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Research project Student University Partners
Bombus distinguendus ecology Tom Charman Cambridge NERC, IoZ
Stone-curlew disturbance Elisabeth Taylor Cambridge EN
Agriculture and biodiversity: India Malvika Onial Cambridge DH
Stone-curlews and conservation management Alison Johnston Cambridge
Agriculture and biodiversity: Ghana Ben Phalan Cambridge StJC, RG, BOU
Dartford warblers and disturbance Giselle Murison East Anglia EN, CEH
Yellow wagtails on arable land James Gilroy East Anglia EN
Water levels for breeding waders Sarah Eglington East Anglia NERC
Fire, forest structure and bog development Sandra Pratt Edinburgh NERC
Disturbance in Caledonian pine forests Mark Hancock Edinburgh
Corn bunting declines in Scotland Allan Perkins Edinburgh SNH
Farmyard manure and breeding waders Charlotte Horton Harper Adams
Controlling ragwort without herbicides Eleanor Seargent Open University Leader+, EN, EA
Orthoptera and grassland management David Smith Reading EN
Conservation of Bryozoa Samantha Hill Reading EA
Breeding ecology of spotted flycatchers Danaë Stevens Reading
Manipulating vegetation structure for birds Tony Morris Reading
Managed retreat on the Cromarty Firth Amy Crowther Stirling
Flora and blanket bog management Lindsey Rendle Wales, Newport
Kite population dynamics Andrew Simkins Wolverhampton
Metapopulation dynamics of willow tits Finn Stewart Nottingham NERC
Population change in European birds
and bioclimate models Nathalie Doswald Durham NERC
Gough island birds conservation Ross Wanless Cape Town
IBA programme in Sri Lanka Chinthaka Kaluthota Colombo
Farmland birds in the Baltic Republics Irina Herzon Helsinki
Corncrakes in Latvia Oskars Keiss Riga
Corncrakes on Shannon callows Anita Donaghy Cork Dúchas
Remote sensing of African IBAs George Eshiamwata Nairobi BLA, JRC
Forest management and globally threatened birds Dami Filibus Danjuma Jos, Nigeria APLORI
Key:
APLORI – Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI) at Jos, Nigeria; BOU – British Ornithologists’ Union;
BLA – BirdLife Africa Secretariat; CEH – Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; DH – Dorothy Hodgkin postgraduate award;
EA – Environment Agency; EN – English Nature; IoZ – Institute of Zoology; JRC – Joint Research Centre, ISPRA;
Leader+ – Somerset Moors and Levels Leader+; NERC – Natural Environment Research Council;
RG – Robert Gardner Memorial Trust; SNH – Scottish Natural Heritage; StJC – St John’s College, Cambridge
Congratulations to the following former students for being awarded their PhD/DPhils: Fiona Worthy (Aberdeen), Fiona
Sharpe (Bath), Kate Vincent (De Montfort), Ian Adderton (Queen’s, Belfast), Dave Buckingham (Reading), Alan Gray
(Edinburgh); Maggie Keegan (Edinburgh), and Crona O’Shea (Stirling).