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Reports, theses and other publications
Adderton I (2005) The ecology and implications for
conservation of increasing corvid numbers. PhD
thesis, Queen’s University Belfast.
Alexander KNA (2005) Synaptus filiformis
(Fabricius): Survey and monitoring of the UK BAP
priority hairy click beetle during 2005. Action for
Invertebrates Report.
Amar A, Hewson CM, Thewlis RM, Smith KW,
Fuller R J, Lindsell J, Conway G, Butler S and
MacDonald MA (2006) What's happening to our
woodland birds? Long-term changes in the
populations of woodland birds. RSPB Research
Report No 19, RSPB, Sandy.
Angel A, Brown D, Cooper J, Hilton G and
Sanders S (2006) The introduced rodents of
Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands (South
Atlantic): impacts and management options.
RSPB Research Report No 17, RSPB, Sandy.
Bright J A (2006) Insects on farmland and their
importance to granivorous birds. PhD thesis,
University of Stirling.
Bright JA, Langston RHW, Bullman R, Evans R J,
Gardner S, Pearce-Higgins J and Wilson E (2006)
Bird sensitivity map to aid location of onshore
wind farms in Scotland. RSPB Research Report
No 20, RSPB, Sandy.
Buckingham DL (2005) The effects of food
abundance, sward structure and management on
foraging by yellowhammers on agricultural
grasslands. PhD thesis, University of Reading.
Butler SJ (2005) Stubble field prescriptions for
farmland birds – the role of sward structure in
mediating food availability. D Phil Thesis,
University of Oxford.
Cunningham HM (2005) The effect of noninversion
tillage on farmland birds, soil and
surface-active invertebrates and surface seeds.
PhD Thesis, Open University and Harper Adams
University College.
Dennis P, Elston D, Evans DM, Evans SA, Gordon
IJ, Grant M, Kunaver A, Marquiss M, Mayes R,
McCracken DI, Pakeman R, Pearce-Higgins J,
Redpath SM, Skartveit J, Stephen L, Benton T
and Bryant D (2005) Effects of Grazing
Management on Upland Bird Populations:
Disentangling Habitat Structure and Arthropod
Food Supply at Appropriate Spatial Scales
(GRUB). Unpubl. report to The Scottish Executive
Environment and Rural Affairs Department,
Edinburgh.
Donald PF (2005) Climate change and habitat
connectivity; assessing the need for landscapescale
adaptation for birds in the UK. RSPB
Research Report No 10, RSPB, Sandy.
Eaton MA, Ausden M, Burton N, Grice PV, Hearn
RD, Hewson CM, Hilton GM, Noble DG, Ratcliffe
N and Rehfisch MM (2006) The state of the UK’s
birds 2005. RSPB, BTO, WWT, CCW, EN, EHS
and SNH, Sandy, Bedfordshire.
Eaton M, Bradbury R and Bowden C (2005) The
Magnificent Frigatebird in Shropshire. Birding
World 18: 479–481.
Eaton MA, Noble DG, Hearn RD, Grice PV,
Gregory RD, Wotton S, Ratcliffe N, Hilton GM,
Rehfisch MM, Crick HQP and Hughes J (2005)
The state of the UK’s birds 2004. BTO, RSPB,
WWT, CCW, EN, EHS and SNH, Sandy.
EFSA (2006) EFSA Scientific report on Migratory
Birds and their Possible Role in the Spread of
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Adopted by
written procedure 12 May 2006. EFSA-Q-2005-
243. Annex to The EFSA Journal (2006) 357, 1-46.
European Food Standards Agency, Milan.
Feare C (2005) Conservation Implications of Avian
Influenza. RSPB Research Report No 14, RSPB,
Sandy.
Fisher IJ, Pain DJ and Thomas VG (2006) A review
of lead poisoning in terrestrial birds. RSPB,
Sandy.
Gibbs D (2005) Invertebrate survey of Minsmere
RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, VC25. Unpublished report
to the RSPB.
Godfrey A (2006) Survey and study of Lipsothrix
nigristigma in Britain in 2005. Action for
Invertebrates Report.
Hammond PM (2006) Survey for the ground
beetle Anisodactylus poeciloides (Stephens) in
southern and southwestern England in 2005.
Action for Invertebrates Report.
