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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.

Flegg, J.J.M. & Glue, D.E. 1971. Nestboxes. BTO Guide 3. BTO, Tring
Glue, D.E. 1971. Avian predator pellet analysis and the mammalogist. Mammal Review 1 : 53-62
Glue, D.E. 1971. Ringing recovery circumstances of small birds of prey. Bird Study 18 : 137-146 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476307)
Glue, D.E. 1971. Saltmarsh reclamation stages and their associated bird-life. Bird Study 18 : 187-198 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476313)
Glue, D.E. & Nuttall, J. 1971. Adverse climatic conditions affecting the diet of a Barn Owl in Lancashire. Bird Study 18 : 33-34 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476291)
Glue, D.E. & Pullen, N.D. 1971. Garden Bird Feeding Survey. Pilot Study Report 1970-71. (mimoegraphed).
Prater, A.J. 1971. BTO/RSPB Birds of Estuaries Enquiry. Report on the Pilot Survey. 28pp. (mimeographed)..
Prater, A.J. 1971. Counts of waders made in Ireland in January 1971. Irish Bird Report 18 : 10-15
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. BTO Ornithological Atlas of Britain and Ireland. Bird Study 18 : 39-41 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476292)
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. Elusive species and the BTO Atlas project. British Birds 64
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. Method of showing patterns of records. Cape Clear Bird Observatory Report 11 : 40-41
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 5 -- Pectoral Sandpiper, Sabine's Gull and American land-birds. British Birds 64 : 93-113
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 6 -- Greenish Warbler and Scarlet Rosefinch. British Birds 64 : 302-309
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. Seasonal changes in ease of proving breeding. Bird Study 18 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476291)
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. Systematic list. Cape Clear Bird Observatory Report 11 : 8-27
Spencer, R. 1971. Report on bird ringing for 1969. British Birds 64 : 137-186
Stuttard, P. & Williamson, K. 1971. Habitat requirements of the Nightingale. Bird Study 18 : 9-14 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476288)
Williamson, K. 1971. A bird census study of a Dorset dairy farm. Bird Study 18 : 80-96 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476299)
Williamson, K. 1971. Bird counts in Highland pine woods. Bird Study 18 : 50-51 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476293)
Williamson, K. 1971. Bird life associated with a pure stand of Japanese larch. Bird Study 18 : 225-226 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476317)
Williamson, K. 1971. Censusing Dunnocks on farmland. Bird Study 18 : 222-225 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476317)
Williamson, K. 1971. The birds of Rhum in relation to a re-afforestation programme. Scottish Birds 6 : 296-313
Williamson, K. 1971. The breeding birds of a century old grove of Coast and Sierra Redwoods in Wales. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 65 : 109-121
Williamson, K. 1971. Towards the new taiga: reflections on the Conifer Conference. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 65 : 65-68
Batten, L.A. 1971. Bird population changes on farmland and in woodland for the years 1968-69. Bird Study 18 : 1-8 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657109476287)
Ferguson-Lees, I.J. & Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. The functions of the BOU Records Committee. Ibis 113 : 110-111 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1971.tb05135.x)
Ferguson-Lees, I.J. & Sharrock, J.T.R. 1971. The functions of the BOU Records Committee. British Birds 64 : 85-86
Hudson, R. 1971. Recoveries in Great Britain and Ireland of birds ringed abroad. British Birds 64 : 488-501
Hudson, R. (ed.) 1971. A species list of British and Irish birds. BTO Guide 13.. BTO, Tring
Stafford, J. 1971. The Heron population of England and Wales, 1928-1970. Bird Study 18 : 218-221
Williamson, K. 1971. Iagttagelser fra Faerøerne 1970 (English summary: Observations from the Faeroe Islands 1970). Dansk. Ornithologische Forening Tidssk 65 : 139-140
Williamson, K. 1971. Mapping bird populations. Birds of the World 9 : 2 918-2 921
Batten, L.A. 1970. Effects of fire on moorland bird life on the Isle of Rhum. Scottish Birds 6 : 191-194
Flegg, J.J.M. 1970. The BTO in the seventies. Bird Study 17 : 59-60 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476259)
Freeman, M.S. & Batten, L.A. 1970. Blackbird and Song Thrush incubating eggs in the same nest. British Birds 63
Glue, D.E. 1970. Changes in the bird community of a Hampshire gravel pit. Bird Study 17 : 15-27 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476251)
Glue, D.E. 1970. Prey taken by Short-eared Owls at British breeding sites and winter quarters. Bird Study 17 : 39-42 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476253)
Glue, D.E. 1970. The bird communities of two contrasting valleys in north-west Iceland. Bird Study 17 : 247-259 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476282)
Mayer-Gross, H. 1970. Nest Record Scheme. BTO Field Guide no. 12.
Mead, C.J. 1970. The winter quarters of British Swallows. Bird Study 17 : 229-240 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476280)
Prater, A.J. 1970. The variation of the weights and wing lengths of Blackbirds at Rye Meads. 5th report of the Rye Meads Ringing Group : 16-24
Prater, A.J. 1970. Wader feeding studies in Morecambe Bay. Report to the Water Resources Board.
Prater, A.J. & Wilson, J. 1970. The relationship between roosting and feeding areas of waders in Morecambe Bay. Report to the Water Resources Board.
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1970. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 4 -- Bluethroat and Ortolan Bunting. British Birds 63 : 313-324
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1970. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 3 -- Rough-legged Buzzard, Temminck's Stint and Long-tailed Skua. British Birds 63 : 6-23
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1970. Weekend bias at observatories. Bird Study 17 : 57-58 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476257)
Sharrock, J.T.R., Hutchinson, C.D., Preston, K. & Barbier, P.G.R. 1970. The identification of Blyth's Reed Warbler in autumn. British Birds 63 : 214-216
Sharrock, J.T.R., Preston, K. & Green, T.Q. 1970. American Redstart and Olive-backed Thrush at Cape Clear Island. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16 : 314-316
Spencer, R. 1970. The role of bird ringing in conservation. Bird Study 17 : 104-110 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476263)
Williamson, K. 1970. The Atlantic Islands. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London

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