Conservation management of moorland: a case study of the effectiveness of a combined suite of management prescriptions which aim to enhance breeding bird populations

British moorland can support important populations of breeding waders, gamebirds and birds of prey, underlining its conservation value. Moorland and associated habitats are a result of management, in particular for sheep grazing and sport shooting of Red Grouse. Moorland conservation may additionally be shaped by financial payments made through agri-environment or similar schemes, using management prescriptions to maintain, restore or enhance particular components. While a suite of such prescriptions have been taken up quite widely, an ongoing decline of moorland birds is amongst the more marked results of the 2007-11 Bird Atlas.

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Strangford Lough and the SeaGen Tidal Turbine

Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance

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Assessing trends in biodiversity over space and time using the example of British breeding birds

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Spring migration routes of Long-tailed Skuas around and across the UK - results of observational and tracking data

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