Hancock MH (2005) Fire and Cattle on moorland:
suitable tools for promoting tree regeneration?
JNCC Uplands Newsletter, 'Looking to the Hills'
13: 13–14.
Hancock MH (2005) Cattle management trials in
a Scottish native pinewood. Grazing Animals
Project Newsletter – GAP News 32: 24.
Hill SLL (i2006) The Ecology and Conservation in
Britain of Lophopus crystallinus, a Rare
Freshwater Bryozoan. PhD thesis, Reading
University.
Hill SLL (2006) Report on the survey of Lophopus
crystallinus in Britain during 2005-06. Action for
Invertebrates Report.
Jeganathan P, Rahmani AR and Green R (2005)
Construction of Teluga-Ganga Canal in and around
two protected areas in Cuddapah District, Andhra
Pradesh, India. Immediate threat to the world
population of the critically endangered Jerdon’s
Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus. Survey Report.
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai.
Jimenez-Armesto M, Boehm C and Bowden C
(compilers) (2006) International Single Species
Action Plan for the Conservation of the Northern
Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. AEWA Technical
Series No 10. Bonn, Germany.
Jones CA, Basch G, Baylis AD, Bazzoni D, Biggs
J, Bradbury RB, Chaney K, Deeks LK, Field R,
Gómez JA, Jones RJA, Jordan VWL, Lane MCG,
Leake A, Livermore M, Owens PN, Ritz K, Sturny
WG and Thomas F (2006) Conservation
Agriculture in Europe: An approach to sustainable
crop production by protecting soil and water?
SOWAP, Jealott’s Hill, Bracknell.
Johnstone IG, Gray C and Noble DG (2005) The
state of birds in Wales 2004. RSPB Cymru,
Cardiff.
Joys AC, Noble DG, Wotton SR and Gregory RD
(2005) Production of BBS-based Regional
Indicators for Wild Bird Populations: 1994–2003.
BTO/RSPB, Thetford and Sandy.
MacDonald MA (2006) The indirect effects of
increased nutrient inputs on birds in the UK: a
review. RSPB Research Report No 21. The RSPB,
Sandy.
Mavor RA, Parsons M, Heubeck M and Schmitt S
(2005) Seabird numbers and breeding success in
Britain and Ireland, 2004. UK Nature
Conservation, No 29. JNCC, Peterborough.
May M, Dewar A, Champion G, Haylock L, Morris
A, Henderson I and Brown S (2005) The value of
the sugar beet crop for birds and the farm
environment. Final Report: British Beet Research
Organisation Project 03/13.
Middlebrook I (2005) Species Dossier:
Brachyptera putata, a stonefly. Action for
Invertebrates Report
Middlebrook I (2006) Species Dossier: Synaptus
filiformis, the hairy click-beetle. Action for
Invertebrates Report
Middlebrook I (2006) Action for Invertebrates: 6th
Annual Progress Report. Action for Invertebrates
Report
Morris AJ (2005) The value of the sugar beet crop
for birds and the farm environment. Report B –
within-crop management (unplanted plots):
British Beet Research Organisation Project 03/13:
Report B.
O’Brien MG, Pearce-Higgins JW and Grant MC
(2005) Research on the effects of Foot and
Mouth disease on breeding waders. RSPB
Research Report No 12, RSPB, Sandy.
Ratcliffe N, Schmitt S, Mayo A and Drewitt A
(2005) Colony Habitat Selection by Little Terns
Sterna albifrons in East Anglia. RSPB Research
Report No 13, RSPB, Sandy.
Rotheray G (2006) Restoring the BAP Hoverflies
Belera fallax and Hammerschmidtia ferruginea
(Diptera, Sryphidae). Unpublished report to SNH
and RSPB.
Rotheray GE (2005) Survey and study of Doros
profuges (Diptera, Syrphidae): report of fieldwork
carried out in 2004 and 2005. Action for
Invertebrates Report.
Ryan PG (2006) Inaccessible Island Bird
Monitoring Manual. RSPB Research Report No16,
RSPB, Sandy.
Siriwardena GM, Vickery JA, Anderson GQA,
Stevens DK, Calbrade NA, Hewson C, Gillings S
and Sutherland WJ (2005) The consequences of
spatial scale for agri-environment schemes
designed to provide winter food resources for
birds. Final report for Defra project BD1616. BTO,
Thetford.