Completed projects

Recent completed surveys

• Tawny Owl Calling Survey
• Tawny Owl Point Survey
• English Winter Bird Survey 2018/19

Large-scale completed surveys

• Bird Atlas 2007-2011

  Bird Atlas 2007-2011 (PDF, 81.34 KB)
  or view the survey's project page.

• 1988-1991 Breeding Atlas

  1988-1991 Breeding Atlas (PDF, 90.73 KB)

• 1968-1972 Breeding Atlas

  1968-1972 Breeding Atlas (PDF, 83.18 KB)

• Winter Atlas 1981/82-1983/84

  Winter Atlas 1981/82-1983/84 (PDF, 82.14 KB)

• Common Birds Census 1962-2000

  Common Birds Census 1962-2000 (PDF, 87.11 KB)

• Waterways Bird Survey 1974-2007

  Waterways Bird Survey 1974-2007 (PDF, 77.53 KB)

• Ornithological Sites Register 1973-1977

  Ornithological Sites Register 1973-1977 (PDF, 70.16 KB)

Completed surveys 2016-2020

• English Farm Woodland Birds 2019

• Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey 3 (NEWS III) 2015/16

  Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey 3 (NEWS III) 2015/16 (PDF, 117.50 KB)
   or view the survey's project page.

• Urban Gull Case Study 2018 & 2019

  Urban Gull Case Study 2018 & 2019 (PDF, 167.08 KB)

• Northern Ireland Lowland Breeding Waders 2018 & 2019

  Northern Ireland Lowland Breeding Waders 2018 & 2019 (PDF, 165.06 KB)

• Heronries Survey 2018

  Heronries Survey 2018 (PDF, 147.74 KB)

• House Martin Nest Study 2016 & 2017

  House Martin Nest Study 2016 & 2017 (PDF, 148.08 KB)
• Breeding Waders of English Upland Farmland 2016

Completed surveys 2011-2015

• House Martin Count Survey 2015 

• Peregrine Survey 2014

  Peregrine Survey 2014 (PDF, 160.50 KB)
• Early Bird Survey 2014 
• Winter Thrushes Survey 2012/13 & 2013/14

• Woodcock Survey 2013

  Woodcock Survey 2013 (PDF, 168.26 KB)

• Wales Chat Survey 2012 & 2013

  Wales Chat Survey 2012 & 2013 (PDF, 165.83 KB)

• Nightingale Survey 2012

  Nightingale Survey 2012 (PDF, 159.90 KB)

• House Martins 2008-2013

  House Martins 2008-2013 (PDF, 142.46 KB)

Completed surveys 2006-2010

• International Golden Plover 2008

  International Golden Plover 2008 (PDF, 62.44 KB)

• Biodiversity in Glasgow 2007-08

  Biodiversity in Glasgow 2007-08 (PDF, 71.91 KB)

• Ringed Plover 2007

  Ringed Plover 2007 (PDF, 138.90 KB)

• Little Ringed Plover 2007

  Little Ringed Plover 2007 (PDF, 149.73 KB)

• Lapwings in Plots 2007

  Lapwings in Plots 2007 (PDF, 74.38 KB)

• Non-Estuarine W'bird Survey 2 (NeWS II) 2006/07

  Non-Estuarine W'bird Survey 2 (NeWS II) 2006/07 (PDF, 70.87 KB)

• Winter Plovers 2006/07

  Winter Plovers 2006/07 (PDF, 71.09 KB)

• Ptarmigan 2006

  Ptarmigan 2006 (PDF, 76.31 KB)

• Dartford Warbler 2006

  Dartford Warbler 2006 (PDF, 90.78 KB)

• Woodlark 2006

  Woodlark 2006 (PDF, 89.46 KB)

• Short-eared Owl 2006

  Short-eared Owl 2006 (PDF, 75.81 KB)

Completed surveys 2000-2005

• Scarce Woodland Birds 2005/06

  Scarce Woodland Birds 2005/06 (PDF, 87.07 KB)

