Mark Grantham

Licensing Officer

Mark is responsible for the day-to-day licensing of ringers and nest recorders, including to disturb Schedule 1 rare breeding birds.

Interests & Responsibilities

Mark is the first port of call for all licensing queries within the Ringing and Nest Recording Team. This includes the licensing of our 3,000 ringers to operate within the law, but also to licence the disturbance of Schedule 1 rare breeding birds by ringers and nest recorders to allow them to be monitored. He also deals with many aspects of the licensing of cannon-netting, 'special methods', production of guidance materials and advising on the BTO's response to HPAI.

Other Information

Mark has been ringing for over 35 years and has been a ringing Trainer since 2003. He was ringer in charge at Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory for many years and has more recently set up West Cornwall Ringing Group, focusing on monitoring seabirds, Barn Owl and wintering warblers at sewage works.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, University of

Recent BTO Publications

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Other Publications

Archer, M., Grantham, M., Howlett, P. East Anglia item"> Walker, R.H., Robinson, R.A., Barimore, C.J., Blackburn, J.R., Barber, L.J., Bugg, N.R., McCambridge, H.E., Grantham, M.J., Griffin, B.M., Leighton, K. & Schäfer, S. 2024. Bird ringing and nest recording in Britain and Ireland in 2021. Ringing & Migration 38 : 44-88 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2023.2284510)

Newson, S.E., Moran, N.J., Musgrove, A.J., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Gillings, S., Atkinson, P.W., Miller, R., Grantham, M.J. & Baillie, S.R. 2016. Long-term changes in the migration phenology of UK breeding birds detected by large-scale citizen science recording schemes. Ibis 158 (part 3) : 481-495 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12367)

Ross-Smith, V.H., Grantham, M.J., Robinson, R.A. & Clark, J.A. 2014. Analysis of Lesser Black-backed Gull data to inform meta-population studies. Research Report no. 654. ISBN: 978-1-908581-39-6 59pp

Votier, S.C., Birkhead, T.R., Oro, D., Trinder, M., Grantham, M.J., Clark, J.A., McCleery, R.H. & Hatchwell, B.J. 2008. Recruitment and survival of immature seabirds in relation to oil spills and climate variability. Journal of Animal Ecology 77 : 974-983 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01421.x)

Atkinson, P.W., Robinson, R.A., Clark, J.A., Miyar, T., Downie, I.S., du Feu, C., Fiedler, W., Fransson, T., Grantham, M.J., Gschweng, M., Spina, F. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2007. Migratory movements of waterfowl: a web-based mapping tool. EURING report to the EU Commission. Link to publication

Grantham, M.J. & Newson, S.E. 2007. Post-mortem analysis of bird corpses from the grounding of MSC Napoli. Research Report no. 466. ISBN: 978-1-906204-08-2 21pp

and Stansfield, S. 2020. Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland. Poyser Monograph Series, Bloomsbury Publishing View on publisher’s site >

Walker, R.H., Robinson, R.A., Barimore, C.J., Blackburn, J.R., Barber, L.J., Bugg, N.R., McCambridge, H.E., Grantham, M.J., Griffin, B.M., Leighton, K. and Schäfer, S. 2021. Bird ringing and nest recording in Britain and Ireland in 2020. Ringing & Migration 36(1): 27–67 View on journal site >

Walker, R.H., Robinson, R.A., Barimore, C.J., Blackburn, J.R., Barber, L.J., Bugg, N.R., McCambridge, H.E., de Palacio, D.X., Grantham, M.J., Griffin, B.M. and Leighton, K. 2020. Bird ringing and nest recording in Britain and Ireland in 2019. Ringing & Migration 35(2): 114–156 View on journal site >

Walker, R.H., Robinson, R.A., Barimore, C.J., Blackburn, J.R., Barber, L.J., McCambridge, H.E., Green, R.M., de Palacio, D.X., Grantham, M.J., Griffin, B.M. and Schäfer, S. 2020. Bird ringing and nest recording in Britain and Ireland in 2018. Ringing & Migration 35(1): 35–82 View on journal site >

Grantham, M. 2004. Age structure and origins of British & Irish Guillemots Uria aalge recovered in recent European oil spills. Atlantic Seabirds 6(3): 95–108 View on journal site >

Grantham, M.J. 2000. Birds of Alas Purwo National Park, East Java. Kukila 11: 97–121 View on journal site >

Grantham, M.J. 2000. A note on the passage of variegatus and phaeopus type Whimbrels through Alas Purwo National Park, East Java. Kukila 11: 133–135 View on journal site >

Grantham, M.J. 2000. New and interesting birds from West Sumbawa. Kukila 11: 139–141 View on journal site >

Grantham, M.J. 2000. Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel second record for the Lombok Strait. Kukila 11: 138–139 View on journal site >

Grantham, M.J. and Kemp, N. 2000. First record of Grey-tailed Tatler in Sumatra. Kukila 11: 127 View on journal site >

Grantham, M.J. 2000. Record of Hardhead (White-eyed Duck) from Lombok. Kukila 11: 137–138 View on journal site >

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