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publications catalogue

IntroductionWelcome to the catalogue of RSPB publications, whichcontains hundreds of books, reports and leaflets on a diverserange of subjects. The wealth of resources listed here will be ofenormous value to a wide range of readers, from schools, tolandowners, to conservation bodies.

Many of our titles are highlighted with photos of the coversand a brief description. If you wish to order any publications,please contact the publications department. Call 01234 263616,or e-mail: [email protected] Alternatively, for details ofhow to order publications by post, see page 2.

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ContentsThe RSPB – what we do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Energy and climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Heathlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

International trade and global agriculture . . . . . . . .15

Investigations (wild bird crime offences) . . . . . . . .16

Planning and local government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Species and habitats policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Wetlands, coastal and marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Woodlands and forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Miscellaneous publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

English regional publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Wales publications – Cyhoeddiadau Cymru . . . . . .36

Scotland publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Northern Ireland publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Order form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51


The RSPBWhat we do

● We champion birds and the environment to decision makers.● We protect, restore and manage habitats for birds and other wildlife.● We research the problems facing birds and the environment, looking

for practical solutions that we can implement on the ground, andpromote to others.

● We carry out ‘hands-on’ recovery projects for our most threatened species.

● We own and manage over 190 nature reserves, where wildlife canflourish and people can be inspired.

● We share our knowledge and enthusiasm to help the young and oldenjoy the natural world.

● We champion the cause of biodiversity conservation within the widerdebate on sustainable development.

● We are active across the UK at national, regional and local levels – ourwork is relevant to your environment.

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AgricultureA management guide to birds of upland farmlandBy G W Dodds, M J Appleby and L CampbellCharts changes in agriculture that have affected bird life andoffers management guidelines to help reverse the declines.Stock code: 24-104 Price: £4.99

The wet grassland guide: managing floodplain and

coastal wet grasslands for wildlifeBy Phil Benstead, Martin Drake, Paul José, Owen Mountford, Chris Newbold and Jo TreweekThe ecology and best practice management of freshwatergrazing marshes, on the coast and in floodplains.Stock code: 24-115 | ISBN: 0 903 138 86 7 Price: £14.95

Lowland farmland handbook Information on how agricultural changes have affected lowlandbird populations, detailed examination of the decline of keyspecies, and practical advice on farmland management that willbenefit birds and other wildlife.Stock code: 24-261 Price: £19.99

Protecting hedgerows for birdsHedgerows provide a vital refuge for wildlife. This leaflet demonstrates howhedgerows can be properly managed.Stock code: 22-377 Price: Free


How you can help birds on…Arable farms 24-174Lowland livestock farms 24-175Upland farms 24-176Free advisory poster leaflets

Management guide to upland farming Stock code: 24-104 Price: £2.50

Free advisory sheetsHelping farmers and other peopleimprove habitats for birds andother wildlife.

Lowland farmland birds

Lapwing 24-144Skylark 24-145Yellowhammer 24-146Tree sparrow 24-147Reed bunting 24-148Song thrush 24-149Grey partridge 24-150

Linnet 24-151Corn bunting 24-152Turtle dove 24-164

Upland farmland birdsLapwing 24-144 Skylark 24-145Curlew 24-168Redshank 24-169Ring ouzel 24-170Snipe 24-171Twite 24-172


Arable farmland habitat

Arable field margins 24-154Beetle banks 24-155Conservation headlands 24-156Rotational set-aside 24-157Non-rotational set-aside 24-158Wild bird cover 24-159Hedgerow management 24-160Over-wintered stubbles 24-173

Livestock farming habitatField margins on grassland 24-161Arable crops on livestock farms 24-162Rush management on wet pasture 24-163

Land management for wildlifeGorse 24-235Nightjar 24-236Woodlark 24-237Skylark plots 24-238Managing grassland for waders 24-239Heather moorlandmanagement 24-240Moorland grazing 24-241

Other

Hay meadows 24-189Arable reversion 24-190Extensive grazing of grassland 24-191Re-wetting of grassland 24-192Bracken control 24-194Farmland scrub management 24-223Gill/clough woodland management 24-195Grip blocking 24-196Drainage channels 24-224 Farmland bird feeding stations 24-225Farm buildings 24-226Managing scrub on chalkand limestone grassland 24-230Managing reedbeds for bitterns 24-185

Helping the birds on your farm

with the Entry Level

Stewardship schemeArable farm 24-256Lowland livestock farm 24-257Upland farm 24-258


A management guide to the birds of lowland farmland (1995) £5 24-087

ASDA farmland birds (leaflet) Free 27-005

Balancing the cost: wildlife and modern agriculture (November 2003) Free 22-374

Bird Aid Project: providing seed food for farmland birds Free 22-368

Eating the view – how you can benefit the countryside and our rural communities (The Countryside Agency) (January 2003) Free 22-358

Studies in European agriculture

and environment policy

A future for rural Europe? Free 27-071

Buenos Aires conference: briefing report Free 27-163

Environmental liability: what must the proposed directive include? Free 27-214

Environmental measures: indicators for UK environment (1994) Free 27-018

Tourism and structural funds Free 27-040

Working with nature (Summary) Free 27-153

Your choice – GMC farming Free 27-152


Peat and peatlands

Peat and peatlands Free 27-206

Policy statements

Working together – communities, conservation and rural

economiesIdentifying how local rural development projects can benefitcommunities, conservation and rural economies.Stock code: 22-284 | ISBN: 1 901 930 13 0 Price: £10

A future for Europe’s rural environment: reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (BirdLife International) (1997) £10 22-224

An agenda for action: reform of the CAP Free 22-223

CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) reform proposals (December 2001) Free 22-327

