The tenth UK report for
Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive
2013
Please cite as:
Joint Nature Conservation Committee 2013. 10th Report by the United Kingdom under Article 12
on the implementation of the Directive on the conservation of wild birds (2009/147/EC)
from January 2008 to December 2012. JNCC, Peterborough.
Available to download from http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/UKBirdsDirectivereports-2013
Please see page linked above for information about the process to compile this report.
Please note three additional spreadsheets present species-related data and information as part of
this Article 12 report.
Annex 1:
General report format, ref. Article 12 of the Birds Directive, for the 2008-2012
report
0. Member State
UK
1. Main achievements under the Birds Directive
Describe briefly the main achievements under the Birds Directive during the reporting period with a special
emphasis on the SPA network. If a Member State wishes to add further documentation to what is
requested in this format, please mention these Annexes and their file-names at the end of this free text
section and upload respective files in the Reportnet together with the rest of the report. If possible, please
provide a translation into English.
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1.1. Text in
national
language
The UK’s geographic position – a north temperate island close to a major continental land-mass –
results in its particular European importance for a number of groups of birds. Whilst many species or
populations occur in internationally important numbers, there are various groups of birds that are of
outstanding importance.
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The UK is exceptionally important for many populations of breeding seabirds, many of which
also use UK waters in significant numbers in the non-breeding season. Together with Ireland,
the UK holds over half the relevant biogeographic (and in some cases, the world) populations
of Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus, Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus, Gannet Morus
bassanus, Great Skua Stercorarius skua, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus and Atlantic
Puffin Fratercula arctica.
The UK is the wintering area for many waterbirds (divers, grebes, ducks, geese, swans,
waders) breeding throughout Arctic and sub-Arctic areas. Birds visiting the UK come from as
far afield as the central Canadian Arctic and central Siberia. The UK has significant
international responsibility for high proportions of total populations.
For many other waterbirds, the UK is not their final destination but is a critical stepping-stone
on their migratory flyways to ultimate winter destinations in Africa. For many waders – such
as Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, Redshank Tringa
totanus, Sanderling Calidris alba, Dunlin Calidris alpina and Knot Calidris canutus– the coast
of the UK is of crucial importance during the spring and autumn migration periods.
The British uplands have a unique and characteristic bird community that is ecologically
distinct in many respects from those found in other European montane environments.
Several Arctic breeding birds, such as Red-throated Diver Gavia arctica, are at the southern
edge of their global breeding range.
The ancient Caledonian pine-forests of the central Scottish Highlands contain Britain’s only
endemic bird, the Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica.
A high proportion – in some cases all – of the national and international populations of such species
occur in the UK SPA network. In summer, the network holds nearly five million breeding seabirds,
whilst in winter it supports an average of over two million waterbirds. The habitat protection provided
for these birds by the network is a major contribution to their international conservation.
Continued work has been undertaken since 2008 to consolidate the terrestrial and marine UK SPA
Network. This has been through a major review of terrestrial SPAs, which has assessed the content
of SPA suites for each of the species for which SPAs have been classified. The first phase of this
review is due to report to government in 2014 (see section 2.2).
Alongside the current review of terrestrial SPAs, work continues to identify and classify marine SPAs,
and there are plans for a review of marine SPA provision to be made by 2015 – a significant task
given the major extent of the UK’s marine environment and challenges involved in obtaining
supporting evidence.
With respect to Article 10, work has continued to consolidate and further improve surveillance of
birds in the UK (in both terrestrial and marine environments), typically through support of monitoring
schemes co-funded by both government agencies and the non-government sector working in
partnership. Bird surveillance and monitoring in the UK depends critically on the inputs of volunteers.
Particular emphasis has been given to maintaining levels of surveillance in times of economic
constraint – essential to maintain basic levels of data collection of value not just for bird conservation
but also wider environmental monitoring needs. Article 10 has recently been transposed into UK law
through the placing on appropriate authorities of the obligation to encourage research and scientific
work that they consider necessary for the implementation of the Birds Directive.
