Teresa Frost

Wetland Bird Survey Manager

Teresa Frost

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Teresa is responsible for managing the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS). WeBS is a partnership between the British Trust for Ornithology, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in association with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

Interests & Responsibilities

Teresa leads all aspects of the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS), including enagement with partners and external stakeholders, scheme development, data management, annual reporting, special projects and ensuring the smooth running of the scheme in conjunction with colleagues.

Her research interests include the statistics of population indices of seasonal monitoring data such as WeBS.

Other Information

Prior to joining the BTO in November 2015, Teresa worked in Local Environmental Records Centres for several years and sat on the Boards of the Association of Local Environmental Records Centres and the National Biodiversity Network. She is interested in engaging people in recording and monitoring their local wildlife and fostering cross-taxa collaboration between wildlife organisations and groups; and in making better and more extensive use of biodiversity recording and monitoring data for policy, research and conservation at all scales. She is a keen but novice naturalist and record moths and other invertebrates as well as enjoying birding.

Teresa sits on the Strategic Working Group of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Monitoring Partnership.

Qualifications

PhD - Stochastic Modelling and Analysis of Wildfowl Anatidae Monitoring Data from the Wetland Bird Survey, University of Kent, 2004 - 2009 MRes, Mathematics in the Living Environment, York University, 2003-2004 MMath (Hons) Mathematics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1999-2003

Recent BTO Publications

Frost, T.M., Calbrade, N.A., Birtles, G.A., Hall, C., Robinson, A.E., Wotton, S.R., Balmer, D.E. and Austin, G.E. 2021. Waterbirds in the UK 2019/20. 40pp
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 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2021.1884184) 14pp
Burns, F., Eaton, M.A., Balmer, D.E., Banks, A., Caldow, R., Donelan, J.L., Douse, A., Duigan, C., Foster, S., Frost, T., Grice, P.V., Hall, C., Hanmer, H.J., Harris, S.J., Johnstone, I., Lindley, P., McCulloch, N., Noble, D.G., Risely, K., Robinson, R.A. & Wotton, S. 2020. The State of the UK's Birds 2020. RSPB, BTO, WWT, DAERA, JNCC, NatureScot, NE and NRW
Gaget, E., Pavón‐Jordán, D., Johnston, A., Lehikoinen, A., Hochachka, W.M., Sandercock, B.K., Soultan, A., Azafzaf, H., Bendjedda, N., Bino, T., Božič, L., Clausen, P., Dakki, M., Devos, K., Domsa, C., Encarnação, V., Erciyas‐Yavuz, K., Faragó, S., Frost, T., Gaudard, C., Gosztonyi, L., Haas, F., Hornman, M., Langendoen, T., Ieronymidou, C., Kostyushin, V.A., Lewis, L.J., Lorentsen, S.-H., Luiujoe, L., Włodzimierz, L., Tibor, M., Mikuska Molina, B., Musilová, Z., Natykanets, V., Paquet, J.-Y., Petkov, N., Portolou, D., Ridzoň, J., Sayoud, S., Šćiban, M., Sniauksta, L., Stīpniece, A., Strebel, N., Teufelbauer, N., Topić, G., Uzunova, D., Vizi, A., Wahl, J., Zenatello, M. & Brommer, J.E. 2020. Benefits of protected areas for nonbreeding waterbirds adjusting their distributions under climate warming. Conservation Biology 35 : 834-845 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13648) 12pp
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.
Pavón-Jordán, D., Abdou, W., Azafzaf. H., Balaž, M., Bino, T., Borg, J.J., Božič, L., Butchart, S.H.M., Clausen, P.., Sniauksta, L., DakkiM., Devos, K., Domsa, C., Encarnaçao, V., Etayeb, K., Faragó, S., Fox, A.D., Frost, T., Gaudard, C., Georgiev, V., Goratz, I., Hornman, M., Keller, V., Kostiushyn, V., Langendoen, T., Ławicki, Ł., Ieronymidou, C., Lewis, L.J., Lorentsen, S.-H., Luigujoe, L., Meissner, W., Mikuska, T., Molina, B., Musil, P., Musilova, Z., Nagy, S., Natykanets, V., Nilsson, L., Paquet, J.-Y., Portolou, D., Ridzon, J., Santangeli, A., Sayoud, S., Šćiban, M., Stipniece, A., Teufelbauer, N., Topić, G., Uzunova, D., Vizi, A., Wahl, J., E.Yavuz, K.E., Zenatello, M. & Lehikoinen, A. 2020. Positive impacts of important bird and biodiversity areas on wintering waterbirds under changing temperatures throughout Europe and North Africa. Biological Conservation 246 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108549) 10pp
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Other Publications

Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre/Cumbria Bird Club 2015.  Cumbria Bird Atlas 2007-11. http://www.cbdc.org.uk/bird-atlas-maps

Frost, T. & Hewitt, S. 2014. Scoping Report: Identifying Sites of Invertebrate Significance in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  Report for North Pennines AONB. Tullie House Museum, Carlisle.

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