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It is BTO’s policy to make public the results of our research. Our aim is to publish as much as possible of our work in the peer reviewed scientific literature.  Many results are also published in our BTO Research Report series.

Flegg, J.J.M. 1970. The BTO in the seventies. Bird Study 17 : 59-60 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476259)
Freeman, M.S. & Batten, L.A. 1970. Blackbird and Song Thrush incubating eggs in the same nest. British Birds 63
Glue, D.E. 1970. Changes in the bird community of a Hampshire gravel pit. Bird Study 17 : 15-27 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476251)
Glue, D.E. 1970. Prey taken by Short-eared Owls at British breeding sites and winter quarters. Bird Study 17 : 39-42 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476253)
Glue, D.E. 1970. The bird communities of two contrasting valleys in north-west Iceland. Bird Study 17 : 247-259 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476282)
Mayer-Gross, H. 1970. Nest Record Scheme. BTO Field Guide no. 12.
Mead, C.J. 1970. The winter quarters of British Swallows. Bird Study 17 : 229-240 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476280)
Prater, A.J. 1970. The variation of the weights and wing lengths of Blackbirds at Rye Meads. 5th report of the Rye Meads Ringing Group : 16-24
Prater, A.J. 1970. Wader feeding studies in Morecambe Bay. Report to the Water Resources Board.
Prater, A.J. & Wilson, J. 1970. The relationship between roosting and feeding areas of waders in Morecambe Bay. Report to the Water Resources Board.
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1970. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 4 -- Bluethroat and Ortolan Bunting. British Birds 63 : 313-324
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1970. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 3 -- Rough-legged Buzzard, Temminck's Stint and Long-tailed Skua. British Birds 63 : 6-23
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1970. Weekend bias at observatories. Bird Study 17 : 57-58 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476257)
Sharrock, J.T.R., Hutchinson, C.D., Preston, K. & Barbier, P.G.R. 1970. The identification of Blyth's Reed Warbler in autumn. British Birds 63 : 214-216
Sharrock, J.T.R., Preston, K. & Green, T.Q. 1970. American Redstart and Olive-backed Thrush at Cape Clear Island. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16 : 314-316
Spencer, R. 1970. The role of bird ringing in conservation. Bird Study 17 : 104-110 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476263)
Williamson, K. 1970. The Atlantic Islands. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Williamson, K. 1970. Birds and modern forestry. Bird Study 17 : 167-176 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657009476267)
Williamson, K. 1970. Have our forest birds a future?. Book title: Northamptonshire Naturalists' Trust ECY 1970 commemorative booklet : 36-40
Hudson, R. 1970. Recoveries in Great Britain and Ireland of birds ringed abroad. British Birds 63 : 243-253
Johnson, I.G. 1970. The Water Pipit as a winter visit to the British Isles. Bird Study 17 : 297-319
Mayer-Gross, H. 1970. The Nest Record Scheme, 1967. Bird Study 17 : 54-56
Williamson, K. 1970. Birds. Book title: Shell Natural History of Britain London : 367-431
Williamson, K. 1970. The Common Birds Census as a device for monitoring population levels. Bird Census Work and Environmental Monitoring. Bulletin Ecological Research Committee no. 9, Lund, Sweden. : 9-13
Ferguson-Lees, I.J. & Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Food of Barn Owls in Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire Naturalist 23 : 30-31
Flegg, J.J.M. 1969. Problems of assessing changes in wild bird populations.. Proceedings of 5th British Insecticide and Fungicide Conference
Flegg, J.J.M. & Cox, C.J. 1969. The moult of British Blue Tit and Great Tit populations. Bird Study 16 : 147-157 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476236)
Ginn, H.B. 1969. The use of annual ringing and nest record card totals as indicators of population levels. Bird Study 16 : 210-248 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476245)
Glue, D.E. 1969. Perch and roach as prey of Tawny Owls. British Birds 62
Mead, C.J. 1969. Ringed Peregrines in Great Britain. Book title: Peregrine Falcon Populations University of Wisconsin Press : 385-390
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Grey Wagtail passage and population fluctuations in 1956-67. Bird Study 16 : 17-34 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476213)
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Mammals at Cape Clear Island in 1968. Cape Clear Bird Observatory Report 10 : 24-25
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Red-eyed Vireo on Cape Clear Island. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16 : 235-236
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Stranded jellyfish at Cape Clear Island. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. White-throated Sparrow on Cape Clear Island: a bird new to Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16
Sharrock, J.T.R. & Preston, K. 1969. Pallas's Warbler on Cape Clear Island: a bird new to Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16 : 173-174
Sharrock, J.T.R. & Walker, P. 1969. Dartford Warbler on Cape Clear Island. Irish Naturalists' Journal 16
Snow, D.W. 1969. An analysis of breeding success in the Blackbird Turdus merula. Ardea 57 : 165-171
Snow, D.W. 1969. Some vital statistics of British Mistle Thrushes. Bird Study 16 : 34-44 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476214)
Snow, D.W. 1969. The moult of British thrushes and chats. Bird Study 16 : 115-129 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476230)
Spencer, R. 1969. Report on bird ringing for 1968. British Birds 62 : 393-442
Williamson, K. 1969. Bird communities in woodland habitats in Wester Ross, Scotland. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 63 : 305-328
Williamson, K. 1969. Habitat preferences of the Wren on English farmland. Bird Study 16 : 53-59 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476216)
Batten, L.A. 1969. Bird population changes on farmland and in woodland for the years 1967-68. Bird Study 16 : 163-168 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063656909476238)
Parrinder, E.R. & Parrinder, E.D. 1969. Little Ringed Plovers in Britain in 1963-67. British Birds 62 : 219-223
Presst, I. & Jefferies, D.J. 1969. Winter numbers, breeding success and organochlorine residues in the Great Crested Grebe in Britain. Bird Study 16 : 168-186
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 1 -- Introduction, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole and Tawny Pipit. British Birds 62 : 169-189
Sharrock, J.T.R. 1969. Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland during 1958-67. Part 2 -- Melodious Warbler, Icterine Warbler and Woodchat Shrike. British Birds 62 : 300-315
Stafford, J. 1969. The census of heronries 1962-63. Bird Study 16 : 83-88
Williamson, K. 1969. A farmland bird census. A breeding bird census in woodland. School Projects in Natural History 2: (Devon Trust for Nature Conservation) : 17-22

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