Future monitoring options for marine birds is anticipated to include:
1.
A summary of existing monitoring schemes which provide annual trends in abundance and
breeding success of seabirds; and trends in the number of waterbirds using coastal sites to
breed, stopover on migration or to over-winter; along with options to improve their precision;
2.
Options for monitoring and surveillance of inshore and offshore aggregations of seabirds and
waterbirds at sea and how these options can best be integrated with the above existing
surveillance schemes (including whether coordinated monitoring of the existing/proposed
marine SPA network) can contribute to these;
3. Integration with assessment of seabird sensitivity and vulnerability, and indicator development work
for Marine Framework Strategy Directive (e.g. monitoring invasive mammal presence on offshore
seabird islands and assessing the scale of marine bird bycatch in fisheries (as proposed indicators of
Good Environmental Status).
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Considerable emphasis has been given to the development and implementation of agri-environment
schemes to address declines of formerly-common farmland birds. In England, about 52,000 agrienvironment schemes cover over 69% of utilisable agricultural land (as at July 2013), and other
schemes operate elsewhere in the UK. Such schemes have been of major importance in the
recovery of threatened species such as Corncrake Crex crex and Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus.
The implementation of Action Plans established under the UK Biodiversity Action Planning (UK BAP)
process (http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5155) helped reverse the formerly negative national trends for
several species including Bittern Botaurus stellaris, Corncrake Crex crex, Stone Curlew Burhinus
oedicnemus and Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus. Yet other priority species continue to decline - such as
Bewick’s Swan Cygnus bewickii, Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris, Pintail
Anas acuta, Scaup Aythya marila, Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca, Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria,
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Curlew Numenius arquata, Redshank Tringa totanus, Common Gull
Larus canus and European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur – all of which have UK declines of >25%
during the current reporting period.
Most work which was previously carried out under the UK BAP is now focused at country level.
Further information about the country biodiversity strategies can be found through the country-level
biodiversity web-page. The Environment Departments of all four governments in the UK work
together through the Four Countries Biodiversity Group. Together they have agreed, and Ministers
have signed, a framework of priorities for UK-level work for the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Published on 17 July 2012, the 'UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework' covers the period from 2011
to 2020. Information on the UK Biodiversity Framework can be found at
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/UK_Post2010_Bio-Fwork.pdf.
In the marine environment, domestic implementation of both nature Directives through domestic
legislation has afforded protection to qualifying species of those SPAs classified for breeding
seabirds. Although identification of fully marine SPAs has not been completed, the UK will identify
marine SPAs by 2015 and classify as many as possible by then. This will contribute to the
conservation of seabirds (many of which breed within existing terrestrial SPAs) and non-breeding
waterbirds.
In September 2009, 31 terrestrial seabird colony SPAs were extended into the marine environment
and consultation on an extension to another site is underway. In addition, three entirely marine
SPAs (Bae Caerfyrddin/ Carmarthen Bay, Liverpool Bay/Bae Lerwpl and Outer Thames Estuary)
have been classified in UK waters for wintering aggregations of waterbirds.
JNCC and Defra are running a project, ‘Risk assessment of seabird bycatch in UK waters’. This
project will help to assess the risk to marine birds in UK waters of being caught and killed by
commercial fishing gear. It will identify UK sea areas with a high risk to marine bird populations due
to mortality caused by bycatch. The work will enable governments to assess whether bycatch will
prevent the achievement of Good Environmental Status (GES) under the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD - Directive 2008/56/EC) and to progress the aim of the EU Action
Programme of Action for reducing bycatch.
Particular priority has been given to actions that seek to reduce conflicts with protected birds given
that such conflicts may act as drivers for illegal persecution. These include the continued support of
the Partnership against Wildlife Crime (section 2.4 below), and an initiative, formerly led by the
Environment Council, to seek solutions to perceived conflicts (where these exist) relating to the
presence of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus on moorland managed for Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
scotica. Establishment of a practical model of co-existence is being undertaken through the
Langholm Moor Demonstration Project launched in 2007, Information can be found at:
http://www.langholmproject.com.
