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Into the Red
A collection of words and art inspired by Britain's most vulnerable birds.
2022 | Jewitt, K. & Toms, M.
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BTO books and guides
Into the Red
A collection of words and art inspired by Britain's most vulnerable birds.
2022 | Jewitt, K. & Toms, M.
Peer-reviewed papers
Habitat-use influences severe disease-mediated population declines in two of the most common garden bird species in Great Britain
Is there a garden feeding link to finch decline?
2022 | Hanmer, H.J., Cunningham, A.A., John, S.K., Magregor, S.K., Robinson, R.A., Seilern-Moy, K., Siriwardena, G.M. & Lawson, B. Scientific Reports
Peer-reviewed papers
Behavioural responses of non-breeding waterbirds to marine traffic in the near-shore environment
2022 | Jarrett, D., Calladine, J., Cook, A.S.C.P., Upton, A., Williams, J.,Williams, S., Wilson, J.M., Wilson, M.W., Woodward, I. & Humphreys, E.M. Bird Study
Peer-reviewed papers
Breeding bird population trends during 2013–2019 inside and outside of European Badger control areas in England
Little evidence to indicate consistent, community-level effects of Badger removal on the populations of ground-nesting birds
2022 | Ward, C.V., Heydon, M., Lakin, I., Sullivan, A.J. & Siriwardena, G.M. Journal of Zoology
Peer-reviewed papers
Differential changes in life cycle-event phenology provide a window into regional population declines
Research reveals why Willow Warblers breeding in different parts of Britain are affected by climate change in different ways.
2022 | Hanmer, H.J., Boersch-Supan, P.H. & Robinson, R.A. Biology Letters
Peer-reviewed papers
The effects of a decade of agri-environment intervention in a lowland farm landscape on population trends of birds and butterflies
Can agri-environment schemes achieve positive outcomes for nature?
2022 | Redhead, J.W., Hinsley, S.A., Botham, M.S., Broughton, R.K., Freeman, S.N., Bellamy, P.E., Siriwardena, G., Randle, Z., Nowakowski, M., Heard, M.S. & Pywell, R.F. Journal of Applied Ecology
Peer-reviewed papers
Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas
Are marine protected areas working?
2022 | Connors, M.G., Sinnon, N.B., Agamboue, P.D., Atkinson, P.W., Bayliss, A., Benson, S.R., Block, B.A., Bograd, S.J., Bordino, B., Bowen, D., Brickle, P., Bruno, I., Carman, V.G., Champagne, C.D., Crocker, D., Costa, D.P., Dawson, T.M., Deguchi, T., Dewar, H., Doherty, P.D., Eguchi, T., Formia, A., Godley, B.J., Graham, R.T., Gredzens, C., Hart, K.M., Hawkes, L.A., Henderson, S. Henry, W., Hückstädt, L.A., Irvine, L., Kienle, S., Kuhn, C.E., Lidgard, D., Loredo, S.A., Mate, B., Metcalfe, K., Nzegoue, J., Oliwina, C.K.K., Orben, R.A., Ozaki, K., Parnell, R., Pike, E.P., Robinson, P.,. Rosenbaum, H., Sato, S., Shaffer, S.A., Shaver, D.J., Simmons, S.E., Sisson, N.B., Smith, B.J., Sounguet, G.P., Suryan, R., Thompson, D.R., Tierney, M., Tilley, D., Young, H.S., Warwick-Evans, V., Weise, M.J., Wells, R.S., Wilkinson, B.P., Witt, M.J. & Maxwell, S.M. Frontiers in Marine Science
Peer-reviewed papers
Loss of breeding waders from key lowland grassland sites in Northern Ireland
2022 | Booth Jones, K.A., O’Connell, P., Wolsey, S., Carrington-Cotton, A., Noble, D.G., McCulloch, N. & Calladine, J.R. Irish Birds
Peer-reviewed papers
Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021
Wild birds take highly pathogenic avian influenza from Europe to North America
2022 | Caliendo. V., Lewis, N.S., Pohlmann, A., Baillie, S.R., Banyard, A.C., Beer, M., Brown, I.H., Fouchier, R.A.M., Hansen, R.D.E., Lameris, T.K., Lang, A.S., Laurendaeu, S., Lung, O., Robertson, G., van der Jeugd, H., Alkie, T.N., Thorup, K., van Toor, M.L., Waldenstrom, J., Yason, C., Kuiken, T. & Berhane, Y. Scientific Reports
Peer-reviewed papers
Urban and coastal breeding lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) segregate by foraging habitat
2022 | Langley, L.P., Bearhop, S., Burton, N.H.K., Banks, A.N., Frayling, T., Thaxter, C., Clewley G., Scragg, E. & Votier, S.C. Ibis
Peer-reviewed papers
Breeding ground temperature rises, more than habitat change, are associated with spatially variable population trends in two species of migratory bird
A tale of two warblers
2022 | Martay, B., Pearce-Higgings, J.W., Harris, S.J. & Gillings, S. Ibis
Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) results show very different population trends for Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff - but what is driving this difference? BTO research reveals climate is key.