Changing the CAP (December 2002) Free 22-338

England’s rural future: a vision for people and wildlife in the uplands (1999) Free 22-366

Land for life: a future of the UK’s special places vision document (1999) £5 23-039

Our countryside, our future: the way forward for farming, wildlife and rural communities (1992) £5 27-174


The world grain market (working paper two on arable policy) (1996) £5 27-145

Wise use of floodplains – EU Life-Environment Project (Complete) (March 2002) Free 22-334

Wise use of floodplains – EU Life-Environment Project (Overall) (guidance notes) (March 2002) Free 22-335

Wise use of floodplains – EU Life-Environment Project case study – The Forth Catchment Project (August 2002) Free 22-349

Wise use of floodplains – EU Life-Environment Project case study – Erne sustainable wetlands (August 2002) Free 22-352

Wise use of floodplains – EU Life-Environment Project case study – Somerset Levels and Moors – Parrett catchments (August 2002) Free 22-351

Wise use of floodplains – EU Life-Environment Project – case study – The Fens Floodplain Project (August 2002) Free 22-350

EconomicsConservation works for local economies in the UK £7.50 27-219

Cost effectiveness analysis of new native pinewoods for nature conservation (with MLURI) (1996) £3 27-110

Economic importance of the natural environment sector in SW England (1998) £5 27-114


Economic instruments for water pollution (Response to DETR consultancy) (1998) £3 27-115

Geese and local economies: a report to the National Goose Forum by the RSPB and BASC (1999) £5 27-120

Issues relating to the design and impact of a possible tax or charge on pesticides (1999) £7.50 27-128

Nature conservation, employment and local economies: a literature review (1995) £5 27-126

Pesticide taxes: a discussion paper (1998) £7.50 27-128

Pesticide taxes: an update (1999) £1 27-127

Taxation and nature conservation (Portsmouth University) (1995) £5 27-137

The cost of managing the Natura 2000 network (1999) £3 27-200

The environmental and the regional economy: opportunities for the regional development agencies (1999) £7.50 27-149

Unravelling the web – the global value of wild nature (with BirdLife International) Free 27-247

Valuing Norfolk’s coast: the economic benefits of environmental and wildlife tourism (Report) (2000) £10 27-161

Working with nature in Britain (case studies of nature conservation, employment and local economies) (1997) £7.50 27-041


Energy and climate changeFuturescapes – large-scale habitat restoration for wildlife

and people (2001)Stock code: 23-048 Price: £5

Climate change and wildlife in the UKClimate change threatens disaster for the world’s wildlife. How can this be tackled?Stock code: 27-267 Price: Free

A greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme for the United Kingdom (Response to DETR Consultation) (2001) £2 27-185

A review of the possible impacts of wind farms on birds and other wildlife (JNCC report no 22) (1992) £5 27-129

Biomass energy and the environment (Paper for the CLM European conference on the environmental impact of biomass for energy) (1996) £3 27-101

Birds and wind turbines: RSPB policy and practice (1996) £5 27-102

Briefing for Buenos Aires conference (1998) £3 27-103

Briefing paper for resumed sixth conference of the parties to the Climate Change Convention, Bonn (2000) £3 27-217


Briefing paper for the eighth conference of the parties and 17th sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the Climate Change Convention New Delhi, 23 October to 1 November 2002 (October 2002) £3 27-255

Briefing paper for the meetings of the subsidiary bodies in the Climate Change Convention, Lyon (2000) £3 27-188

Briefing paper for the sixth conference of the parties to the Climate Change Convention, Bonn (1999) £3 27-187

Climate change and wildlife (1997) £3 27-053

Climate change: the draft UK programme (Response to DETR consultation) (2000) £2 27-186

Energy efficiency standards of performance, 2002–2005 £2 27-189

Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy response to green paper (1997) £5 27-117

Greenhouse gas emissions from energy supply – perspectives out to 2050 (1996) £3 27-122

Implications of global climate change for biodiversity (1994) £5 27-020

New and renewable energy – prospects for the 21st century – the renewable obligation (Response to DTI consultation) (2000) £2 27-184

New enquiry into renewable energy (Submission to the Environmental Audit Committee) (2001) £2 27-191


No place to go? The impact of climate change on wildlife. A report. (RSPB, WWF-UK, English Nature, WCMC and ERM) (September 1999) Free 27-083

Review of utility regulation (Response to DTI) (1997) £5 27-130

UK climate change programme consultation paper (Submission to DETR) (1999) £5 27-142

Vital spark – the RSPB’s policy on energy and biodiversity (1994) Free 27-016

HeathlandsA practical guide to the restoration and management of

lowland heathlandsBy Nigel C Symes and John DayA key source of detailed information on techniques forrestoring, maintaining and monitoring lowland heathland.Stock code: 24-187 Price: £19.95

Heathlands conference, sixth national, Bournemouth 17–19 September 2001 (November 2002) £7.50 89-001


International trade and globalagriculture

Management plan to conserve the brown booby colony

and its habitat on Cayman Brac 2002–06By Patricia E Bradley (Cayman Islands Government and National Trust Cayman Islands) The way in which the decline in the only breeding colony ofbrown booby in the Cayman Islands could be addressed.Stock code: 91-102 Price: £5

Eat this – fresh ideas on the WTO agreement on

agriculture (2001)By Tom Crompton and Pete HardstaffThe RSPB’s contribution to the ongoing agreement onagriculture debate overseen by the World Trade Organisation.Stock code: 27-196 Price: £10

Illegal hunting of birds in southern EuropeStock code: 91-112 Price: Free

A sustainable millennium round (submission to the Environmental Audit Committee) (1999) £3 27-194