• Tawny Owl 2005

  Tawny Owl 2005 (PDF, 69.17 KB)

• Winter Gull Roosts (WiNGS) 2004-2006

  Winter Gull Roosts (WiNGS) 2004-2006 (PDF, 85.58 KB)
• Wintering Warblers 2004/05

• Nightjar 2004

  Nightjar 2004 (PDF, 88.22 KB)

• Shortest Day 2004

  Shortest Day 2004 (PDF, 67.59 KB)

• Swallow Feeding 2004

  Swallow Feeding 2004 (PDF, 87.70 KB)

• House Sparrow 2003-2004

  House Sparrow 2003-2004 (PDF, 83.23 KB)

• Woodcock 2003

  Woodcock 2003 (PDF, 97.23 KB)

• Herons Survey 2003

  Herons Survey 2003 (PDF, 76.82 KB)

• Golden Plover 2003

  Golden Plover 2003 (PDF, 65.43 KB)

• Swallow Roosts 2002-2006

  Swallow Roosts 2002-2006 (PDF, 66.28 KB)

• London Birds 2002-2004

  London Birds 2002-2004 (PDF, 74.76 KB)

• Migration Watch 2002-2004

  Migration Watch 2002-2004 (PDF, 72.58 KB)

• Dispersed Waterbird Survey 2002/03

  Dispersed Waterbird Survey 2002/03 (PDF, 89.78 KB)

• Garden Breeding 2000, 2002-2003

  Garden Breeding 2000, 2002-2003 (PDF, 78.95 KB)

• Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows 2002

  Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows 2002 (PDF, 104.55 KB)

• Peregrine 2002

  Peregrine 2002 (PDF, 80.54 KB)

• Winter Mammal Monitoring

  Winter Mammal Monitoring (PDF, 73.62 KB)

• Water Treatment Works 2001-2002

  Water Treatment Works 2001-2002 (PDF, 74.54 KB)

• Garden Nesting Survey

  Garden Nesting Survey (PDF, 78.95 KB)

• Naturalised Goose 2000

  Naturalised Goose 2000 (PDF, 93.67 KB)

• Countryside 2000

  Countryside 2000 (PDF, 89.35 KB)

• Lowland Grassland Survey 2000-2002

  Lowland Grassland Survey 2000-2002 (PDF, 64.16 KB)

• Breeding waders of Northern Ireland 1999

  Breeding waders of Northern Ireland 1999 (PDF, 87.20 KB)

• Winter Farmland Bird Survey 1999/2000-2002/03

  Winter Farmland Bird Survey 1999/2000-2002/03 (PDF, 109.54 KB)

• Upland Common Birds Census 1999-2000

  Upland Common Birds Census 1999-2000 (PDF, 77.44 KB)

• Organic Farms in winter 1999-2003

  Organic Farms in winter 1999-2003 (PDF, 77.72 KB)

• Woodland Re-survey

  Woodland Re-survey (PDF, 84.37 KB)

Completed surveys 1990-1999

• Nightingale 1999

  Nightingale 1999 (PDF, 92.78 KB)

• Little Egret roosts 1999-2000

  Little Egret roosts 1999-2000 (PDF, 65.33 KB)

• Lapwing 1998

  Lapwing 1998 (PDF, 81.12 KB)
• Plover winter flocks 1998

• Farm Woods 1998-1999

  Farm Woods 1998-1999 (PDF, 63.92 KB)

• Game Cover Crops 1998/99-2000/01

  Game Cover Crops 1998/99-2000/01 (PDF, 80.48 KB)

• Non-Estuarine Coastal W'fowl in Europe 1997-1998

  Non-Estuarine Coastal W'fowl in Europe 1997-1998 (PDF, 86.19 KB)

• Non-Estuarine W'bird Survey (NeWS) I 1997-1998

  Non-Estuarine W'bird Survey (NeWS) I 1997-1998 (PDF, 86.19 KB)

• Skylark wintering 1997/98

  Skylark wintering 1997/98 (PDF, 90.45 KB)

