Evaluating spatiotemporal trends in terrestrial mammal abundance using data collected during bird surveys

Information on the status of biodiversity is crucial for species conservation and management. Large scale assessments are only feasible through citizen science but some taxa are poorly monitored because few people specialise in them. This paper explores how to alleviate this problem by using data collected for poorly monitored species as an add-on to existing bird surveys.

LifeCycle - Issue 7, Spring 2018

Includes the results from the 2017 breeding season. It also features articles on turning a Tree Sparrow project into a RAS, monitoring Swallows, devising a Corn Bunting nesting project, and mentoring nest recorders.

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Monitoring landscape-scale environmental changes with citizen scientists: Twenty years of land use change in Great Britain

Citizen science is increasingly recognised as one of the most cost-effective means of achieving large-scale and long-term biodiversity monitoring. We’re quite familiar with this concept for birds and butterflies, but what about for habitat? Historically, changes in habitat or land cover in the UK have been recorded through two main approaches: professional field data collection and remote sensing using satellites. Both have major limitations: field surveys are costly and can only cover small areas, whereas remote sensing can cover the whole country but with less detail and greater uncertainties.

An assessment of the state of nature in the United Kingdom: A review of findings, methods and impact

Quantifying avian avoidance of offshore wind turbines: Current evidence and key knowledge gaps