Agricultural land use in the Kinangor Plateau and Lake Naivasha, Kenya (1999) £5 27-190

Biodiversity impact: biodiversity and environmental impact assessment – a good practice guide for road schemes (Report) £15 27-260

Biosafety protocol: an analysis (Report) (2000) £3 27-164


Eat this: fresh ideas on the WTO agreement on agriculture (March 2001) £10 27-196

Eat this: fresh ideas on the WTO agreement on agriculture – summary document (March 2001) Free 27-209

Eliminating poverty, protecting the environment: comments on the White Paper on International Development (1997) £5 27-116

One size does not fit all (submission to the Government consultation of the Globalisation and Development White Paper) £3 27-197

Investigations (wild bird crime offences)

Wild birds and the law – a plain guide to bird

protection todayA useful summary of the parts of the Wildlife and CountrysideActs that relate to bird protection.Stock code: 26-013 Price: £3

Current bird crimeThe RSPB’s annual report on offences against wild birds in theUK. Contains lots of factual information and statistics on birdcrime incidents which have occurred throughout the year.Stock code: 23- Price: £5


Bird photography and the law (leaflet) Free 26-039

Birds and the law (leaflet) Free 26-005

Birds and the law – some questionsanswered (leaflet) Free 26-004

Legal eagle: quarterly investigations newsletter – latest edition (previous editions and prices available on request from the Investigations Department on 01767 680551) £3 26-

Wild birds and the law – a plain guide to bird protection today (booklet) £3 26-013

Planning and local governmentHabitat creation handbook for the minerals industryA practical guide to the creation of priority Biodiversity ActionPlan habitats on redundant mineral workings, covering sandand gravel, clay, soft and hard rock quarries and opencast coal.A valuable resource for mineral operators, local authorities,conservation organisations and all those involved in restoring ormanaging such sites.Stock code: 24-202 | ISBN 1 901 930 37 8 Price: £24.99

The conservation project manual(with BP, Fauna and Flora International and BirdLifeInternational) (January 2002)The ideal book to help people plan and manage small tomedium-size conservation projects.Stock code: 91-106 Price: £10


Living spaces: a vision for the future of planningBy Ian Christie, Mark Southgate and Diane WarburtonGood planning does not just happen, and this valuable bookletoutlines ways in which current methods can be revitalised tomeet the requirements and pressures of 21st Century demandson our countryside.Stock code: 27-238 | ISBN: 1 901 930 34 3 Price: £10

Biodiversity Impact Assessment (Report) £15 27-260

Good practice guide for developers: (general principles) (1999) £3 27-226

Good practice guide to mineral extraction (insert) (1999) Free 27-225

Modern planning system for wildlife and the countryside (note: also available from the Wildlife and Countryside Link) Free 27-253

Natural communities (community strategies and biodiversity) (October 2002) Free 27-254

Natural conditions – a review of planning conditions and nature conservation (1996) £9 27-224

Nature of regions – regional planning and nature conservation in the UK (main report) £10 27-228

Nature of regions – regional planning and nature conservation in the UK (summary) £10 27-227


RSPB planscans

Planscan for England and Wales: a study of development plans in England and Wales (1990) £5 27-229

Planscan for Northern Ireland: a study of development plans in Northern Ireland (May 1993) £7 27-230

Wildlife impact – the treatment of nature conservation in environmental assessment (1996) £9 27-252

Working together – economies, employment and conservation in Europe (BirdLife International) (January 1999) £10 22-284

Species and habitats policyBirds of prey in the UK: back from the brink. Revised

edition (with inserts) (1999)Highlighting the value and importance of birds of prey in theUK, the conservation successes and the need for continuedprotection against illegal destruction.Stock code: 23-013 Price: £7

Assessment of the sustainability of industrial fisheries

producing fish meal and fish oil Final report to the RSPB.Stock code: 27-265 Price: £10


Important bird areas in Kenya (Nature Kenya/BirdLife

International)

Leon Bennun and Peter NjorogeStock code: 91-072 | ISBN: 9966-9921-1-1 Price: £9

Conservation Science in the RSPB 2004Foreword by Dr Mark AveryThe important scientific work of the RSPB, with details of many currentprojects, including monitoring, threatened species research and ecologicalprocess or issue-focused research.Stock code: 21-030 Price: Free

The population status of birds in the UK. Birds of conservation

concern: 2002–2007Red and Amber ListsA concise assessment of the 247 bird species contained in the red, amberand green lists.Stock code: 21-021 Price: Free

Industrial fisheries: how sustainable are they?Stock code: 27-264 Price: Free

Aquatic warbler – small, brown and threatened (with BirdLife) (2003) Free 91-105

Attitudes towards wildlife Free 27-249

Birds of prey and racing pigeons (briefing leaflet) Free 23-015

Birds of prey and songbirds (briefing leaflet) Free 23-016


Important Bird Areas in Europe (Vols 1 and 2) £48.75 23-055/ per vol 056

Important Bird Areas in Tanzania (Nature Tanzania/BirdLife International) £15 91-101

Important Bird Areas in Uganda (Nature Uganda/BirdLife International) £8 91-098

Management plan to conserve the brown booby colony and its habitat on Cayman Brac 2002–2006 by Patricia E Bradley (Cayman Islands Government and National Trust Cayman Islands) (November 2002) £5 91-102

Planning for the future; species action plans for threatened birds in Africa (with BirdLife International, Nature Uganda and Darwin Initiative) Free 91-104

Rat poison and the threat to birds of prey Free 23-059

The UK Raptor Working Group – conclusions and recommendations Free 23-052

Structural funds

Economic appraisal and European Union funds: a study of water management and irrigation in Spain (1995) £5 27-148

EU cohesion and the environment: a vision for 2000 and beyond (1997) £7.50 27-066

