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A collection of detailed appraisals of
the status of non-breeding waterbirds in the UK. The Waterbird
Review Series brings together up to four decades of data
and knowledge from the long-term monitoring programmes of
swan and migratory goose populations that winter in Britain
and Ireland.
This series of inventories and reviews
responds, in part, to the call in the AEWA Action Plan for
national inventories of sites of importance. The reviews
generally covers not only UK but also other countries used
by a particular population, usually Ireland, but including
parts of continental Europe also.
In each review, introductory sections
describe abundance, distribution and ecology, particularly
in Britain and Ireland but also through the population's
range. Gaps in our knowledge are identified and the conservation
threats facing the population are described. Central to
each review is a detailed inventory of important sites,
where numbers and trends are presented along with a summary
of site protection status, habitats and site usage by the
population.
This includes all internationally and nationally
important sites in the late 1990s, but also sites of former
importance where numbers have declined. Reviews are available
for Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Bean Goose,
Pink-footed Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Iceland
Greylag Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, East Canadian High
Arctic Light-bellied Brent Goose and East Atlantic Light-bellied
Brent Goose.
The WWT/JNCC Waterbird Review Series
is now available to download from the
WWT website at: http://www.wwt.org.uk/monitoring/waterbirdreviews/
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