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OWEER launch
Published date 2024-11-05The first ever UK-wide register of offshore wind evidence gaps has been launched – developed by our experts in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and fun...
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
Published date 2024-11-19The NPMS aims to monitor the diversity, abundance and changes in plant communities across the UK. The data are used to provide insights into the status and trends in semi-natural terrestrial habitats ...
Monitoring
Published date 2024-11-19Monitoring provides insight into the state of the natural environment, which can tell us how it is changing and why. This information can be used to direct policies and management interventions, as w...
Wetland Bird Survey
Published date 2024-11-19WeBS is a UK-wide monitoring scheme which targets wildfowl, waders and other waterbirds to produce population abundance and distribution trends and determine important sites for waterbirds in the UK. ...
Breeding Bird Survey
Published date 2024-11-19BBS is the main monitoring scheme for recording common breeding birds in the UK. The data are used to create UK-wide population trends for 119 bird species, and country or regional trends for those sp...
National Bat Monitoring Programme
Published date 2024-11-19The NBMP is the only UK-wide programme that monitors bats and changes to their populations. There are 17 resident bat species in the UK, and the data gathered by hundreds of dedicated volunteers enabl...
Collaborative working
Published date 2024-11-19Collaborative and partnership working is integral to most of our biodiversity monitoring. Our terrestrial monitoring schemes are run in partnership with non-governmental organisations, statutory bodie...
Seabird Monitoring Programme
Published date 2024-11-19The SMP assesses the status of Britain and Ireland’s internationally important seabird populations by monitoring trends in their abundance and productivity at both coastal and inland sites. Additional...
Seabird Monitoring
Published date 2023-11-16Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been circulating in seabirds throughout summer 2022 and has caused concerning levels of mortality in some species. Our advice to BTO/JNCC Seabird Monitorin...
TSDA Phase 1
Published date 2024-11-19The TSDA partnership was established in 2017 and comprises two phases, the first of which ran from 2017-2022 and explored a wide range of topics. Summary At the start of the project, a needs assessmen...