EU funding for nature conservation – related activities: Spain as a case study (1998) £3 27-178

Revitalising England’s countryside: England’s rural future (response to Government’s proposed Rural White Paper) £5 27-234


The environment and the structural funds: the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment – the Sicilian experience (English and Italian versions) (1997) £10 27-047

The structural funds and conservation (1995) £5 27-029

The structural funds and biodiversity conservation (leaflet) (available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Greek) (1995) Free 27-134

Tourism and the structural funds: the case for environmental integration. A study of national and regional tourism in Greece (1996) £7.50 27-139

TransportEnvironmental Impact Assessment, a good practice guide

for road schemes (August 2000)By Helen ByronStock code: 27-260 | ISBN: 1 901 930 24 6 Price: £15

Airport capacity (response to Transport Select Committee inquiry) (1995) £5 27-100

Braking point – the RSPB’s policy on transport and biodiversity (1995) £5 27-028

Developing an integrated transport policy (Response to DETR consultation) (1997) £7.50 27-112

Economic impact of motorways in the peripheral regions of the EU (1996) £7.50 27-113


Feasibility study for common appraisal of transport options in the Newport and South Wales area (Halcrow Fox) (1992) £7.50 27-118

Method for assessing the ecological impact of the TEN technical workshop 24–25 (1997) (organised by DGXI and DGVIII) £7.50 27-150

Road to destruction; will transport development in EU candidate countries destroy one in five Important Bird Areas? (with BirdLife International and IEEP) (leaflet) (2002) Free 27-218

Safe Harbour? Port development and the impact on the UK environment (2002) Free 23-057

Strategic Environmental Assessment and corridor analysis of trans-European transport networks (1996) £7.50 27-132

Towards an assessment of trans-European transport networks’ impact on Nature Conservation (1997) £7.50 27-141

Transport and regional development: an uncertain economic impact (BirdLife International) (leaflet) (November 1996) Free 27-140

What role for trunk roads in England? (Response to DETR consultation) (1997) £7.50 27-144


BiodiversityHabitat management for invertebrates – a practical

handbookBy Peter KirbyGuidelines for land managers to conserve the habitat featuresthat are important for invertebrates.Stock code: 24-141 | ISBN: 0 901 930 30 0 Price: £12.45

Sustaining biodiversity – revitalising the Biodiversity Action Plan

processHighlighting why biodiversity is essential to all our lives.Stock code: 23-064 Price: Free

Wetlands, coastal and marineA practical guide to the management of saline lagoons

(2004) Edited by Nigel Symes and Peter Robertson A practical handbook that is based on the managementexperiences at ten man-made lagoon sites in the east and southof England.Stock code: 24-199 Price: £11.99

Reedbed management for commercial and

wildlife interests (1998–1999)By C J Hawke and P V JoséThe management, restoration and creation of reedbeds forwildlife combined with commercial harvesting.Stock code: 24-090 | ISBN: 0 903 138 81 6 Price: £13.45


European wet grassland, guidelines for management

and restorationBy Phil Benstead, Paul José, Chris Joyce and Max WadeHow to restore and manage wet grasslands and promote thewise use of floodplains with examples from north-west andcentral Europe.Stock code: 24-130 | ISBN: 0 901 930 01 7 Price: £9.99

Saltmarsh creation handbookA Project Manager’s guide to the creation of saltmarsh andintertidal mudflat.Stock code: 24-260 | ISBN: 1 901 930 54 8 Price: £29.99

The new rivers and wildlife handbookBy Diana Ward, Nigel Holmes and Paul JoséWays to improve water courses for wildlife, adding features tootherwise sterile, engineered drainage channels and restoringriparian habitat.Stock code: 24-041 | ISBN: 0 903 138 70 0

Special price: £14.95 (Normal price: £19.95)

The Fens – the RSPB’s visionEastern England Regional Office only (please see page 32 of this catalogue for address)

Price: Free

High and dry (report) £7 22-163


LEAP forward for wildlife; promoting biodiversity through Local Environment Agency Plans (2000) £12 22-219

Practical implications of introducing tradable permits for water extraction. (A report to the RSPB from Cranfield University and Middlesex University) (1997) £5 22-268

RSPB good practice guide for the UK water industry: meeting the biodiversity challenge (November 1998) Free 22-207

Silver meadows – do they have a future? (leaflet) Free 22-215

The wet grassland guide: managing floodplain and coastal wet grasslands for wildlife (ISBN 0 903 138 86 7) £14.95 24-115

Water wise? A dividend for wildlife? (October 2003) Free 22-122

Wet grasslands – what future?: An account of wet grassland loss in the UK (with Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust) (1994) £5 22-094

What cost water? (Conference proceedings) £5 22-198

Wise use of floodplains (Complete edition) Free 22-334

Wise use of floodplains (Overall guidance notes) (March 2002) Free 22-335

Don’t lose it – help the Humber adapt to rising seas (January 2002) Free NERO


Advice and information – freshwater issues

Conservation management of the Nene Washes RSPB reserve. By Nick Folkard, Malcolm Ausden and Charles Kitchen (1998) £7.50 24-125

The management of lowland wet grassland on RSPB reserves (1991) £5 24-066

The management of lowland wet grasslands for breeding waders (1985) £5 24-067

The rehabilitation of a Norfolk Broad at RSPBStrumpshaw Fen nature reserve (1991) £5 24-091

Marine and coastal

A review of coastal zone management powers (1995) £8 27-151

A review of marina development in southern England (1991) £10 27-094

A shore future: The RSPB’s vision for the coast. The RSPB save our shorebirds campaign (June 1993) £5 22-104

