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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.

Dunstone, N. & O'Connor, R.J. 1979. Optimal foraging in an amphibious mammal. I The aqualung effect. Animal Behaviour 27 : 1 182-1 194 View Abstract
Fuller, R.J. & Youngman, R.E. 1979. The utilisation of farmland by Golden Plovers wintering in southern England. Bird Study 26 : 37-46 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476615)
Fuller, R.J., Wilson, R.J. & Coxon, P. 1979. Birds of the Outer Hebrides: the waders. Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh 77B : 419-430
Hudson, R. 1979. Nightingales in Britain in 1976. Bird Study 26 : 204-212 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476641)
Hughes, S.W.M., Bacon, P. & Flegg, J.J.M. 1979. The 1975 census of the Great Crested Grebe in Britain. Bird Study 26 : 213-226 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476642)
Marchant, J.H. & Hyde, P.A. 1979. Population changes for waterways birds, 1974-78. Bird Study 26 : 227-238 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476643)
Mead, C.J. 1979. Colony fidelity and interchange in the Sand Martin. Bird Study 26 : 99-106 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476625)
Mead, C.J. 1979. Mortality and causes of death in British Sand Martins. Bird Study 26 : 107-112 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476626)
Mead, C.J. & Harrison, J.D. 1979. Overseas movements of British and Irish Sand Martins. Bird Study 26 : 87-98 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476624)
Mead, C.J. & Harrison, J.D. 1979. Sand Martin movements within Britain and Ireland. Bird Study 26 : 73-86 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476623)
Mead, C.J., North, P.M. & Watmough, B.R. 1979. The mortality of British Grey Herons. Bird Study 26 : 13-22 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476611)
Morgan, R.A. 1979. Sand Martin nest record cards. Bird Study 26 : 129-132 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476630)
O'Connor, R.J. 1979. Egg weights and brood reduction in the European Swift Apus apus. Condor 81 : 133-145
O'Connor, R.J., Seed, R. & Boaden, P.J.S. 1979. Effects of environment and plant characteristics on the distribution of Bryozoa in a Fucus serratus L. community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 38 : 151-178 View Abstract
Prater, A.J. 1979. Shorebird census studies in Britain. Book title: Shorebirds in Marine Environments. Cooper Ornithological Society, Berkeley, California : 157-166
Prater, A.J. 1979. Trends in accuracy of counting birds. Bird Study 26 : 198-200 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657909476638)
Prater, A.J. 1979. Winter numbers and distribution of the Greenshank. Book title: Greenshanks. T. & A.D. Poyser, Berkhamsted : 200-208
Reynolds, C.M. 1979. The heronries census: 1972-1977 population changes and a review. Bird Study 26 : 7-12
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1979. Report on bird-ringing for 1978. Ringing & Migration 2 : 161-208
Stafford, J. 1979. The national census of heronries in England and Wales in 1964. Bird Study 26
Atkinson, N.K., Davies, M. & Prater, A.J. 1978. The winter distribution of Purple Sandpipers in Britain. Bird Study 25 : 223-228 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657809476600)
Batten, L.A. 1978. The seasonal distribution of recoveries and causes of Blackbird mortality. Bird Study 25 : 23-32 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657809476571)
Fuller, R.J. 1978. Breeding populations of Ringed Plovers and Dunlins in the Uists and Benbecula, Outer Hebrides. Bird Study 25 : 97-102 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657809476580)
Fuller, R.J. & Glue, D.E. 1978. Seasonal activity of birds at a sewage-works. British Birds 71 : 235-244
Holdsworth, M., Hudson, R., Magee, J.D. & Prater, T. 1978. The Birds of Tring Reservoirs. Natural History Society, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Marchant, J.H. 1978. Bird population changes for the years 1976-77. Bird Study 25 : 245-252 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657809476603)
Morgan, R.A. 1978. Changes in the breeding bird community at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, between 1965 and 1974. Bird Study 25 : 51-58 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657809476574)
Peirce, M.A. & Mead, C.J. 1978. Haematozoa of British birds. III. Spring incidence of blood parasites of birds from Hertfordshire. Journal of Natural History 12 : 337-340 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00222937800770181)
Prater, A.J. 1978. The effect of estuarine engineering schemes on birds. Hydrobiological Bulletin 12 : 322-332
Prater, A.J. & Davies, M. 1978. Wintering Sanderlings in Britain. Bird Study 25 : 33-38 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657809476572)
Sage, B.L. & Vernon, J.D.R. 1978. The 1975 national survey of rookeries. Bird Study 25 : 64-86
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1978. Report on bird ringing for 1976. Ringing & Migration 1 : 189-252
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1978. Report on bird ringing for 1977. Ringing & Migration 2 : 57-104
Baker, K. 1977. Westward vagrancy of Siberian passerines in autumn 1975. Bird Study 24 : 233-242 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476563 42)
Batten, L.A. & Marchant, J.H. 1977. Bird population changes for the years 1974-75. Bird Study 24 : 55-61 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476532)
Batten, L.A. & Marchant, J.H. 1977. Bird population changes for the years 1975-76. Bird Study 24 : 159-164 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476551)
Dunnet, G.M., Bourne, W.R.P., Mead, C.J. et al. 1977. The report of a working group on ecological research on seabirds. Natural Environment Research Council Publication series C 18 : 1-48
Fuller, R.J. & Glue, D.E. 1977. The breeding biology of the Stonechat and Whinchat. Bird Study 24 : 215-232 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476561)
Glue, D.E. 1977. Breeding biology of Long-eared Owls. British Birds 70 : 318-331
Glue, D.E. 1977. Feeding ecology of the Short-eared Owl in Britain and Ireland. Bird Study 24 : 70-78 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476536)
Glue, D.E. & Bodenham, D. 1977. Sewage farm bird-life increases during 1976 summer drought. Bird Study 24 : 200-201 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476556)
Glue, D.E. & Bowman, P. 1977. Communal roosting at a mature gravel pit. Bird Study 24 : 198-199 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476556)
Glue, D.E. & Morgan, R.A. 1977. Recovery of bird rings in pellets and other prey traces of owls, hawks and falcons. Bird Study 24 : 111-113 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476540)
Hickling, R.A.O. 1977. Inland wintering of gulls in England and Wales, 1973. Bird Study 24 : 79-88
Hudson, R. 1977. Sections on Movements. Book title: The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol 1. University Press, Oxford
Jones, P.H., Mead, C.J. & Durman, R.F. 1977. The migration of the Pied Flycatcher from and through Britain. Bird Study 24 : 2-14 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476526)
Mead, C.J. 1977. The wing-formulae of some live warblers from Portugal. Ringing & Migration 1 : 178-183
Monaghan, P. & Coulson, J.C. 1977. Status of large gulls nesting on buildings. Bird Study 24 : 89-104
Morgan, R. & Glue, D.E. 1977. Breeding, mortality and movements of Kingfishers. Bird Study 24 : 15-24 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476527)
Morgan, R.A. & Davis, P.G. 1977. The number of broods reared by Stonechats in Surrey. Bird Study 24 : 229-232 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657709476562)

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