Peer-reviewed papers
Relative roles of static and dynamic abiotic conditions as drivers of foraging behaviour in breeding Sandwich Terns
2022 | Fijn, R.C. Thaxter, C.B., Geert Aarts, G., Adema, J., Middelveld, R.P. & van Bemmelen, R.S.A. Marine Ecology Press
Peer-reviewed papers
A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa
Exciting research conducted by an international team shines a new light on Swift migration.
2022 | Zhao, Y., Zhao, X., Wu, L., Mu, T., Yu, F., Kearsley, L., Liang, X., Fu, J., Hou, X., Peng, P., Li, X., Zhang, T., Yan, S., Newell, D., Hewson, C. M., Townshend, T., Åkesson, S., and Liu, Y. Movement Ecology
The Breeding Bird Survey Report
The Breeding Bird Survey 2021
Results from the latest Breeding Bird Survey report provides a stark warning for five of the UK's internationally important breeding wader species
2022 | Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Kelly, L., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P., Wotton, S. & Gillings, S.
Research Reports
Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
2022 | Newson, S. & Austin, G, Natural England Report
Peer-reviewed papers
Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant
Timing is critical for a long-distance migrant
2022 | Acácio, M., Catry, I., Soriano‑Redondo, A., Silva, J.P., Atkinson, P.W. & Franco, A.M.A. Movement Ecology
Peer-reviewed papers
Combining host and vector data informs emergence and potential impact of an Usutu virus outbreak in UK wild birds
Charting the impact of a Usutu virus outbreak in UK Blackbirds
2022 | Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Briscoe, A., Cunningham, A.A., Fooks, A.R., Heaver, J.P., Hernández-Triana, L.M., John, S.K., Johnson, N., Johnston, C., Lean, F.Z.X., Macgregor, S.K., Masters, N., McCracken, F., McElhinney, L.M., Medlock, J.M., Pearce-Kelly, P., Seilern-Moy, K., Spiro, S., Vaux, A.G.C. & Folly, A.J. Scientific Reports
The identification of the Usutu virus in Greater London in the summer of 2020 raises questions about the extent of the incursion and its impacts on wild bird populations.
Peer-reviewed papers
Bioclimatic context of species' populations determines community stability.
2022 | Evans, L. C., Melero, Y., Schmucki, R., Boersch-Supan, P. H., Brotons, L., Fontaine, C., Jiguet, F., Kuussaari, M., Massimino, D., Robinson, R. A., Roy, D. B., Schweiger, O., Settele, J., Stefanescu, C., van Turnhout, C. A., & Oliver, T. H. Global Ecology and Biogeography
Research Reports
Belfast’s urban gulls: an assessment of breeding populations, breeding season movements and winter population
2022 | Booth Jones, K., Thaxter, C., Clewley, G., Wolsey, S., Calbrade, N., Atkinson, P., Calladine, J. & Burton, N.
Peer-reviewed papers
Recommendations to enhance breeding bird diversity in managed plantation forests determined using LiDAR
2022 | Tew, E.R., Conway, J.C., Henderson, I.G., Milodowski, D.T., Swinfield, T. & Sutherland, W.J. Ecological Applications
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