Boats and birds: advice to boat users (leaflet) (1994) Free 27-147

Disturbance of waterfowl on estuaries; wading upstream £15 22-102

Important Bird Areas for seabirds in the North Sea including the Channel and the Kattergat (BirdLife International) (1995) £10 27-088

Managing EC inshore fisheries: time for change (2000) £7 27-156


Managing the sea for birds – the Outer Firth of Forth (1997) £7 27-092

Net loss – seabirds gain? Implications of fisheries management for seabirds scavenging discards in the northern North Sea (October 2002) Free 27-257

The RSPB submission to the Agricultural Committee on the UK sea fish industry (1993) Free 27-097

The RSPB’s vision for sustainable fisheries: a discussion paper (1995) £5 27-098

Saltmarshes and intertidal areas symposium, The RSPB reserves conference 1987, Nottingham University £5 24-107

Seas of change – the potential area for intertidal habitat creation around the coast of mainland Britain (October 2002) £5 22-291

Safe harbour? Port development and the impact on the UK environment (2002) Free 23-057

Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs)– an extent to which first generation SMPs achieve their natural environment objectives (June 2001) £10 22-292

Synthetic gill nets and seabirds (1991) £5 27-099

The Save the Albatross Campaign: the RSPB’s role Free 27-193


Woodlands and forestFor a larger range of reports on forestry, see the Scotland publicationssection

Woodland management for birds (2005)A guide to managing for declining woodland birds in England.Stock code: 24-263 Price: £14.95

Assessing the economic benefits of forestry in the UK £3 27-198

Birds and broadleaves handbook (ISBN 0 903 138 16 6) £9 24-001

Our pinewood heritage: conference proceedings (Forestry Commission, the RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage) (Edited by J R Aldhous) (1994) £25 24-065

Miscellaneous publicationsBird monitoring methods – a manual of techniques for key

UK species (2002)By Gillian Gilbert, David W Gibbons and Julianne EvansStock code: 21-007 | ISBN: 1 901 930 03 3 Price: £17.50


Discovering birds: the RSPB guide to finding and enjoying

birds in any patch of countryside anywhere in Europe

(1992)By Rob HumeStock code: 42-025 | ISBN: 0 903 138 53 0 Price: £9.99

Race to the top: tracking supermarket progress towards a greener

and fairer food systemBy Matthew Rayment and Ian DickieThe tracking of social, environmental and ethical performances of UKsupermarkets.Stock code: 22-326 Price: Free

Rat poison and the threat to birds of prey (with English Nature) (2003)A guidance leaflet on how to minimise the risk to birds of prey whenundertaking rodent control measures.Stock code: 23-059 Price: Free

Futurescapes – large-scale habitat restoration for wildlife and people £5 23-048

How to manage hedgerows for birds (March 2004) Free 22-377

Illegal hunting of birds in Southern Europe (complete with inserts) (February 2004) Free 91-112

The RSPB conservation review volume 1 (1987) (ISBN 0 903 138 26 3) £3 24-079



The RSPB conservation review volume 4 (1990) ISBN 0 903 138 39 5) £3 24-082


The RSPB conservation review volume 6 (1992) (ISBN 0 903F 138 57 3) £3 24-084




The RSPB conservation review volume 10 (1996) (ISBN 0 903 138 93 X) £5 24-110




Tourism – towards sustainability (Response to DETR consultation) (1998) £3 27-138


English regional publicationsThese publications are ONLY available from RSPB regional offices. Thecontact details are as follows:

CERO – Central England RegionalOffice, 46 The Green, South Bar,Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 9AB. Tel: 01295 253330.

EERO – Eastern England RegionalOffice, Stalham House, 65 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NorfolkNR1 1UD. Tel: 01603 661662. (CWEA – only available from ChrisWood, Eastern England RegionalOffice)

NERO – North England RegionalOffice, 1 Sirius House, AmethystRoad, Newcastle Business Park,Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 7YL.Tel: 0191 256 8200.

NWRO – North West EnglandRegional Office, Westleigh Mews, Wakefield Road,Denby Dale, Huddersfield, WestYorkshire HD8 8QD. Tel: 01484 861148.

SERO – South East EnglandRegional Office, 2nd Floor,Frederick House, 42 FrederickPlace, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 4EA. Tel: 01273 775333.

SWRO – South West EnglandRegional Office, Keble House,Southernhay Gardens, Exeter,Devon EX1 1NT. Tel: 01392 432691.

NIHQ – Northern IrelandHeadquarters, Belvoir Park Forest,Belfast BT8 7QT. Tel: 028 9049 1547.

SHQ – Scotland Headquarters,Dunedin House, 25 Ravelston Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 3TP. Tel: 0131 311 6500.

WHQ – Wales Headquarters,Sutherland House, Castlebridge,Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff CF11 9AB. Tel: 029 2035 3000.


The Thames Gateway – world-class community, world-class

economy, world-class environment (April 2004)The RSPB’s vision of sustainable living landscapes and development. SERO Price: Free

A Biodiversity Action Plan for Purbeck: a tool-kit for the delivery of biodiversity conservation in Purbeck (1997) £10 SWRO

A biodiversity guide for the planning and development sectors in the south-west (ALGE and SW Biodiversity Partnership) (2000) Free SWRO

A future for farming and wildlife: a south-east England view Free SERO

A future for farmland birds in south-west England – a guide to wildlife-friendly management on your farm (2001) Free SWRO

Birds by boat! (For the Norfolk Broads. RSPB, NT and NWT reserves close to public moorings. Leaflet. May 2004) Free CWEA

Birds by bus! (For the north Norfolk coast. RSPB, NT and NWT reserves. Leaflet. May 2004) Free CWEA

