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It is BTO’s policy to make public the results of our research. Our aim is to publish as much as possible of our work in the peer reviewed scientific literature.  Many results are also published in our BTO Research Report series.

Lack, P.C. 1985. The Winter Atlas in Ireland: a comparison of two consecutive winters. Book title: Bird Census and Atlas Studies. BTO, Tring : 351-357
Marchant, J. 1985. The 1983-84 CBC Index report. BTO News 140 : 7-9
Marchant, J.H. 1985. Photospot. 9. Knot. British Birds 78
Marchant, J.H. 1985. Wader-watching. Book title: Birdwatcher's Yearbook 1986. Buckingham Press, Maids Moreton : 14-18
Mead, C.J. & Hudson, R. 1985. Report on bird-ringing for 1984. Ringing & Migration 6 : 125-172
Morgan, R. 1985. Changes in the breeding avifauna of agricultural land in lowland Britain. Proceedings International Ornithological Congress 18. : 588-593
Moser, M., Ferns, P. & Baillie, S. 1985. BTO/WSG west coast spring passage project. Wader Study Group Bulletin 43 : 9-13 View Abstract
Moser, M.E. 1985. Proposal for the creation of an artificial breeding site for Flamingos on Dubai Creek. BTO, Tring
O'Connor, R.J. 1985. Behavioural regulation of bird populations: a review of habitat use in relation to migration and residency. Book title: Behavioural ecology: ecological consequences of adaptive behaviour.(25th Symposium of British Ecological Society, Reading 1984.) Blackwell, Oxford : 105-142
O'Connor, R.J. 1985. Long-term monitoring of British bird populations. Ornis Fennica 62 : 73-79
O'Connor, R.J. & Fuller, R.J. 1985. Bird population responses to habitat. Book title: Bird Census and Atlas Studies. BTO, Tring : 197-211
O'Connor, R.J. & Shrubb, M. 1985. Some effects of agricultural development on British bird populations. Proceedings Symposium Birds & Man, Johannesburg 1983. : 131-152
Sage, B. & Whittington, P.A. 1985. The 1980 sample survey of rookeries. Bird Study 32 : 77-81 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063658509476861)
Salmon, D.G. & Moser, M.E. 1985. Wildfowl and Wader counts 1984-1985. Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge
Sitters, H.P. 1985. Cirl Buntings in Britain in 1982. Bird Study 32 : 1-10
Summers, R.W. & Moser, M.E. 1985. The Winter Shorebird Count - a progress report. Wader Study Group Bulletin 44 View Abstract
Taylor, K. 1985. A further validation of the Waterways Bird Survey technique. Book title: Bird Census and Atlas Studies. BTO, Tring : 181-184
Taylor, K. 1985. Great Black-backed Gull predation of seabird chicks on three Scottish islands. Seabird 8 : 45-52 View Abstract
Taylor, K. 1985. Waterways Bird Survey: 1983-84 population changes. BTO News 139 : 6-7
Taylor, K., Fuller, R.J. & Lack, P.C. (eds) 1985. Bird Census and Atlas Studies. (Proceedings VIII International Conference Bird Census and Atlas Work). BTO, Tring.
Glue, D.E. 1984. Garden sanctuary for birds. Country Life : 604-605
Baillie, S.R. & Stowe, T.J. 1984. A comparison between the percentage of seabirds reported as oiled from ringing recoveries and from the Beached Bird Survey. Seabird 7 : 47-54 View Abstract
Bowes, A., Lack, P.C. & Fletcher, M.R. 1984. Wintering gulls in Britain, January 1983. Bird Study 31 : 161-170 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063658409476838)
Fuller, R. 1984. La gestion forestière et les populations d'oiseaux en Grande-Bretagne: un aperçu. Aves (Bruxelles) 21 : 13-23
Fuller, R.J. 1984. Some differences in the ways that observers estimate numbers of waders breeding at high density. Wader Study Group Bulletin 40 : 8-11 View Abstract
Fuller, R.J. & Langslow, D.R. 1984. Estimating numbers of birds by point counts: how long should counts last?. Bird Study 31 : 195-202 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063658409476841)
Fuller, R.J. & Taylor, K. 1984. Breeding birds of some Lincolnshire limewoods in 1982. Transactions Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union 21 : 47-54
Galbraith, H., Furness, R.W. & Fuller, R.J. 1984. Habitats and distribution of waders breeding on Scottish agricultural land. Wader Study Group Bulletin 43 : 98-107 View Abstract
Hickling, R.A.O. 1984. Lesser Black-backed Gull numbers at British inland roosts in 1979/80. Bird Study 31 : 157-160
Hudson, R. 1984. BOU Records Committee: how it works. British Birds 77 : 247-249
Hudson, R. & Mead, C.J. 1984. Origins and ages of auks wrecked in eastern Britain in February-March 1983. Bird Study 31 : 89-94 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063658409476823)
Knightly, C.R. & Whittington, P. 1984. Birds of Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex. London Bird Report 48 : 93-105
Marchant, J.H. 1984. 1982-83 CBC index report. BTO News 134 : 7-10
Marchant, J.H. 1984. Identification of Slender-billed Curlew. British Birds 77 : 135-140
Marchant, J.H. & Lack, P.C. 1984. Recommended letter-code abbreviations for British birds. British Birds 77 : 570-571
Mead, C. 1984. Robins. Country Life, London
Mead, C. 1984. Rings and the ringers: after the 75th year. Ringing & Migration 5 : 14-19
Mead, C.J. & Cox, C.J. 1984. Swifts feeding in temporarily disturbed air. British Birds 77
Mead, C.J. & Hudson, R. 1984. Report on bird ringing for 1983. Ringing & Migration 5 : 153-192
Moser, M.E. 1984. Magic of the mud. Country Life : 244-245
Moser, M.E. 1984. Purple Heron colonies in the Camargue. Proceedings of EEC Workshop on Shorebirds & Large Waterbirds Conservation (Durham). : 104-112
Moser, M.E. 1984. Waders. Book title: Wildfowl and Wader Counts 1983-84. Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge : 28-47
O'Connor, R.J. 1984. Growth and development of birds. Wiley, Chichester
O'Connor, R.J. 1984. Science and the Ringing Scheme: a prospective. Ringing & Migration 5 : 6-14
O'Connor, R.J. 1984. The importance of hedges to song birds. Book title: Agriculture and the Environment. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Cambridge : 117-123
O'Connor, R.J. & Mead, C.J. 1984. The Stock Dove in Britain 1930-80. British Birds 77 : 181-201
Peirce, M.A. & Mead, C.J. 1984. Haematozoa of British birds VIII. Blood parasites of migrants, particularly the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus. Journal of Natural History 18 : 335-340 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00222938400770281)
Ratcliffe, D.A. 1984. The Peregrine breeding population of the United Kingdom in 1981. Bird Study 31 : 1-18
Salmon, D.G. & Moser, M.E. 1984. Wildfowl and Wader Counts 1983-84. Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge
Taylor, K. 1984. Song Thrush with shrew jaws in stomach. British Birds 77

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