CONTENTS | ALL ABSTRACTS | POSTER ABSTRACTS
Long term partridge studies in Sussex
Dick Potts
UK Farmland bird trends - past and present
David Noble & Mark Eaton
European trends in farmland birds
Petr Voříšek, Jana Škorpilová, Alena Klvaňová, Arco Van Strien & Richard D. Gregory
Recent and possible EU agricultural policy developments and their potential implications for farmland birds
Graham Tucker, David Baldock, Martin Farmer, Kaley Hart & Jenna Hegarty
Lowland farmland bird conservation in the context of wider ecosystem service delivery
Richard Bradbury, Chris Stoate & Jerry Tallowin
Assessing the implications of the loss of set-aside for farmland birds
Simon Gillings, Ian Henderson, Antony Morris & Juliet Vickery
The environmental impacts of biomass crops: use by birds of miscanthus in summer and winter in southwestern England
Rufus Sage, Mark Cunningham, Mark Mallot & Alison Haughton
Economic drivers and biodiversity change: the past and future of farmland birds in Hungary
András Báldi & Péter Batáry
Bare soil as a staple commodity for declining ground-foraging insectivorous farmland birds
Raphaël Arlettaz,, Aline Ioset, Mélanie Maurer, Myles Menz, Thomas Reichlin, Nadja Weisshaupt, Fitsum Abadi & Michael Schaub,
Can ecosystem services b integrated with conservation? A case study of breeding waders on grassland
Caroline Rhymer, Robert Robinson, Jennifer Smart & Mark Whittingham
Nature conservation in modern agriculture – lessons from the Schorfheide-Chorin Project
Martin Flade
Demographic contrasts in UK Twite populations: can they help to explain declines in England?
Nicholas I. Wilkinson, Andrew F. Raine, Andrew F. Brown, Jeremy D. Wilson, William J. Sutherland
Alphalpha and the conservation of little bustards and other birds in southwest France
Vincent Bretagnolle, Alexandre Villers, Leo Denonfoux, Thomas de Cornullier & Pablo Inchausti CEBC-CNRS, 90, Beauvoir sur Niort, France
The effect of cattle grazing on ground nesting birds
Tim Hounsome, Dave Leech, Martyn Gorman, Dave Raffaelli & Richard Delahay
Going with the grain – new solutions and new evidence for bird Conservation techniques on arable farmland
Guy Q.A. Anderson, Mike Green, Ian G. Henderson & Antony J. Morris
Conservation measures for breeding Skylarks on arable land in the Netherlands
W. Teunissen, B.J. Koks, Steven Kragten, J. Van ’t Hoff, J. Arisz,, H.J. Ottens, & M. Roodbergen
New measures for farmland birds on livestock farms
Dave Buckingham, Phil Atkinson, Steve Peel & Will Peach
The wider biodiversity benefits of agri-environment schemes targeted at birds
Michael MacDonald, Nick Wilkinson, Guy Anderson & Phil Grice
Safe nesting habitats for Corn Buntings
Rosemary P. Setchfield, Allan J. Perkins, Hywel E. Maggs, Guy Q. A. Anderson & Jeremy D. Wilson
The role of agri-environmental schemes for the development of farmland birds in complex northern landscapes
Juha Tiainen, Markus Piha, Jukka Rintala, Ville Vepsäläinen, Johan Ekroos & Tuomas Seimola
Adverse effects of agricultural intensification and climate change on breeding habitat quality of Black-tailed GodwitsLimosa l. limosa in the Netherlands
David Kleijn, Hans Schekkerman, Wim J. Dimmers, Ruud J.M. Van Kats, Dick Melman & Wolf A. Teunissen
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix in the UK: recovery status, set-aside and shooting
Nicholas J. Aebischer & Julie A. Ewald
Agri-environment evaluation in Ireland, with special reference to Skylark
Alex S. Copland, Olivia Crowe & John O’Halloran
Agri-environment schemes in the European Union and their potential for wildlife conservation
Arial Brunner & Luigi Boccaccio
Targeting Agri-environment scheme delivery for Farmland Birds in England
James Phillips, Richard Winspear, Sally Fisher & David Noble
Assessing the impact of Entry Level Stewardship on lowland farmland birds in England
Catherine Davey, Juliet Vickery, Nigel Boatman, Dan Chamberlain, Hazel Parry & Gavin Siriwardena
Winter Use of Seed-Bearing Crops by Birds within the English Environmental Stewardship Scheme
Rob H. Field, Anthony J. Morris, Phil. V. Grice & A. Cooke
Testing agri-environment delivery for farmland birds at the farm scale: the Hillesden experiment
Shelley A Hinsley, John W Redhead, Paul E Bellamy,, Richard K Broughton, Ross A Hill & Richard F Pywell
“Habitat is just another crop” – Training and advice for agri-environmental management
Matt Lobley, Eirini Saratsi & Michael Winter
The importance of spatial and temporal scale for agri-environment scheme delivery
Gavin Siriwardena
A review of modelling approaches for predicting bird population responses to land-use change
Simon J. Butler, H. Owen, Rob Robinson, Richard Stillman, Mark J. Whittingham & Ken Norris
The use of individual-based models for studying the response of bird populations to landscape change
Hazel R Parry, Christopher J Topping, Nigel Boatman, Marc Kennedy & Alistair Murray
Lowland Farmland Bird Recovery: A Defining Moment?
Andy Evans, Jeremy Wilson & Phil Grice
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Countryside Council for Wales, Defra, Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Our thanks also to all the authors listed above who presented papers at the conference. We also thank those who reviewed the papers for these proceedings. Lastly, we would like to thank the organising committee for producing such a stimulating and excellent programme, Will Peach (lead organiser - RSPB), Juliet Vickery (RSPB - formerly BTO), Nicholas Aebischer (GWCT), Richard Brand-Hardy (Defra), Gavin Siriwardena (BTO), Phil Grice (Natural England) and Ian Henderson (BTO), and the BOU's Steve Dudley and Angela Langford for managing the meeting.