Birds by boat and train! (For the Norfolk Broads. RSPB and NWT reserves. Leaflet. May 2004) Free CWEA

Birds by train! (For east of England RSPB reserves. Leaflet. May 2004) Free CWEA

Cirl buntings and countryside stewardship farmers – the financial, social and management effects of countryside stewardship cirl bunting agreements on south Devon farms (2001) Free SWRO


Coast in crisis: protecting wildlife from climate change and sea level rise (1997) Free EERO

Dartmoor – a special place for moorland birds (2003) Free SWRO

Environmental prosperity: business and the environment in the east of England Free 85-017

Farming for the future; latest news on agriculture from the RSPB in the south-east (January 2002) Free SERO

Food – the environmental link: how local food initiatives in the south-west are making this link, and what more can still be done (April 2003) Free SWRO

Freshwater wetlands: the need for more in eastern England (October 2003) Free EERO

Green spaces: making room for people and wildlifein the east of England Free EERO

Local food initiatives in the south-west of England – capturing the environmental dimension? By Sally Harris (April 2003) £5 SWRO

Looking after London’s wildlife – London Biodiversity Partnership (leaflet) Free SERO

Return of the Cornish chough (with English Nature)(April 2004) Free SWRO

RSPB North Staffordshire Rural Community Initiative POA NWRO

Seabirds of south-western waters (1997) Free SWRO

Suffolk’s changing coast: making space for wildlifeand people Free EERO


The biodiversity of the south-west – an audit of the south-west biological resource (1996) and action for biodiversity in the south-west: a series of habitat and species plans to guide delivery (June 1997) £5 SWRO

The birds of Bodmin Moor – the results of a survey by the RSPB in 1999 (2001) Free SWRO

The Fens: the RSPB’s vision for wetlands in the Fens (October 2003) Free EERO

The great riverscape – new life for the Trent (April 2002) Free NWRO

Where have all our sparrows gone? London Biodiversity Partnership (leaflet) (January 2003) Free SERO

Wild about the north-west: a biodiversity audit of north-west England (January 1999) POA NWRO

Working with waders final report – Rebecca Barrett (December 2002) Free NERO

Yorkshire Dales enclosed upland breeding wader survey 2000 (Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority) (Summary) POA NERO


Wales publications –Cyhoeddiadau CymruPlease note that these publications are ONLY available from WalesHeadquarters, Sutherland House, Castlebridge, Cowbridge Road East,Cardiff CF11 9AB. Tel: 029 2035 3000.

Birds of conservation concern in Wales 2002–2007 (bilingual) Free 61-545

Food, farming and the environment: choices for change (educational programme) Free n/a

Footprints – the chough – species education handbook (bilingual) Free 61-1513

Footprints – the lapwing – species education handbook (bilingual) Free 61-1514

How you can help black grouse on your land Free 61-006

How you can help Welsh choughs (bilingual) Free 61-1381

Lake Vyrnwy – farming and conservation case study (bilingual) £5.99 LX-1047

Lapwing management packs: arable, livestock, upland, mixed farms Free NWRO

Nature reserves in Wales (bilingual leaflet) Free 830-2296

Operation lapwing five point plan Free 61-017

The black grouse in Wales – recovering our wildlife heritage (bilingual leaflet) Free 080-1-0788

The RSPB and farming Free 22-385


The state of birds in Wales 2004 (bilingual) Free 830-0244

Trails in Wales – a selection of walks (bilingual) Free 080-1-1536

Valuing our environment: the economic impact of the environment of Wales Free n/a

Working for Wales: the RSPB in Wales Free n/a

Farming for wildlife in Wales – free advice leaflets (bilingual):

Arable field margins 24-206Arable crops on livestock farms 24-209Brassica fodder crops 61-019Farmland bird feeding stations 24-248Grassland management 61-018Hedgerow management 24-207Over-wintered stubble 24-229Rush management 24-227Set-aside 24-210Wildlife cover crops 24-211

Farming for birds in Wales – free advice leaflets (bilingual):

Corn bunting NWROCurlew 24-205Golden plover 24-249Grey partridge 24-213Lapwing 24-208Red grouse 24-228Redshank 24-206Ring ouzel 24-214Starling 24-247Tree sparrow 24-215Turtle dove NWROYellowhammer (24-212)


Scotland publicationsThese publications are ONLY available direct from the RSPB ScotlandHeadquarters, Dunedin House, 25 Ravelston Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 3TP. Tel: 0131 311 6500. Certain publications issued at the discretion of Scotland

Headquarters.

Agriculture

Scotland is amazing – RSPB Scotland working for people

and wildlife.If you work in the areas covered by this publication RSPB Scotland wouldbe pleased to talk to you about how you and they can work together.Stock code: 71-624 Price: Free

A forward strategy for Scottish agriculture (report) (January 2001) Free 71-726

A management guide to the birds of Scottish farmland (1996) £5 78-1002

A management guide to the birds of Scottish lowland £5 SHQ

Action for Scotland’s biodiversity (ISBN 1 842 680 10 2) (2000) £10 SHQ

Cattle and conservation in the Scottish islands (1999) Free SHQ

Crofting and the environment: a new approach (Joint RSPB/Scottish Crofters Union Report) (March 1992) £5 SHQ

Economic evaluation of HLCAs (RSPB comments) (September 1997) Free SHQ

Farming and crofting for birds Free 24-113

Farmland waders of Scotland 2001 Free SHQ


Farms, crofts and corncrakes Free SHQ

Geese and local economies in Scotland (a report to the National Goose Forum by the RSPB and BASC) (September 1998) £5 SHQ

Go with the Flow – the natural approach to sustainable flood management in Scotland (leaflet) (March 2004) Free 78-368