• Skylark breeding 1997

  Skylark breeding 1997 (PDF, 87.81 KB)

• Woodlark 1997

  Woodlark 1997 (PDF, 85.72 KB)

• Sawbills 1997

  Sawbills 1997 (PDF, 88.62 KB)

• Rooks 1996

  Rooks 1996 (PDF, 84.66 KB)

• Set-Aside 1995-1997

  Set-Aside 1995-1997 (PDF, 84.78 KB)

• Project Barn Owl 1995-1997

  Project Barn Owl 1995-1997 (PDF, 92.17 KB)

• Farmland Buntings 1993

  Farmland Buntings 1993 (PDF, 89.49 KB)

• Winter Gull Roosts 1993

  Winter Gull Roosts 1993 (PDF, 79.70 KB)

• Organic Farming 1992-1995

  Organic Farming 1992-1995 (PDF, 82.63 KB)

• Corn Buntings wintering 1992/93

  Corn Buntings wintering 1992/93 (PDF, 81.45 KB)

• Nightjar 1992

  Nightjar 1992 (PDF, 78.45 KB)

• Garden Bird Enquiry 1991-1994

  Garden Bird Enquiry 1991-1994 (PDF, 64.68 KB)

• Peregrine 1991

  Peregrine 1991 (PDF, 77.07 KB)

• Mute Swan 1990

  Mute Swan 1990 (PDF, 84.09 KB)

Completed surveys 1980-1989

• Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows 1989

  Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows 1989 (PDF, 103.07 KB)

• European Garden Birds 1988-1989

  European Garden Birds 1988-1989 (PDF, 75.47 KB)

• Winter Hedgerow 1988-1989

  Winter Hedgerow 1988-1989 (PDF, 75.64 KB)

• Tawny Owl and Barn Owl 1988-89

  Tawny Owl and Barn Owl 1988-89 (PDF, 81.85 KB)

• European Atlas 1985-1988

  European Atlas 1985-1988 (PDF, 82.73 KB)

• BASF Garden Bird Survey 1987-1990

  BASF Garden Bird Survey 1987-1990 (PDF, 67.29 KB)

• Lapwings 1987

  Lapwings 1987 (PDF, 77.51 KB)

• Sawbills 1987

  Sawbills 1987 (PDF, 83.41 KB)

• Woodlark 1986

  Woodlark 1986 (PDF, 76.64 KB)
• Hen Harrier Roosts 1985/86

• Cormorants wintering 1985/86

  Cormorants wintering 1985/86 (PDF, 63.40 KB)

• Ornithological Sites Register Update 1985/86

  Ornithological Sites Register Update 1985/86 (PDF, 61.38 KB)

• Herons Census 1985

  Herons Census 1985 (PDF, 70.86 KB)

• Winter Shorebird Count 1984/85

  Winter Shorebird Count 1984/85 (PDF, 78.53 KB)

• Wood Warbler 1984-85

  Wood Warbler 1984-85 (PDF, 68.00 KB)

• Little Ringed Plover 1984

  Little Ringed Plover 1984 (PDF, 65.23 KB)

• West Coast Spring Passage 1984

  West Coast Spring Passage 1984 (PDF, 67.38 KB)

• Ringed Plover 1984

  Ringed Plover 1984 (PDF, 68.26 KB)

• Buzzard 1983

  Buzzard 1983 (PDF, 75.10 KB)

• Mute Swan 1983

  Mute Swan 1983 (PDF, 69.90 KB)

• Winter Gull Roosts 1983

  Winter Gull Roosts 1983 (PDF, 77.40 KB)

• Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows 1982

  Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows 1982 (PDF, 107.31 KB)

• Cirl Bunting 1982

  Cirl Bunting 1982 (PDF, 64.49 KB)

• Chough 1982

  Chough 1982 (PDF, 71.61 KB)

• Peregrine 1981

  Peregrine 1981 (PDF, 67.80 KB)

• Nightjar 1981

  Nightjar 1981 (PDF, 74.59 KB)

