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Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme
Published date 2024-11-19The GSMP is dedicated to monitoring selected goose and swan populations in the UK. Of the 14 major native goose and migratory swan populations in the UK, the GSMP monitors the abundance, breeding succ...
St Kilda Survey COR0924 (Blog #2): Post-survey update
Published date 2024-11-27Following a successful offshore survey to the seas off St Kilda, as part of the Defra-funded mNCEA (marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment) Programme, in this blog post our offshore survey te...
Monitoring strategies
Published date 2024-11-19The complexity of the natural environment, coupled with limited monitoring resources, both financial and material, mean that environmental monitoring schemes need to be well designed and targeted. A w...
TSDA Challenge 2
Published date 2024-11-19We are exploring how new technology enables the collection of new data in both current and future surveillance schemes, investigating how recording additional information alongside existing data can e...
TSDA Challenge 3
Published date 2024-11-19Ensuring monitoring schemes are engaging and feasible for volunteers to participate in is essential in enabling them to gather quality biodiversity data. We are focusing on understanding the needs, mo...
Wyville Thomson Ridge MPA
Published date 2024-11-25Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)The Wyville Thomson Ridge is a rocky plateau situated in the Atlantic Ocean to the north-eastern part of the Rockall Trough. Site Situated in the Atlantic Oce...
Indicator development plan
Published date 2024-12-10Reviewing indicators During 2022, the Biodiversity Indicators production team conducted a review of the UK and England indicator suites. The indicators have each been developed at different times, by ...
Farnes East MPA
Published date 2024-12-16Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for Farnes East Marine Conservation Zone. For more information about the measures, please see MMO Statutory ...
Protecting Scottish seabirds
Published date 2024-12-17Actions to protect some of Scotland’s most vulnerable marine species are being consulted on by the Scottish Government. Climate change, invasive non-native species such as brown rat, food shortages an...
Severe Weather Scheme
Published date 2025-01-08What is the Severe Weather Scheme? The Scheme to reduce disturbance to waterfowl during severe winter weather (also often known as the ‘Severe Weather Scheme') runs in Great Britain from 7 November to...