Go with the Flow – the natural approach to sustainable flood management in Scotland (report) (March 2004) POA 77-839

Land lives and larks Free SHQ

Managing set-aside for birds in Scotland (January 2001) Free 78-408

Proposals for the designation of new Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Scotland (October 1992) Free SHQ

Rural development and the environment (Joint RSPB/Scottish Crofters Union report) (April 1995) £7.50 SHQ

Scotland’s rural future (RSPB Scotland’s response to the Scottish Office consultation of a rural development strategy) (May 1998) Free SHQ

Scottish Countryside Premium Scheme (RSPB response to SOAFD consultation paper) (April 1996) POA SHQ

Shetland Islands nature reserves: great places to see wildlife Free SHQ

The future of livestock farming in Scotland (leaflet) (October 1999) Free SHQ


Upland bird management guidelines for black grouse, curlew, redshank, ring ouzel, snipe and twite (June 1996) Free SHQ

Wild geese and agriculture in Scotland (RSPB response to SO discussion paper) (December 1996) Free SHQ

Wildlife and agriculture in Scotland: a secure future (September 1996) Free 71-624

Planning, site safeguard and local government

A future for grouse moors – a call to action. Views on the way forward from a partnership of conservation NGOs (February 1998) Free 23-1054

An ornithological assessment of potential super quarry sites Free SHQ

Biodiversity and opencast coal mining: a good practice guide Free SHQ

Biodiversity in Scotland – the way forward (ISBN 0 7480 660 4) (1997) Free SHQ

Cairngorms: looking out for (January 2002) Free 72-350

Out of the mire: a future for lowland peat bogs (Joint RSPB/Plant Life report) (April 1993) Free 22-346

Planning for wildlife in Scotland (information leaflet) Free SHQ

Planscan Scotland (RSPB study of development plans in Scotland) Free SHQ

SSSIs in the 1990s (RSPB report on the health of Internationally Important Bird Areas) (May 1992) Free SHQ


Estuaries, coasts and marine conservation

Abstraction controls: a system for Scotland (Sound consultation. RSPB comments) (February 1993) £1 SHQ

A case for marine protected areas in Scotland (April 1994) £5 SHQ

An aquaculture strategy for the Highlands and Islands 1992–1996 (RSPB response to Highlands and Islands enterprise consultation) (April 1992) £1 SHQ

North sea view: BirdLife International’s recommendations to the 4th international conference on the protection of the North Sea (February 1995) Free SHQ

A sea fisheries strategy for the Highlands and Islands 1992–1996 (RSPB response to Highlands and Islands enterprise consultation) (1992) £1 SHQ

Cleaner seas, safer birds (RSPB response to Lord Donaldson’s report) (July 1994) £5 SHQ

Coastal zone planning (RSPB evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on the Environment) (October 1991) Free SHQ

Conservation, access and recreation code of practice for water, sewerage and river purification authorities(Sound Consultation. RSPB comments) (February 1993) £1 SHQ

Corncrake: newsletter and initiative report 2002–2003 (SBF) (2004) Free SHQ


Criteria and procedures for identifying sensitive areas and less sensitive areas (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) and criteria and procedures for identifying ‘polluted waters’ (Nitrates Directive). Sound consultation paper (RSPB response) (April 1992) £1 SHQ

Fisheries management and the marine environment: comments on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Welsh Office Agriculture Department and the Scottish Agriculture and Fisheries Department consultation paper by the RSPB (September 1994) £2 SHQ

Foreshore and shellfish fisheries in Scotland (December 1993) £2 SHQ

Hand gathering of cockles in the Solway Firth Free SHQ

Important Bird Areas for seabirds in the North Sea (1995) £35 SHQ

Interactions between fisheries and marine birds: research recommendations (report commissioned by the RSPB) £2 SHQ

Leaping in the dark; review of environmental impact of marine salmon fishing in Scotland (with SW and CL) £5 SHQ

Managing the sea for birds – the Outer Firth of Forth: an illustrative management plan for the Outer Firth of Forth and adjacent offshore waters (August 1997) Free 22-404

Managing the sea for birds – Fair Isle and adjacent waters: an illustrative management plan for Fair Isle’s inshore and adjacent offshore waters (October 1997) Free 22-521


Possible Special Areas of Conservation in the UK (Supplementary comments on marine and coastal sites by RSPB) (June 1995) £5 SHQ

Prohibition on fishing in Scottish inshore waters (RSPB response to SOAFD consultation) (September 1992) £1 SHQ

Prohibition on fishing in Scottish inshore waters – Solway Firth shrimp fishery RSPB response to SOAFD consultation) (September 1992) £1 SHQ

Proposals for amendment of the existing prohibitions on fishing in Scottish inshore waters – cockle fishing on the Solway estuary (RSPB response to SOAFD consultation) Free SHQ

Review of controls on inshore fishing in Scotland (SO consultation paper. RSPB comments) (October 1995) £1 SHQ

RSPB submission to the Agriculture Committee on the UK sea fish industry (March 1993) Free SHQ

Salmon farming and predatory wildlife: a code of practice (Scottish Salmon Growers Association with NECK, MCS, the RSPB, SMUG, VAT and WAFT) (February 1990) £2 SHQ

Scotland’s coast – a discussion paper (SO consultation paper. RSPB comments) (July 1996) £5 SHQ

Scotland’s estuaries (RSPB report) (May 1991) £2 SHQ

Seas: the opportunity – working together to protect our marine life (Marine Life Campaign) (1994) £5 27-131

Scotland’s inshore fisheries – time for change (leaflet) Free SHQ


Scotland’s water and wetlands Free 78-1065

Seas fit for Scotland (leaflet) Free SHQ

RSPB’s vision for sustainable fisheries (a discussion paper) (February 1995) £5 SHQThe conservation of the Firth of Forth: Falkirk District (RSPB report to Falkirk District Council) (February 1992) £2 SHQ

