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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.

Morgan, R.A. 1975. Breeding bird communities on chalk downland in Wiltshire. Bird Study 22 : 71-83 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476446)
Parrinder, E.R. & Parrinder, E.D. 1975. Little Ringed Plovers in Britain in 1968-73. British Birds 68 : 359-368
Prater, A.J. 1975. Wash Barrage Feasibility Study - the Wader population of the Wash. Report to NERC/CWPU.
Prater, A.J. 1975. Fat and weight changes of waders in winter. Ringing & Migration 1 : 43-47
Prater, A.J. 1975. The wintering population of the Black-tailed Godwit. Bird Study 22 : 169-176 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476461)
Prater, A.J. & Grieve, A. 1975. Wildfowl counts in Portugal in January 1975. IWRB/Tour du Valat. 10pp. (typescript)..
Prater, A.J. & Marchant, J.H. 1975. Primary moult of Tringa brevipes and T. incana. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 95 : 120-122
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1975. Osservazioni ornitologiche in montagna. Valmaggia Viva 1 975 : 16-20
Sharrock, J.T.R. & Ferguson-Lees, I.J. 1975. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1973. British Birds 68 : 5-23
Spencer, R. 1975. Changes in the distribution of recoveries of ringed Blackbirds. Bird Study 22 : 177-190 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476462)
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1975. Report on bird ringing for 1973. Bird Study 22 : 1-64
Williamson, K. 1975. Bird colonisation of new plantations on the moorland of Rhum, Inner Hebrides. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 69 : 157-168
Williamson, K. 1975. Birds and climatic change. Bird Study 22 : 143-164 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476459)
Williamson, K. 1975. The breeding bird community of chalk grassland scrub in the Chiltern Hills. Bird Study 22 : 59-70 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657509476445)
Williamson, K. 1975. The Waterways Bird Survey 1974. Bird Study 22 : 53-54
Williamson, K. 1975. The Whitethroat story. Book title: The Second Bird Watchers' Book David & Charles, Newton Abbot : 61-73
Batten, L.A. & Williamson, K. 1974. The Common Birds Census in the British Isles. Acta Ornithologica 14 : 234-244
Blindell, R. 1974. Birds of Estuaries Enquiry. Report for Essex, 1973-74. 80pp (mimeographed).
Bonham, P.F. & Sharrock, J.T.R. 1974. Sedge Warblers singing in fields of rape. British Birds 67 : 389-390
Flegg, J.J.M. 1974. Both sexes of the Serin in song. British Birds 67
Flegg, J.J.M. 1974. Seasonal movements of birds. Annals of Applied Biology 76 : 341-345 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1974.tb01376.x)
Flegg, J.J.M. 1974. Some inter-relationships between breeding season, moult and migratory range. Proceedings 16th International Ornithological Congress
Flegg, J.J.M. & Bennett, T.J. 1974. The birds of oak woodland. Book title: The British Oak. : 324-340
Flegg, J.J.M., Glue, D.E. & Mead, C.J. 1974. Sexing birds of prey. Veterinary Record 94 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1136/vr.94.26.625)
Fry, C.H., Williamson, K. & Ferguson-Lees, I.J. 1974. A new subspecies of Acrocephalus baeticatus from Lake Chad and a taxonomic reappraisal of Acrocephalus dumetorum. Ibis 116 : 340-346 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1974.tb00129.x)
Ginn, H. & Glue, D. 1974. Transilient and irregular moult in the Tawny Owl. Bird Study 21 : 87-88 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476402)
Glue, D. & Morgan, R. 1974. Breeding statistics and movements of the Stone Curlew. Bird Study 21 : 21-28 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476399)
Glue, D.E. 1974. Food of the Barn Owl in Britain and Ireland. Bird Study 21 : 200-210 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476419)
Glue, D.E. & Bodenham, D. 1974. Bird-life at a modern sewage farm. Bird Study 21 : 229-237 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476424)
Glue, D.E. & Hammond, G.J. 1974. Feeding ecology of the Long-eared Owl in Britain and Ireland. British Birds 67 : 361-369
Hudson, R. 1974. Allen's Gallinule in Britain and the Palearctic. British Birds 67 : 405-413
Mead, C.J. 1974. Bird Ringing. BTO Guide No. 16. BTO, Tring
Mead, C.J. 1974. The results of ringing auks in Britain and Ireland. Bird Study 21 : 45-86 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476401)
Mead, C.J. & Pearson, D.J. 1974. Bearded Reedling populations of England and Holland. Bird Study 21 : 211-214 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476420)
Morgan, R. 1974. Survival of young Long-tailed Tits in exposed nest. British Birds 67
Morgan, R. 1974. The Nest Record Scheme 1968-72. Bird Study 21 : 159-164 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476412)
Morgan, R. & Shorten, M. 1974. Breeding of the Woodcock in Britain. Bird Study 21 : 193-199 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476418)
Pinowski, K. & Williamson, K. 1974. Introductory informations of the Fourth Meeting of the International Bird Census Committee. Acta Ornithologica 14 : 152-164
Prater, A.J. 1974. Breeding biology of the Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula. Proceedings IWRB Wader Symposium, Warsaw : 15-22
Prater, A.J. 1974. BTO/RSPB/WT Birds of Estuaries Enquiry. Report for 1972-73. 41pp (mimeographed).
Prater, A.J. 1974. The population and migration of Knot in Europe. Proceedings IWRB Wader Symposium, Warsaw : 99-113
Reynolds, C.M. 1974. The census of heronries 1969-73. Bird Study 21 : 129-134 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476408)
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1974. Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland. T. & A.D. Poyser, Berhamsted
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1974. Minutes of the second meeting of the European Ornithological Atlas Committee. Acta Ornithologica 14 : 404-411
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1974. The changing status of breeding birds in Britain and Ireland.. Book title: The Changing Flora and Fauna of Britain. Systematics Association Special Volume no. 6 Academic Press, London : 203-220
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1974. The ornithological Atlas project in Britain and Ireland. Methods and preliminary results. Acta Ornithologica 14 : 412-428
Spencer, R. & Hudson, R. 1974. Report on bird ringing for 1972. Bird Study 21 : 1-63
Williamson, K. 1974. Breeding birds in the deciduous woodlands of Mid-Argyll, Scotland. Bird Study 21 : 29-44 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476400)
Williamson, K. 1974. Habitat changes in young Forestry Commission plantations. Bird Study 21 : 215-217 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657409476420)
Williamson, K. 1974. New bird species admitted to the British and Irish Lists since 1800. Book title: The Changing Flora and Fauna of Britain. Systematics Association Special Volume no. 6. Academic Press, London. : 221-227

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