Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme Annual Report 2021 & 2022

Identifying habitat needs for Short-eared Owls

A substantial proportion of Britain’s Short-eared Owl population breeds on managed moorland, where these avian predators specialise on small mammal prey. Such moorland is widely managed for Red...

Development of an Upland Bird Indicator for the UK and for England

Birdwatchers and anglers value peatlands differently to walkers and cyclists.

Identifying the drivers influencing mountain and upland bird populations

A burning question?

Sensitivity mapping for breeding waders

Models to be used towards the development of tools to guide, inform and minimise conflict between wader conservation and forest expansion.

Northern Ireland Lowland Breeding Wader Survey

The State of the UK's Birds 2020

Providing an annual overview of the status of the UK’s breeding and non-breeding bird species in the UK, this year’s report highlights the continuing poor fortunes of the UK’s woodland birds,...

Can microclimate offer refuge to an upland bird species under climate change?

Climate change is now widely recognised as having a large impact on biodiversity, affecting species distributions at a large spatial scale. Previous BTO research has demonstrated a change in...

Audit of local studies of breeding Curlew and other waders in Britain and Ireland

The Eurasian Curlew is widely considered to be one of the highest bird conservation priorities in the UK and Ireland. A number of other breeding waders have also showed marked declines during a...

Livestock grazing impacts components of the breeding productivity of a common upland insectivorous passerine: Results from a long‐term experiment

Investigating wader breeding productivity in the East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership Area using collaborative methods

Breeding bird assemblages supported by developing upland shrub woodland are influenced by micro-climate and habitat structure

Effects on bird abundance and species richness of edge restructuring to include shrubs at the interface between conifer plantations and moorland

Quantifying the importance of multi‐scale management and environmental variables on moorland bird abundance

Investigating wader breeding productivity in the East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership Area using collaborative methods

Breeding wader populations have declined significantly in recent decades in the UK. During this time, areas of moorland managed for grouse shooting and adjacent areas of rough pasture have been...

Review of data and monitoring options for assessing the status of breeding wader populations in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

This report assesses the availability and quality of information relating to breeding populations of six of the most numerous wader species (Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Snipe, Curlew,...

Declining population trends of European mountain birds

Mountain areas often hold special species communities, and they are high on the list of conservation concern. Global warming and changes in human land use, such as grazing pressure and afforestation,...

Monitoring Breeding Waders in Wensleydale: trialling surveys carried out by farmers and gamekeepers