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| Table 1. Projects included within the NE/RSPB Action for Birds in England (AfBiE) partnership agreement 2007/08 extension (as amended December 2007): indicative costs, key outcomes and lead officers | |
| PG 17th December 2007 | |
| RECOVERY PROJECTS | Key outcomes |
| Chough and corn bunting | Monitoring of breeding attempts by Chough in England and encouraging favourable management of coastal habitats in the SW for Chough and Corn Bunting using ES and other appropriate means |
| Wash harriers | Monitoring of the populations of Montagu’s and Marsh Harriers breeding around the Wash, undertaking any intervention measures as necessary |
| Corncrake re-introduction | Releasing at least 50 young Corncrakes onto the Nene Washes each summer and surveying the site for singing males |
| Cirl bunting recovery | Securing sympathetic management of farmland in south Devon using ES and other appropriate means |
| East Anglian stone curlews | Monitoring of numbers, distribution and productivity of Stone Curlews breeding in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire |
| Wessex stone curlew recovery | Monitoring of numbers, distribution and productivity of Stone Curlews breeding in central southern England |
| Great Yarmouth little terns | Effective management, through wardening and other actions, of Little Tern breeding colonies within the Great Yarmouth North Denes SPA |
| Tree sparrow recovery in the north of England | Delivery of a package of tree sparrow recovery actions to farmers in 12 target hotspots within northwest England |
| English seabird numbers and productivity | Implementation of and agreed programme filling the gaps in the monitoring of important breeding seabird populations in England |
| Bird Conservation Targeting Project | Production of targeting maps for priority farmland and woodland birds |
| Aquatic warbler | Data available on the abundance of Aquatic Warblers passing through key sites in SW England |
| Lapwing recovery in the north of England | Securing favourable management of land for Lapwings in the Forest of Bowland, North Pennines & Peak District using ES and other appropriate means |
| Wessex farmland birds | Direct conservation action for the declining, range-restricted farmland birds in the Wessex region of England |
| Chesil little terns | Effective management, through wardening and other actions, of Little Tern breeding colonies within the Chesil Beach and The Fleet SPA |
| Dartford warbler and woodlark | Further analyses of 2006 survey data to provide management recommendations for key sites and habitats |
| Corn bunting recovery | Provision of regionally tailored advisory measures for corn buntings in at least 2 English regions |
| RESEARCH SERVICES | Key outcomes |
| Yellow wagtail | Trialling of management solutions for providing late-season nesting areas for Yellow Wagtails on arable farmland |
| Wider biodiversity benefits | Assessment of the wider biodiversity benefits of agri-environment scheme prescriptions targeted on farmland birds through review and field observation |
| Safe nesting habitats for breeding corn buntings | Identification of management options for providing safe nesting areas for Corn Buntings |
| Spotted flycatcher | Identification of factors determining distribution and breeding success of Spotted Flycatchers in two contrasting study areas |
| Lesser spotted Woodpecker | Identification of factors determining distribution and breeding success of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in three contrasting study areas |
| Bittern monitoring | Annual estimate of the number and distribution of booming male Bitterns |
| Migrants | Implementation of an agreed programme of work to identify possible causes of declines in long-distance Afro-Palearctic migrants using existing ornithological & environmental data |
| Diversionary feeding of kestrels at Great Yarmouth | To determine if providing diversionary food to key kestrel nest sites increases yearly productivity of the little tern colony at Great Yarmouth |
| SUKB | Production of 2006 edition of the State of the UK’s Birds for launch at the 2007 British Birdwatching Fair |
| Stone curlew demography PhD | Quantification of the importance of different management techniques to the recovery of Stone Curlews |
| Wetting up fields for lapwing | Trialling of techniques for the wetting-up of lowland grassland fields to benefit breeding Lapwing |
| Rowden | Quantificatoin of the effects of under-field drainage on seasonal changes in the availability of soil invertebrates and the usage of agricultural grassland by foraging birds |
| Upland Bird Survey | Provide English and important site trends in key upland breeding birds by supplementing BBS from 2007 |
| Cirl bunting analysis | Understanding of the scale of management change needed for seed-eating farmland birds through analysis of 2003 survey data |
| Prescription-level evaluation of ES for farmland birds | Field evaluation of key ES management prescriptions for priority farmland birds |
| Willow tit pre-nest box surveys | List of sites in north Wiltshire suitable for deployment of nest boxes for willow tits |
| RWBS analysis | Extended detailed analysis of RWBS data to 12 further species, including some that have increased |
| NBN priority species | Preparation and entry to NBN of survey and monitoring data for NE priority species |
| Merlin survey preparation | Preparation for the SCARABBS merlin survey in 2008 |
| Windfarm sensitivity | Preparation of a map showing bird sensitivity to onshore windfarms in England |
| Breeding wader survey preparation | Preparation for a survey of breeding waders on a sample lowland wet grassland SSSIs and agri-environment agreements. |
| Notes: New projects added to the agreement in the December 2007 amendment are given in italics. Changes to the NE contributions of existing priojects agreed in the December 2007 amendment are also given in italics. | |