United Kingdom

bird monitoring scheme providing data to PECBMS in 2023 update

existing bird monitoring scheme

no bird monitoring scheme

United Kingdom

Name of scheme: Breeding Bird Survey
Website: http://www.bto.org/bbs
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: ongoing
Start: 1994
Number of fieldworkers: 2732
Species: 223
Habitats record: yes
Methods: line transects
Selection of plots: stratified random
Sustainable support: yes
Reference: Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Kelly, L., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P., Wotton, S. & Gillings, S. 2022. The Breeding Bird Survey 2021. BTO Research Report 745. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Eaton, M.A., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P. & Gillings, S. 2020. The Breeding Bird Survey 2019. BTO Research Report 726 British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Breeding Bird Surveys
Contact: James Haywood
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK
james.heywood@bto.org
Name of scheme: Waterways Breeding Bird Survey
Website: http://www.bto.org/wbbs
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: ongoing
Start: 1998
Number of fieldworkers: 250
Species: 24
Habitats record: yes
Methods: line transects
Selection of plots: random
Sustainable support: yes
Reference: Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Balmer, D.E., Eaton, M.A., Noble, D.G., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Woodcock, P. & Gillings, S. 2020. The Breeding Bird Survey 2019. BTO Research Report 726 British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Harris, S.J., Massimino, D., Eaton, M.A., Gillings, S., Noble, D.G., Balmer, D.E., Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Woodcock, P. 2019. The Breeding Bird Survey. BTO Research Report 717. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Contact: Sarah Harris
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK
wbbs@bto.org
Name of scheme: Heronries Census
Website: https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/heronries-census
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: ongoing
Start: 1928
Number of fieldworkers: 550
Species: 3
Habitats record: yes
Methods: other
Selection of plots: other
Sustainable support: no
Reference: Marchant, J.H., Freeman, S.N., Crick, H.Q.P. & Beaven, L.P. (2004): The BTO Heronries Census of England and Wales 1928-2000: new indices and a comparison of analytical methods. Ibis 146: 323-334.
Contact: Ian Woodward
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK
herons@bto.org
Name of scheme: UK Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
Website: https://www.bto.org/webs
Organisation: BTO/RSPB/JNCC in association with WWT
Status: ongoing
Start: 1947
Number of fieldworkers: 3100
Species: 110
Habitats record: no
Methods: other
Selection of plots: other
Sustainable support: yes
Contact: Teresa Frost
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU UK
teresa.frost@bto.org
Note: Methods: waterbird counts. Selection of plots: all large wetlands plus some smaller ones.
Name of scheme: Waterways Bird Survey
Website: http://www.bto.org/about-birds/birdtrends/2015/methods/waterways-bird-survey-waterways-breeding-bird-survey
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: finished
Start: 1974
End: 2007
Number of fieldworkers: 110
Species: 24
Habitats record: yes
Methods: territory mapping
Selection of plots: free choice
Sustainable support: yes
Reference: Marchant, J.H., Hudson, R., Carter, S.P. & Whittington, P.A. (1990): Population trends in British breeding birds. Tring, BTO/NCC.
Contact: Dawn Balmer
BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK
dawn.balmer@bto.org