A number of LIFE projects have been operational during the reporting period and have continued to
help improve the quality of bird habitats. These include:
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ERDUK - Eradication of Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in the UK to protect the Whiteheaded Duck Oxyura leucocephala (LIFE05 NAT/UK/000142), September 2005 to March
2011. Project website:
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/index.cfm?pageid=244
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Restoring Active Blanket Bog in the Berwyn and Migneint Special Areas of Conservation
(SACs) in Wales (LIFE06 NAT/UK/000134), August 2006 to March 2011. Project website:
http://www.blanketbogswales.org/
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Improvement Programme for England’s Natura 2000 Sites (IPENS) (LIFE11
NAT_UK_000384), July 2012 to June 2015. Project website:
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations/sac/ipens2000.aspx
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Restoring Active Blanket Bog of European Importance in North Scotland (LIFE00
NAT/UK/007075). March 2001-December 2006. Project website:
http://www.lifepeatlandsproject.com/
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Scottish machair - Conserving machair habitats and species in a suite of Scottish Natura
sites (Machair Life) (LIFE08 NAT/UK/000204), January 2010 to December 2013. Project
website: http://www.machairlife.org.uk/
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Securing the Stone-curlew: securing the future of the stone-curlew throughout its range in
the UK (LIFE11 INF/UK/000418), September 2012 to August 2016. Project website:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/projects/details/342233-EU-LIFE+-Project-Securing-the-
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TaCTICS - Tackling Climate Change-Related Threats to an Important Coastal SPA in
Eastern England (LIFE07 NAT/UK/000938), January 2009 to December 2012.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/t/titchwellmarsh/coastalchange/
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The Alde-Ore Estuary - Securing a sustainable future for wildlife (Alde-Ore) (LIFE08
NAT/UK/000199), April 2010 to March 2014. Project website: http://www.lifealdeore.org/
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MoorLIFE: Active blanket bog restoration in the South Pennine Moors (MoorLIFE) (LIFE08
NAT_UK_000202), April 2010 to April 2015. Project website:
http://www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/moorlife
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Reintroducing the Great Bustard Otis tarda to southern England (Reintroducing Otis tarda)
(LIFE09 NAT/UK/000020), September 2010 to August 2015. Project website:
http://greatbustard.org/life_project/
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Maintaining and enhancing the Isles of Scilly SPA through the removal of rats from two key
islands (Scilly rat removal) (LIFE11 NAT/UK/000387), October 2012 to September 2017.
Project website: http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/projects/details/343296-isles-of-scillyseabird-recovery-project
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Mink control - Mink control to protect important birds in SPAs in the Western Isles
(Hebridean Mink Project) (LIFE00 NAT/UK/007073), – April 2001 to June 2006. Project
website: http://www.snh.gov.uk/land-and-sea/managing-wildlife/hebridean-mink-project
Surveys from which the data in this report were derived were funded or organised, inter alia, by the
following organisations (and their predecessor bodies): BirdWatch Ireland (BWI), British Trust for
Ornithology (BTO); Department for the Environment Northern Ireland; Game and Wildlife
Conservation Trust; Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Natural Resources Wales; Natural
England; Raptor Study Groups in Scotland, England and Wales; Royal society for the Protection of
Birds; Scottish Ornithologists Club (SOC); Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group;
SNH and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. We thank especially BTO, BWI and SOC for the use of
data and information from the Britain and Ireland Bird Atlas 2007-2011.
Finally, this assessment would not have been possible without the massive voluntary efforts of many
tens of thousands of volunteers who have given their time (and resources) to participate in
systematic surveys and monitoring of UK birds since the 1960s. We acknowledge their huge input
and interest, without which knowledge of the UK’s changing birds would be immeasurably poorer
and the implementation of the Directive more difficult.
1.2.
Translation
into
English
(optional)
Optional
2. General information sources on the implementation of the Birds Directive - links to
information sources of the Member State
For the topics below give a link to Internet address(es) where to find the requested information, or explain
how to access this information.
