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UNITED KINGDOM

Name of scheme: Breeding Bird Survey
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: ongoing
Start: 1994
Number of fieldworkers: 2810
Species: 100
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: line transects
Selection of plots: stratified random
Sustainable support: yes
Website: http://www.bto.org/bbs
Reference: Risley, K., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (2009): The Breeding Bird Survey 2008. BTO Research Report 537, British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.

Contact: Kate Risely or David Noble, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK, e-mail: bbs (at) bto.org, kate.risely (at) bto.org, david.noble (at) bto.org

Name of scheme: Waterways Breeding Bird Survey
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: ongoing
Start: 1998
Number of fieldworkers: 280
Species: 70
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: line transects
Selection of plots: random
Sustainable support: no
Website: http://www.bto.org/survey/wbbs.htm

Contact: John Marchant, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK, e-mail: john.marchant (at) bto.org

Scheme: Heronries Census
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: specialized ongoing scheme (colonial herons & egrets)
Start: 1928
Number of fieldworkers: 560
Species: 3
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: counts of apparently occupied nests
Selection of plots: free choice
Sustainable support: no
Website: http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2008/wcrheron.shtml
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: John Marchant, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK, e-mail: john.marchant (at) bto.org

Name of scheme: Common Birds Census
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: superseded by BBS
Start/end: 1962/2000
Number of fieldworkers: 210
Species: 70
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: territory mapping
Selection of plots: free choice
Website: http://www.bto.org/birdtrends/cbc.htm
Reference: Marchant, J.H., Hudson, R., Carter, S.P. & Whittington, P.A. (1990): Population trends in British breeding birds. Tring, BTO/NCC.

Contact: John Marchant or Richard Thewlis, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK, e-mail: john.marchant (at) bto.org

Name of scheme: Waterways Bird Survey
Organisation: British Trust for Ornithology
Status: superseded by WBBS
Start/end: 1974/2007
Number of fieldworkers: 85
Species: 24
Habitats recorded: yes
Methods: territory mapping
Selection of plots: free choice
Website: http://www.bto.org/birdtrends/wbs.htm
Reference: Marchant, J.H., Hudson, R., Carter, S.P. & Whittington, P.A. (1990): Population trends in British breeding birds. Tring, BTO/NCC.

Contact: John Marchant, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK, e-mail: john.marchant (at) bto.org

National indicators: Farmland Bird Index, UK Government sustainable development strategy indicator: Populations of wild bird 1970-2007, Regional Wild Bird Indicators for England, Scotland, and Wales, Sustainable Development Strategy and Public Service Agreement indicators

Indicators produced are used as official indicators in the country: yes

18.08.2009