184
- Teresa M. Frost, Neil A. Calbrade, Gillian A. Birtles, Heidi J. Mellan, Colette Hall, Anna E. Robinson, Simon R. Wotton, Dawn E. Balmer and Graham E. Austin. 2020. Waterbirds in the UK 2018/19.
- Teresa M. Frost, Graham E. Austin, Neil A. Calbrade, Heidi J. Mellan, Richard D. Hearn, A.E. Robinson, David A. Stroud, Simon R. Wotton and Dawn E. Balmer. 2019. Waterbirds in the UK 2017/18.
- Teresa M. Frost, Graham E. Austin, Neil A. Calbrade, Heidi J. Mellan, Richard D. Hearn, David A. Stroud, Simon R. Wotton and Dawn E. Balmer. 2018. Waterbirds in the UK 2016/17.
- Austin, G., Frost, T., Mellan, H. & Balmer, D. 2017. Results of the third Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey, including Population Estimates for Key Waterbird Species. BTO Research Report 697:
- Teresa M. Frost, Graham E. Austin, Neil A. Calbrade, Chas A. Holt, Heidi J. Mellan, Richard D. Hearn, David A. Stroud, Simon R. Wotton and Dawn E. Balmer. 2017. Waterbirds in the UK 2015/16.
- Teresa M. Frost, Graham E. Austin, Neil A. Calbrade, Chas A. Holt, Heidi J. Mellan, Richard D. Hearn, David A. Stroud, Simon R. Wotton and Dawn E. Balmer. 2016. Waterbirds in the UK 2014/15.
Other publications
Frost, T.M., Austin, G.E., Calbrade, N.A., Mellan, H.J., Hall, C., Hearn, R.D., Stroud, D.A., Wotton, S.R. & Balmer, D.E. 2017. Waterbirds in the UK 2015/16: The Wetland Bird Survey. BTO, RSPB and JNCC, in association with WWT. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. /webs-annual-report
Frost, T.M., Austin, G.E., Calbrade, N.A., Holt, C.A., Mellan, H.J., Hearn, R.D., Stroud, D.A., Wotton, S.R. & Balmer, D.E. 2016. Waterbirds in the UK 2014/15: The Wetland Bird Survey. BTO, RSPB and JNCC, in association with WWT. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford./webs-annual-report