2.1. General information
about the Birds Directive
General information provided on the Joint Nature Conservation
Committee (JNCC) website: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1373
General information provided on the Department of the Environment
Northern Ireland website:
http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/protect_the_environment/natural_env
ironment/habitats_and_species.htm
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2.2. Information about the
SPA network
JNCC: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-162
The UK undertook a major species-based review of its SPA Network in
the 1990s and which is available at http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page1412 and http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2970.
A third network review commenced in 2008 and will report its initial
findings in early 2014. The formal objective is to “review the current
UK network of terrestrial and coastal Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
in order to ensure that UK obligations under Article 4 of the European
Union’s Directive on the conservation of wild birds (Council Directive
79/409/EEC, as amended) (‘the Birds Directive’) are met”. Options
for a review of marine SPA provision are currently being scoped, for
delivery by 2015.
The Review has assessed network-scale changes between the 1990s
(as reported in 2001) and the 2000s.
Statistics used in section 8.1.1 derive from the current network review
and relate to just the totals of each species’ SPA suite – those SPAs
selected for each relevant species. It is not the total of qualifying and
non-qualifying occurrences within the network as a whole – this latter
statistic is not possible to generate. The SPA suite totals are thus
presented as minimum values only.
Most coastal SPAs in the UK currently do not extend beyond the low
water mark. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee, in
collaboration with Scottish Natural Heritage, Natural England, Natural
Resources Wales and the Department of Environment Northern
Ireland has undertaken extensive survey and data collection to
identify important aggregations of seabirds and waterbirds. The
target is to identify SPAs in marine waters (to the British Fishery
Limit) by the end of 2015, and to classify as many of these as
possible by that time.
Further information about SPAs in each of the UK’s countries can be
found at:
Scotland: http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlandsnature/protected-areas/international-designations/spa/
Wales:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/consmanagement
/conservationbiodiversity/specialprotectionareas/?lang=en
England:
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations
/spa/
Northern Ireland:
http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/protected_areas_home/spec_protect.h
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2.3.
Monitoring
(Articles 4(1), 10)
schemes
Key multi-species monitoring schemes for birds in the UK include:
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Wetland Bird Survey (non-breeding waterbirds) http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs
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Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme (non-breeding geese
and swans) http://monitoring.wwt.org.uk/goose_and_swan.php
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Rare Breeding Birds Panel - http://www.rbbp.org.uk
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Breeding Birds Survey (common breeding birds) –
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/bbs
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Waterways Breeding Bird Survey (common breeding birds of
waterway habitats) - http://www.bto.org/volunteersurveys/wbbs
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Constant Effort Sites Scheme (productivity assessment) http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/surveys/ces
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Ringing Scheme (movements and survival) http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/ringing-scheme
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Nest Record Scheme (productivity assessment) http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/nrs
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Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme (birds of prey in Scotland)
- http://www.scottishraptorstudygroup.org/srms.html
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Seabird Monitoring Programme (breeding seabird numbers,
productivity and survival) - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page1550
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Seabird census programmes - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page4461
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National Beached Bird Survey (monitoring seabird mortality) http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/projects/details/203916national-beached-bird-survey
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Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (monitoring of pesticide
and other pollution residues)
https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/display/pbms/Home
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National Game Bag Census (bag records from shooting
estates) http://www.gwct.org.uk/research__surveys/wildlife_surveys_
and_ngc/national_gamebag_census_ngc/default.asp
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Avian Influenza monitoring http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-diseases/a-z/bird-flu/
There are an additional range of single species monitoring
programmes not listed here. Information on more general
environmental monitoring programmes in the UK – many of which
include birds – can be found at http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-3713
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2.4. Protection of species
(Articles 5-8)
Information regarding the protection of species (Articles 5-8), which
includes international conventions and agreements, conservation
listing, priority species, protected areas, surveillance and monitoring,
indicators, reporting, and advice can be found here:
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1742
The Partnership against Wildlife Crime http://www.defra.gov.uk/paw/
is a key mechanism for establishing inter-organisational priorities in
tackling illegal acts against birds and other wildlife.