• Nightingale 1980

  Nightingale 1980 (PDF, 76.17 KB)

• Waterfowl Breeding Disturbance 1980

  Waterfowl Breeding Disturbance 1980 (PDF, 68.61 KB)

• Rook 1980

  Rook 1980 (PDF, 66.93 KB)

Completed surveys 1930s-1979

• Lesser Black-backed Gull 1979-1980

  Lesser Black-backed Gull 1979-1980 (PDF, 62.39 KB)

• Kittiwake 1979

  Kittiwake 1979 (PDF, 65.07 KB)

• Blackcaps wintering 1978/79

  Blackcaps wintering 1978/79 (PDF, 64.11 KB)

• Corncrake 1978

  Corncrake 1978 (PDF, 70.04 KB)

• Mute Swan 1978

  Mute Swan 1978 (PDF, 76.23 KB)

• Black Redstart 1977

  Black Redstart 1977 (PDF, 63.08 KB)

• Golden Plover wintering 1976/77-1977/78

  Golden Plover wintering 1976/77-1977/78 (PDF, 72.70 KB)

• Large Gulls on Buildings 1976

  Large Gulls on Buildings 1976 (PDF, 66.00 KB)

• Nightingale 1976

  Nightingale 1976 (PDF, 67.19 KB)

• Great Crested Grebe 1975

  Great Crested Grebe 1975 (PDF, 65.61 KB)

• Rook 1975

  Rook 1975 (PDF, 65.50 KB)

• Black-headed Gulls 1973

  Black-headed Gulls 1973 (PDF, 65.97 KB)

• Ringed Plover 1973

  Ringed Plover 1973 (PDF, 64.40 KB)

• Little Ringed Plover 1973

  Little Ringed Plover 1973 (PDF, 63.52 KB)

• Wintering Gulls Inland 1973

  Wintering Gulls Inland 1973 (PDF, 67.65 KB)

• Inland Waders 1971-1974

  Inland Waders 1971-1974 (PDF, 61.02 KB)

• Peregrine 1971

  Peregrine 1971 (PDF, 68.79 KB)

• Siskin 1971

  Siskin 1971 (PDF, 63.08 KB)

• Birds in Churchyards 1971

  Birds in Churchyards 1971 (PDF, 63.42 KB)

• Red-backed Shrike 1971

  Red-backed Shrike 1971 (PDF, 59.70 KB)

• Winter bird counts 1969

  Winter bird counts 1969 (PDF, 58.40 KB)

• Kestrel 1967

  Kestrel 1967 (PDF, 52.50 KB)

• Water Pipits 1966/67-1967/68

  Water Pipits 1966/67-1967/68 (PDF, 68.20 KB)

• Twite 1966-1972

  Twite 1966-1972 (PDF, 64.47 KB)

• Peregrine 1965-66

  Peregrine 1965-66 (PDF, 64.44 KB)

• Great Crested Grebe 1965

  Great Crested Grebe 1965 (PDF, 70.05 KB)

• Distribution Survey 1964

  Distribution Survey 1964 (PDF, 59.95 KB)

• Garden Bird Census 1964-66

  Garden Bird Census 1964-66 (PDF, 63.46 KB)

• Wryneck 1964-66

  Wryneck 1964-66 (PDF, 66.35 KB)

• Herons 1964

  Herons 1964 (PDF, 67.87 KB)

• Small Raptors and Crows 1964

  Small Raptors and Crows 1964 (PDF, 70.26 KB)

• Peregrine 1963-64

  Peregrine 1963-64 (PDF, 64.44 KB)

• Wintering Gulls Inland 1962-1963

  Wintering Gulls Inland 1962-1963 (PDF, 70.08 KB)

• Urban Starling Roosts 1962-1964

  Urban Starling Roosts 1962-1964 (PDF, 63.39 KB)

• Inland Observation Points 1962-1965

  Inland Observation Points 1962-1965 (PDF, 79.88 KB)

• Sand Martin 1962-1968

  Sand Martin 1962-1968 (PDF, 69.37 KB)

