On this podcast we talk to Sarah Harris. Until recently, Sarah managed the BTO's Breeding Bird Survey, and in the first half of this episode she'll be sharing some of the fascinating insights that this survey has given us, including the biggest winners and losers in Scottish birds, and some of the reasons for their good or bad fortunes. Sarah changed jobs recently to take over management of the Seabird Monitoring Programme, and we'll also find out about this vital survey. After an interlude of bird calls, we find out when Sarah would travel to in her time machine, why she prefers Hobbys to Swifts, and her prediction for the next first for Scotland...

SOC

SOC website - https://www.the-soc.org.uk/

Branches – what’s going on near you? https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches

What’s coming up at Waterston house? https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery

Credits

Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders who’s sandpiper and Mediterranean Gull calls were used.

Xeno-canto - https://xeno-canto.org/

Niels Van Donink XC580136 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) :: xeno-canto

Marc Anderson XC732012 Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) :: xeno-canto

Uku Paal XC725188 Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) :: xeno-canto

Irish Wildlife Sounds XC717681 Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) :: xeno-canto

BTO Surveys

If you’re interested to get involved in the BTO surveys that Sarah described, have a look here: https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/birdtrack/surveys

If you’d like to know more about the Breeding Bird Survey results, you can access all of the reports back to 1994 here: https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/breeding-bird-survey/bbs-publications/bbs-reports

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.