Also - Partnership against Wildlife Crime in Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/WildlifeHabitats/paw-scotland/
2.5. Transposition of the
Directive (legal texts)
Information regarding the transposition of the Directive into UK
legislation can be found here:
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1373
Following advice from the European Commission on incomplete
transposition of the Birds Directive, the Conservation of Habitats and
Species (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and the Offshore Marine
Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
(collectively “the amendment regulations”) have been put in place.
These place specific obligations on the Secretary of State (or Welsh or
Scottish Ministers) to permit the designation of MCZs/NC MPAs to
manage and protect bird habitat, including for the re-establishment
and creation of biotopes (Article 3(2)(b)-(d) requirements). It also
fulfils the requirement to create protected areas for any species not
covered by the SPA process in order to meet the Article 3(2)(a)
requirements.
3. SPA classification (Article 4)
Site classification on the national level. Where appropriate, give figures separately for terrestrial sites
(excluding marine areas) and marine sites (as defined in the guidance document).
Number of SPAs
Surface area of SPAs
3.1. All SPAs
269
28087.15 km2
3.1.1. Terrestrial area of sites
(excluding marine areas)
(no information
requested)
15375.75 km2
3.1.2. Marine area of sites
107
12711.4 km2
3.2. Date of last update
30-08-2012
4. Comprehensive management plans for SPAs
Management plans are considered as operational instruments that outline practical measures to achieve
the conservation objectives for the sites in the network (see guidance documents).
4.1. Number of sites for which management plans have been adopted
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4.2. Proportion (%) of the network area covered by management plans
4.3. Number of sites for which management plans are under
preparation (optional)
5.98%
Optional
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5. Measures taken in relation to approval of plans and projects (Articles 6(4) and 7
of the Habitats Directive)
List site-wise projects and plans for which compensation measures were necessary. Repeat fields 5.1.1 to
5.1.4 for each project/plan as needed.
5.1. Project / plan with compensation measures
Requested information to be repeated for
each site.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9015022
5.1.2. Site name
Severn Estuary SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2010
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Port of Bristol development (berths and
channel)
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Optional, free text, max. 250 characters.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9015022
5.1.2. Site name
Severn Estuary SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2010
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Parrett Estuary Flood Risk Management
Strategy
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Optional, free text, max. 250 characters.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9012031
5.1.2. Site name
Medway Estuary and Marshes SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Medway Estuary and Swale Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves The Swale SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9012011
5.1.2. Site name
The Swale SPA
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5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Medway Estuary and Swale Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Medway Estuary SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9012021
5.1.2. Site name
Thames Estuary and Marshes SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Isle of Grain to South Foreland Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Thanet Coast and
Sandwich Bay SPA and The Swale SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9012071
5.1.2. Site name
Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Isle of Grain to South Foreland Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Thames Estuary and
Marshes SPA and The Swale SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9012011
5.1.2. Site name
The Swale SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Isle of Grain to South Foreland Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Thames Estuary and
Marshes SPA and Thanet Coast and
Sandwich Bay SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9012091
5.1.2. Site name
Dungeness to Pett Levels SPA
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5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
South Foreland to Beachy Head SMP
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Optional, free text, max. 250 characters.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9011061
5.1.2. Site name
Solent and Southampton Water SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Isle of Wight Shoreline Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Optional, free text, max. 250 characters.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9011061
5.1.2. Site name
Solent and Southampton Water SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
North Solent Shoreline Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Portsmouth Harbour
SPA and Chichester and Langstone
Harbours SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9011051
5.1.2. Site name
Portsmouth Harbour SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
North Solent Shoreline Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Solent and
Southampton Water SPA and Chichester
and Langstone Harbours SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9011011
5.1.2. Site name
Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
North Solent Shoreline Management Plan
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5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Solent and
Southampton Water SPA and Portsmouth
Harbour SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9006111
5.1.2. Site name
Humber Estuary SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Flamborough Head to Gibraltar Point
Shoreline Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Optional, free text, max. 250 characters.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9010081
5.1.2. Site name
Exe Estuary SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
South Devon and Dorset Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Tamar Estuaries
Complex SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9010141
5.1.2. Site name
Tamar Estuaries Complex SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
South Devon and Dorset Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Exe Estuary SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9011061
5.1.2. Site name
Solent and Southampton Water SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Hurst Spit to Durlston Head Shoreline
Management Plan
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5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Dorset Heathlands
SPA and Poole Harbour SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9010101
5.1.2. Site name
Dorset Heathlands SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Hurst Spit to Durlston Head Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Solent and
Southampton Water SPA and Poole Harbour
SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9010111
5.1.2. Site name
Poole Harbour SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Hurst Spit to Durlston Head Shoreline
Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Solent and
Southampton Water SPA and Dorset
Heathlands SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9009031
5.1.2. Site name
North Norfolk Coast SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
North Norfolk Shoreline Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Optional, free text, max. 250 characters.