• Peregrine 1961-62

  Peregrine 1961-62 (PDF, 72.51 KB)

• Mute Swan 1961

  Mute Swan 1961 (PDF, 70.09 KB)

• Stonechat 1961

  Stonechat 1961 (PDF, 59.93 KB)

• Little Ringed Plover 1960-1968

  Little Ringed Plover 1960-1968 (PDF, 63.82 KB)

• Whooper Swan 1960/61

  Whooper Swan 1960/61 (PDF, 64.59 KB)

• Lapwing 1960-61

  Lapwing 1960-61 (PDF, 63.98 KB)

• Road Deaths 1960-61

  Road Deaths 1960-61 (PDF, 64.56 KB)

• Red-backed Shrike 1960

  Red-backed Shrike 1960 (PDF, 60.28 KB)

• Great Spotted Woodpecker 1959-1960

  Great Spotted Woodpecker 1959-1960 (PDF, 61.49 KB)

• Lesser Black-backed Gull winter 1959-1960

  Lesser Black-backed Gull winter 1959-1960 (PDF, 66.42 KB)

• Kittiwake 1959

  Kittiwake 1959 (PDF, 68.30 KB)

• Fulmar 1959

  Fulmar 1959 (PDF, 63.50 KB)

• Oystercatcher Inland Breeding 1958-1959

  Oystercatcher Inland Breeding 1958-1959 (PDF, 60.49 KB)

• Black-headed Gull 1958

  Black-headed Gull 1958 (PDF, 68.93 KB)

• House Sparrow habits 1958

  House Sparrow habits 1958 (PDF, 61.02 KB)

• Nightjar 1957-1958

  Nightjar 1957-1958 (PDF, 64.31 KB)

• Treecreeper Roosts 1957-1959

  Treecreeper Roosts 1957-1959 (PDF, 64.02 KB)

• Seaward Swift movements 1956-1957

  Seaward Swift movements 1956-1957 (PDF, 60.77 KB)

• Great Black-backed Gull 1956

  Great Black-backed Gull 1956 (PDF, 64.25 KB)

• Mute Swan 1955-1956

  Mute Swan 1955-1956 (PDF, 69.91 KB)

• Coastal Roosting of Gulls 1955-1956

  Coastal Roosting of Gulls 1955-1956 (PDF, 66.08 KB)

• Coot flocks 1955-1958

  Coot flocks 1955-1958 (PDF, 60.05 KB)

• Woodpigeon in autumn 1955

  Woodpigeon in autumn 1955 (PDF, 64.16 KB)

• Buzzard 1954-1956

  Buzzard 1954-1956 (PDF, 64.52 KB)

• Wryneck 1954-1958

  Wryneck 1954-1958 (PDF, 64.55 KB)

• Heronries 1954

  Heronries 1954 (PDF, 70.96 KB)

• British Bird Haunts 1954

  British Bird Haunts 1954 (PDF, 47.04 KB)

• Nature Reserves 1953-1954

  Nature Reserves 1953-1954 (PDF, 68.75 KB)

• Birds of High Level Woodlands

  Birds of High Level Woodlands (PDF, 71.16 KB)

• Roosting Sites 1953-1962

  Roosting Sites 1953-1962 (PDF, 59.48 KB)

• Canada Goose 1953

  Canada Goose 1953 (PDF, 63.09 KB)

• Wintering Gulls 1952-1953

  Wintering Gulls 1952-1953 (PDF, 70.16 KB)

• Pied Flycatcher 1952-1962

  Pied Flycatcher 1952-1962 (PDF, 67.09 KB)

• Visible Migration 1952

  Visible Migration 1952 (PDF, 59.83 KB)

• Breeding Distribution (30 species) 1952

  Breeding Distribution (30 species) 1952 (PDF, 67.79 KB)

• Lesser Black-backed Gull 1949/50-1950/51

  Lesser Black-backed Gull 1949/50-1950/51 (PDF, 65.86 KB)

