Wading birds can be found breeding in a myriad of habitats and ecosystems across Europe
that vary widely in their land-use intensity. Over the past few decades, wader breeding …

A robust understanding of the mechanisms driving demographic change in wild animal
populations is fundamental to the delivery of effective conservation interventions …

Agri-environmental measures (AEMs) are the main instrument of the Common Agricultural
Policy to protect farmland biodiversity, but their effectiveness is questioned. In the …

Urbanisation has contributed to a severe decline in biodiversity worldwide. However, urban
ecosystems can also play an important role in the conservation of threatened species …

Capsule We assessed annual changes in Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata wintering
numbers at estuaries in England and Wales over 40 years against local and broadscale …

Northern Ireland was formerly rich in wet grassland and peatland habitats with important
assemblages of breeding waders (Partridge & Smith 1992, Cooper et al. 2009, Christie et al …

With coastal wader populations exhibiting long-term declines globally, understanding how
they respond to changes in their preferred prey is important for future predictions, especially …

The reproductive and breeding success of wader species is negatively affected by various
anthropogenic factors, including persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs). We aimed to …

To date, agri-environment schemes (AES) have had limited success in reversing biodiversity
loss over greater spatial extents than fields and farms, and vary widely in their cost …

Capsule Population trends are estimated for the first time for 12 species based on Shetland
Breeding Bird Survey data collected between 2002 and 2019. Aim To provide population …