5.1.1. Site code
UK9009291
5.1.2. Site name
Benacre Broad to Easton Bavents SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan
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5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves MinsmereWalberswick Heaths and Marshes SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9009101
5.1.2. Site name
Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes
SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Scheme also involves Benacre Broad to
Easton Bavents SPA
5.1.1. Site code
UK9006061
5.1.2. Site name
Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2011
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
Tees Tidal Flood Risk Management Strategy
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
5.1.1. Site code
UK9009031
5.1.2. Site name
North Norfolk Coast SPA
5.1.3. Year of project/plan
2009
5.1.4. Title of project/plan
RSPB Titchwell Coastal Change Project
5.1.5. Impact of projects in need of compensation
measures on status of bird species at the site
(optional)
Provision of habitat for breeding Avocets
Recurvirostra avosetta at RSPB Frampton
Marsh reserve, adjacent to The Wash SPA.
(Managed re-alignment to address coastal
erosion of North Norfolk Coast SPA).
6. Research and work required as basis for the protection, management and use of
bird populations (Article 10)
Indicate if any of the below listed activities have been done during the reporting period. Additional free
text information of relevance with reference to the implementation of Article 10 can be given in Section 1.
6.1. National bird atlas
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6.1.1 Title
Bird Atlas 2007-11: The Breeding and
Wintering Birds of Britain and Ireland
6.1.2. Year of publication
2013
6.1.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/birdatlas
Balmer, B., Gillings, S., Caffrey, B., Swann, R.,
Downie, I. & Fuller, R.J. 2013. Bird Atlas 2007-11:
the breeding and wintering birds of Britain and
Ireland. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, UK.
720 pp.
Information about previous bird atlases in the UK is
at http://www.bto.org/volunteersurveys/birdatlas/about/history-atlases
6.2. National bird monitoring overview
Repeat fields 6.2.1 to 6.2.3 if more than one
overview has been published.
6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
The State of UK’s Birds 2012
6.2.2. Year of publication
2012
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
See http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/science/sotukb/
for reports from 2007-2012.
Eaton, M.A., Cuthbert, R., Grice, P.V., Hall, C., Hearn,
R.D., Holt, C.A., Knipe, A., Marchant, J., Mavor, R.,
Moran, N., Mukhida, F., Musgrove, A.J., Noble, D.G.,
Oppel, S., Risely, K., Small, C., Stroud, D.A., Toms,
M. & Wotton, S. 2012. The state of the UK’s birds
2012. RSPB, BTO, WWT, CCW, JNCC, NE, NIEA and
SNH; Sandy, Bedfordshire.
6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
Waterbirds in the UK – annual report of the
national Wetland Bird Survey
6.2.2. Year of publication
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
2012
See http://www.bto.org/volunteersurveys/webs/publications/annual-reports
Holt, C.A., Austin, G.E., Calbrade, N.A., Mellan, H.J.,
Hearn, R.D., Stroud, D.A., Wotton, S.R. & Musgrove,
A.J. 2012. Waterbirds in the UK 2010/11: The
Wetland Bird Survey. BTO/RSPB/JNCC, Thetford.