• Paper Tearing by Birds 1949-1950

  Paper Tearing by Birds 1949-1950 (PDF, 62.10 KB)

• Bridled Guillemot 1948-1950

  Bridled Guillemot 1948-1950 (PDF, 67.07 KB)

• Swift Migration 1947-1950

  Swift Migration 1947-1950 (PDF, 64.17 KB)

• Wader Inland Migration 1947-1950

  Wader Inland Migration 1947-1950 (PDF, 62.52 KB)

• Great Crested Grebe 1946-1955

  Great Crested Grebe 1946-1955 (PDF, 66.32 KB)

• Little Ringed Plover in London 1945-1957

  Little Ringed Plover in London 1945-1957 (PDF, 57.94 KB)

• Blackcaps wintering 1945-54

  Blackcaps wintering 1945-54 (PDF, 62.15 KB)

• Rooks 1944-1946

  Rooks 1944-1946 (PDF, 65.51 KB)

• Fulmar 1944-1949

  Fulmar 1944-1949 (PDF, 71.33 KB)

• Black Redstart 1944-1956

  Black Redstart 1944-1956 (PDF, 68.27 KB)

• Woodpigeon 1942-1946

  Woodpigeon 1942-1946 (PDF, 65.54 KB)

• Nest Sanitation 1941-1947

  Nest Sanitation 1941-1947 (PDF, 60.38 KB)

• Tits and Milk Bottles1939-1946

  Tits and Milk Bottles1939-1946 (PDF, 66.74 KB)

• Local Lists 1939-1945

  Local Lists 1939-1945 (PDF, 59.76 KB)

• Redshank 1939

  Redshank 1939 (PDF, 62.65 KB)

• Black-headed Gull 1938-1939

  Black-headed Gull 1938-1939 (PDF, 64.83 KB)

• Corncrake 1938-1939

  Corncrake 1938-1939 (PDF, 67.67 KB)

• Bridled Guillemot 1938-1939

  Bridled Guillemot 1938-1939 (PDF, 67.07 KB)

• Song Period 1937-1940

  Song Period 1937-1940 (PDF, 67.39 KB)

• Lapwing Habitat 1937

  Lapwing Habitat 1937 (PDF, 73.07 KB)

• Little Owl Food 1936-1937

  Little Owl Food 1936-1937 (PDF, 68.11 KB)

• Woodland Bird 1936-1937

  Woodland Bird 1936-1937 (PDF, 67.92 KB)

• Destruction of Flowers and Buds by Birds 1935-1938

  Destruction of Flowers and Buds by Birds 1935-1938 (PDF, 63.96 KB)

• Local Distribution of Birds 1935-1946

  Local Distribution of Birds 1935-1946 (PDF, 67.53 KB)

• Great Crested Grebe 1935

  Great Crested Grebe 1935 (PDF, 62.43 KB)

• Swallow 1934-1935

  Swallow 1934-1935 (PDF, 64.15 KB)

• Tameness in Wild Birds 1934-1936

  Tameness in Wild Birds 1934-1936 (PDF, 57.96 KB)

• Fulmar Petrel 1934-1944

  Fulmar Petrel 1934-1944 (PDF, 71.33 KB)

• Woodcock 1934

  Woodcock 1934 (PDF, 64.88 KB)

• Heathland Birds 1934

  Heathland Birds 1934 (PDF, 66.69 KB)

• Rooks in Somerset 1933

  Rooks in Somerset 1933 (PDF, 61.72 KB)

• Rooks in Gloucestershire 1933

  Rooks in Gloucestershire 1933 (PDF, 61.72 KB)

• Starling winter roosts 1932/33

  Starling winter roosts 1932/33 (PDF, 62.67 KB)

• Rooks in the Upper Thames 1931

  Rooks in the Upper Thames 1931 (PDF, 61.72 KB)

• Great Crested Grebe 1931

  Great Crested Grebe 1931 (PDF, 65.74 KB)

• Rooks in Oxford District 1927-1928

  Rooks in Oxford District 1927-1928 (PDF, 61.72 KB)

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