The water and sewerage industry in Scotland. SO Consultation Paper: investing for our future (RSPB comments) (January 1993) £2 SHQ

Turning the tide: a future for estuaries (RSPB report) (1990) £3 SHQ

Water wise (1995) £5 22-122

The farmland waders of Scotland: their conservation status and needs (2001) £5 78-704

Scotland’s great outdoors Free SHQ

Wildlife in Scotland Free SHQ


Forests

Go with the Flow – the natural approach to sustainable

flood management in ScotlandExamines the ways in which commercialism is affecting theunique environment of Caithness and Sutherland.SHQ Price: £2.50

Abernethy Forest nature reserve (1996) Free 31-754

Black grouse and capercaillie – a birdwatchers’ code of conduct (2003) Free 23-683

Forestry in the Flows of Caithness and Sutherland (RSPB report) (June 1987) £2.50 71-768

Habitat Action Plan Caledonian pine forests (March 1997) £2 SHQ

Managing set-aside for birds in Scotland (with National Farmers Union of Scotland) POA 78-408

Native pinewoods in Scotland: a review 1957–1987 (Appendix) (November 1987) £7.50 SHQ

Next step agencies: a future for our public forests? (RSPB submission of views) (June 1994) £2.50 SHQ

Our forests: the way ahead (RSPB submission of views) (December 1994) £2 SHQ

Our natural pinewood heritage (Conference proceedings – FC/RSPB/SNH) (October 1994) £7.50 SHQ

Red kite Scottish newsletter (leaflet) Free SHQ


RSPB/Association of County Councils consultation procedures: a survey on the involvement of county councils and national park authorities £2 SHQ

The chough in Scotland (2000) Free SHQ

The farmland waders of Scotland; their conservation status and needs (1995) Free 71-1081

The future of livestock farming in Scotland (2000) Free 78-469

The market potential for native pinewood (consultant’s report to RSPB) (April 1995) £5 SHQ

The RSPB in Scotland: working for people and conservation (1999) Free 77-693

The RSPB’s ideas for the people and environment of rural Scotland: a new agenda for Scotland’s countryside (1999) Free 77-018

Time for pine: a future for Caledonian pinewoods (RSPB policy paper) (September 1993) £5 22-617

Time to act: saving Scotland’s wildlife (in conjunctionwith Plantlife, Scottish Wildlife Trust, National Trust for Scotland, Butterfly Conservation (Scotland) and World Wildlife Fund) (2002) Free 78-124

Uptake, application and effects of the broadleaved woodland grant scheme: Fife and Hertfordshire – a comparative study (April 1989) £2 SHQ

Woodland management and saving the capercaillie Free 77-029


Other issues

Time to act – saving Scotland’s wildlife. Proposals to improve the protection of SSSIs and halt the decline of Scottish Wildlife Free 78-124

Action for Scotland’s biodiversity £10 SHQ

An ornithological assessment of potential superquarry sites in Scotland Free 31-754

Cairngorm working party report (response by the RSPB) Free SHQ

Conservation advice for farmers and crofters Free 31-374

Corncrake newsletter and initiative report (2000) Free SHQ

Crofting and the environment POA SHQ

Deer legislation in Scotland (RSPB response to SOAFD consultation paper) (March 1992) £1 SHQ

Economics of upland grouse shooting Free SHQ

Farms, crofts and corncrakes: a guide to habitat management for corncrakes Free SHQ

Freedom of access to environmental information (RSPB response to Sound proposals for implementation of EC Directive) (April 1992) Free SHQ

Naturally Scottish – corncrakes (1999) £3.95 SHQ

Naturally Scottish – red kites (2001) £3.95 SHQ

Naturally Scottish – sea eagles (1996) £3.95 SHQ


Persecution: a review of birds of prey persecution in Scotland in 2002 (March 2004) £4 78-963

Scotland is amazing – RSPB Scotland working for people and wildlife (March 2004) Free 77-166

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (RSPB response to Sound Consultation Paper) (April 1992) Free SHQ

Scottish Site Safeguard (leaflet) Free SHQ

The top 50 birdwatching sites in the Highlands: second edition including six new sites and many revisions. Highland members group (February 2003) (ISBN 1 901 930 41 6 H) Via North Scotland Regional Office only £2.50 72-188

Northern Ireland publicationsPlease note, these publications are ONLY available from Northern IrelandHeadquarters, Belvoir Park Forest, Belfast, BT8 4QT. Tel: 028 9049 1547

Birds of conservation concern in Ireland (extract from a paper published in Irish Birds 1999) (BWI, RSPB Northern Ireland joint publication) (April 2001) POA NIHQ

Birds of Irish farmland: conservation management guidelines (Anita Donaghy and Clive Mellon) (1998–99) POA 62-015

Fields for the future: towards the conservation of farmland birds in Northern Ireland (Anita Donaghy and Clive Mellon) (1998–99) Free 35-737


Ireland’s forested future (RSPB, AN TAISCE and IWC (now BWI) report) (October 1994) £5 27-746

Northern Ireland’s rural future? Finding common ground (proceedings of a seminar organised by theRSPB and NIAPA) (November 1998) POA NIHQ

Safe and sound? – a health check of NI’s ASSI’s (L E Davidson and C Mellon) (April 1996) POA 62-817

Farm managment to benefit wildlife in Northern Ireland series – free advice leaflets (all available from NIHQ):Barn owlCurlewLapwingLinnetRed grouseRedshankReed buntingSkylarkSnipeSwallowTree sparrowYellowhammer

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