All Outputs (4)

The impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution – a report to the Forestry Commission (2024)
Report
McGrory, R., Briers, R., Findlay, M., & White, P. (2024). The impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution – a report to the Forestry Commission. Forestry Commission

We were commissioned by Forestry Commission (FC) to utilise the large-scale Breeding Waders of English Upland Farmland (BWEUF) data and the wider literature to provide evidence for several questions posed by the Curlew Recovery Partnership relating t... Read More about The impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution – a report to the Forestry Commission.

Optimisation of Open-habitat Bird Surveys – a report to the Forestry Commission (2024)
Report
Borthwick, M., Findlay, M., Briers, R., & White, P. (2024). Optimisation of Open-habitat Bird Surveys – a report to the Forestry Commission. Forestry Commission

In the process of offering financial grants to landowners seeking to create new areas of woodland in England, the Forestry Commission (FC) requires surveying of proposed woodland creation sites for breeding birds in order to assess the suitability of... Read More about Optimisation of Open-habitat Bird Surveys – a report to the Forestry Commission.

NatureScot Commissioned Report 741: Black Grouse Conservation In Southern Scotland (2014)
Report
Warren, P., Atterton, F., Baines, D., & White, P. J. C. (2014). NatureScot Commissioned Report 741: Black Grouse Conservation In Southern Scotland. Inverness: Scottish Natural Heritage

Black grouse in southern Scotland have declined in both numbers and range, with the Scottish Black Grouse Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group identifying this area as a priority area for conservation action. Recent studies from north Perthshire h... Read More about NatureScot Commissioned Report 741: Black Grouse Conservation In Southern Scotland.

NatureScot Commissioned Report 545: Spatial and structural habitat requirements of black grouse in Scottish forests (2013)
Report
White, P., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2013). NatureScot Commissioned Report 545: Spatial and structural habitat requirements of black grouse in Scottish forests. Inverness: Scottish Natural Heritage

Background
Sympathetic management and placement of forests to provide/protect suitable habitat is a key focus of Scottish black grouse conservation. More information about how the species responds to forests’ spatial and structural variation is requ... Read More about NatureScot Commissioned Report 545: Spatial and structural habitat requirements of black grouse in Scottish forests.