SongBird Survival

SongBird Survival
Abbreviation SBS
Formation 2001
Legal status Charitable Company
Purpose To improve, sustain or halt the decline of song and other small bird populations across the British Isles
Headquarters UK
Website songbird-survival.org.uk

SongBird Survival (SBS) is an independent, UK-wide, environmental bird charity that funds research into the decline in Britain’s songbirds. It is a not-for-profit organisation supported by grants, subscriptions and donations,[1] and a registered charity and company.[2]

Governance

SongBird Survival is a non-profit organisation, constituted as a Charitable Company under the laws of England & Wales. The governing document is the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Under the Memorandum and Articles and subsidiary documents, SongBird Survival is run by a Council of up to 21 persons elected by the membership. Council members are elected for 1-year, renewable terms.[3]

History

Formed in 1996 as Songbird Survival Action Group, SongBird Survival was registered as a limited company on 26 September 2000.[4] Shortly afterwards, in 2001, the organisation achieved charitable status.[3] In 2006, SBS merged with the Scottish charity Save our Songbirds,[5][6] founded in 1998 by John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington.[7] In 2017 SongBird Survival launched the national awareness day: National Robin Day[8]

Aims

SongBird Survival's objective is to improve, protect and preserve the population of song and other small birds for the benefit of national biodiversity and the public.[9] It aims to achieve this by commissioning and funding scientific research, supporting the conservation and restoration or habitats, through public education and advocacy where changes in the law may be deemed necessary to protect songbirds.[10]

Research

SBS funds scientific research into the reasons why songbird numbers are declining in the UK. By doing so, the charity aims to advance the science of ornithology, and in particular the study of song and other small birds, as well as contribute to the national evidence base by researching areas where scientific evidence is currently sparse, inadequate or lacking.[11]

SBS commissions research to add to the evidence base and identify the drivers behind continued songbird declines. Its research to date has encompassed a range of issues, spanning countryside management, population ecology, complex predator-prey dynamics, and predator control, including bringing together previously unpublished research conducted at farms across Britain.[12]

DateProjectPartner(s)Outputs
2003–PresentLong-term farmland study monitoring the effects of environmental stewardship on breeding bird populationsBlackmoor FarmStudy ongoing[13]
2006A review of the impact of mammalian predators on farm songbird population dynamicsProfessor Roy Brown, University of LondonPublished 2006 (without peer review)[14]
2007Correlative analysis of long term data sets seeking negative associations between predator and prey speciesBritish Trust for Ornithology; Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) University of St AndrewsPublished in the Journal of Applied Ecology 2010, 47, 244–252[15][16]
2010Comprehensive review of all predation research carried out in the UK to dateCentre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) University of ReadingPublished in Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2010, 1, 300–310[17]
2010Farm and woodland bird declines and the recolonisation of Britain by sparrowhawks[18]Dr. Christopher BellAwaiting review and publication
2011Corvid Research Project - evaluation of the impact of growing numbers of corvids on the producivity of UK farmland songbird population[19]Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustAwaiting publication
2014Corvid population ecology and its effect on songbird predation[20]University of Exeter, Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustAwaiting publication
2014The Keith Duckworth Project - Improving the conservation value of urban areas for garden birdsUniversity of ReadingPublished in Ibis (journal) (2016), 159, 158–167.[21] Published in Journal of Ornithology 2017, 1-15.[22]
2017Cats, cat owners and predation - identifying means of mitigating any negative impacts of cat predation of wildlife[23]University of ExeterStudy ongoing

References

  1. ↑ "Queen's private donation to songbird charity". The Telegraph. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Company Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Charity Overview - SongBird Survival". Charity Commission. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Company Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Saving Our Songbirds". ShootingUK. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Eco Soundings". The Guardian. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Winter, Laura. 'Haddington, John George Baillie-Hamilton 13 Earl of (S 1619)'. Debrett's People of Today 2016 (2016 ed.). London: Debrett's Peerage Limited.
  8. ↑ "National Robin Day, United Kingdom Charity Awareness Day Appeal". National Robin Day, United Kingdom Charity Awareness Day Appeal. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  9. ↑ "UK National Association for Environmental Education". NAEE. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Charity Overview - SongBird Survival Activites". Charity Commission. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Songbird Survival Association". HMCA News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Animals 'devastate' UK songbirds". BBC. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "2014 Report and Accounts" (PDF). SongBird Survival. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Squirrels and wild cats worst predators of farmland songbirds". Wales Online. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  15. ↑ Newson; et al. (8 March 2010). "Population change of avian predators and grey squirrels in England: is there evidence for an impact on avian prey populations?". Journal of Applied Ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47 (2): 244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01771.x. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Are predators to blame for songbird declines?". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  17. ↑ Malcolm Nicoll & Ken Norris (18 May 2010). "Detecting an impact of predation on bird populations depends on the methods used to assess the predators". Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution: no. doi:10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00030.x. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "Farm and Woodland Bird Declines and the Recolonisation of Britain by Sparrowhawks". SongBird Survival. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  19. ↑ "Springwatch Investigates". BBC. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "The breeding ecology of crows and magpies and their impact on farmland songbirds". Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  21. ↑ Hugh Hanmer; et al. (2 December 2016). "Provision of supplementary food for wild birds may increase the risk of local nest predation". Ibis. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  22. ↑ Hugh Hanmer; et al. (8 May 2017). "Use of anthropogenic material affects bird nest arthropod community structure: influence of urbanisation, and consequences for ectoparasites and fledging success" (PDF). Journal of Ornithology. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "University of Exeter PhD studentship: Cats, cat owners and predation of wildlife Ref: 2239". University of Exeter. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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