183 pp.
6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
6.2.2. Year of publication
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
Seabird Population Trends and Causes of
Change: 1986-2012 - results of Seabird Monitoring
Programme
2013
JNCC 2013. Seabird Population Trends and Causes
of Change: 1986-2012 Report
(http://www.jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-3201). Joint
Nature Conservation Committee. Updated July 2013.
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6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
Annual report of the national Breeding Bird Survey
6.2.2. Year of publication
2012
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
See http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/bbs/bbspublications/bbs-reports for annual reports from
2007- 2011.
Risely, K., Massimino, D., Johnston, A., Newson, S.E.,
Eaton, M.A., Musgrove, A.J., Noble, D.G., Procter, D.
& Baillie, S.R. 2012. The Breeding Bird Survey 2011.
BTO Research Report 624. British Trust for
Ornithology, Thetford.
6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
Annual report of the national Rare Breeding Birds
6.2.2. Year of publication
2012
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
Panel
See http://www.rbbp.org.uk/rbbp-reports.htm for
annual reports from 2007- 2010.
Holling, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel 2012.
Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2010.
British Birds 105: 352-416.
6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
Bird Trends 2012
6.2.2. Year of publication
2012
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
See http://www.bto.org/about-birds/birdtrends/2012
Baillie, S.R., Marchant, J.H., Leech, D.I., Massimino,
D., Eglington, S.M., Johnston, A., Noble, D.G.,
Barimore, C., Kew, A.J., Downie, I.S., Risely, K. &
Robinson, R.A. 2013. BirdTrends 2012: trends in
numbers, breeding success and survival for UK
breeding birds. Research Report 644. BTO, Thetford.
6.2.1. Title or similar plus short description
Third report of the Avian Population Estimates
6.2.2. Year of publication
2013
6.2.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
Panel
See http://www.britishbirds.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2010/12/APEP3.pdf
Musgrove, A.J., Aebischer, N.J., Eaton, M.A., Hearn,
R.D., Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G., Parsons, M., Risely,
K. & Stroud, D.A. 2013. Population estimates of
birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
British Birds 106: 64-100.
6.3. National bird red list
6.3.1 Title
Birds of Conservation Concern 3
6.3.2. Year of publication
2009
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6.3.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
http://www.britishbirds.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2010/10/Birds-of-ConservationConcern3.pdf
Eaton, M.A., Brown, A.F., Noble, D.G., Musgrove,
A.J., Hearn, R., Aebischer, N.J., Gibbons, D.W.,
Evans, A. & Gregory R.D. 2009. Birds of
Conservation Concern 3: the population status of
birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the
Isle of Man. British Birds 102:296-341.
6.4. Other publications of EU-wide interest
(e.g. national overview of action for
threatened species)
Repeat fields 6.4.1 to 6.4.3 if more than one;
maximum ten publications..
6.4.1. Title or similar plus short description
Scottish Natural Heritage’s Species Action
Framework
6.4.2. Year of publication
2007
6.4.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
Links to publications from
http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlandsnature/species-action-framework/
6.4.1. Title or similar plus short description
Conservation Framework for Hen Harriers in
the UK
6.4.2. Year of publication
2011
6.4.3. Web-link and/or bibliographic
reference
Fielding, A., Haworth, P., Whitfield, P., McLeod, D. &
Riley, H. 2011. A Conservation Framework for Hen
Harriers in the United Kingdom. JNCC Report 441.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/jncc441.pdf
7. Non-native bird species (Article 11)
Reporting on bird species not naturally occurring in the wild in the European territory of the Member
States and for which introduction has taken place during the reporting period. Repeat fields 7.1 to 7.1.3
for each species reported as needed.
7.1. Species scientific name
Requested information to be repeated for each species
7.1.1. Sub-species
Where relevant
7.1.2. Main contents of legal
decision for introduction
Free text (maximum 250 characters); to include justification, number
of individuals and duration of any authorisation.
7.1.3. Consultation with the
Commission
Date
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