Birds

General

Method	Reference	Licence Required
	Bibby, C.J., Burgess, N.D., Hill, D.A. and Mustoe, S.H., 2000. Bird Census Techniques. Academic Press. Gregory, R.D., Gibbons, D.W and Donald, P.F., 2004. Bird census and survey techniques. Scottish Natural Heritage, 2005. Survey Methods for the use in assessing the Impacts of Onshore Windfarms on Bird Communities. http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/strategy/renewable/bird_survey.pdf Scottish Natural Heritage, 2006. Assessing Significance of Impacts from Onshore Windfarms on Birds out with Designated Areas. http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/strategy/renewable/ Significance%20of%20bird%20impacts%20July%2006.pd Symes, N. and Currie, F., 2005. Woodland Management for Birds: A Guide to Managing for Declining Woodland Birds in England. RSPBManagement Guides. Berthold, P., 2001. Bird Migration: A General Survey. Oxford University Press. Bibby, C., Jones, M., and Marsden, S., 1998. Expedition Field Techniques: Bird Surveys. Royal Geographical Society. Gilbert, G., Gibbons, D.W., and Evans, J., 1998. Bird Monitoring Methods—a manual of techniques for key UK species. RSPB. R. Gregory, S. Baillie and R. Bashford , 2004. Monitoring breeding birds in the United Kingdom. McCracken, D.I., 1992. Survey Methods for Recording and Mapping Environmental Data and Bird Observations. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Bird Atlas 2007, Simple Methods.http://www.bto.org/birdatlas/taking_part/methods.htm	Surveys for protected species may require a licence

Method	Reference	Licence Required
Wetland Birds	Banks, A., Collier, M., Austin, G., Hearn, R. and Musgrove, A. 2006. WeBS Waterbirds in the UK: The Wetland Bird Survey 2004/05. British Trust for Ornithology, 2006. Irish Wildbird Conservancy, 2001. Irish Wetland Bird Survey 1998-1999. Results of the Fifth Winter of the Irish Wetland Bird Survey. Musgrove, A., Collier, M., Banks, A., Calbrade, N. and Hearn, R., 2007. Waterbirds in the UK 2005/06. British Trust for Ornithology.

Method	Reference	Licence Required
Breeding Birds	Walsh, P.M., Halley, D.J., Harris, M.P., del Nevo, A., Sim, I.M.W. and Tasker, M.L., 1995. Seabird monitoring handbook for Britain and Ireland: a compilation of methods for survey and monitoring of breeding seabirds. Nobel, D.G., Bashford, R.I. and Baille, S.R., 2000. Breeding Bird Survey 1999. BTO Research Report 247. British Trust for Ornithology.

Specialist species or groups

Method	Reference	Licence Required
Barn Owls	Toms, M.P., 2001. Project Barn Owl: Evaluation of an Animal Monitoring Programme. British Trust for Ornithology.	NE/CCW licence required to disturb W & C Act Schedule I species during breeding season
Raptors	Hardey, J., Crick, H., Wernham, C., Riley, H., Etheridge, B. and Thompson, D., 2008. Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring.
Kestrel	Clements, R., 2008. The Common Kestrel population in Britain. British Birds. 101(5).

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