The latest issue of Scottish Raptor is now available. Please take a look here to find out all the news from the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme including how  you can take part in our data contributor survey. You can also find out more about our hot-off-the-press improvements to our online data entry system – SRMS Online.

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The SRMS is pleased to announce the publication of its annual report covering the 2021 and 2022 breeding season. Find out how Scottish raptors fared in 2021 and 2022 by reading the latest report which can be accessed here along with supplementary data tables.

The latest issue of Scottish Raptor is now available. Please take a look here to find out all the news from the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, including our new SRMS mission and objectives.

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We wish all our readers a happy and healthy festive season.

Data from the SRMS collected during the breeding season of 2022 has been used to compare the breeding performance of several raptor species with comparable data from previous years to assess whether significant changes in numbers of breeding birds or in breeding success had occurred and whether any of the changes detected were likely to be caused by the HPAI outbreak.

The findings are published in:

Wilson, M.W., Wetherhill, A.S., and Wernham, C.V. 2023. An analysis of Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme data to improve understanding of the impact of the 2022 Avian Influenza outbreak on raptors and raptor populations in Scotland. NatureScot Research Report 1331.

https://www.nature.scot/doc/naturescot-research-report-1331-analysis-scottish-raptor-monitoring-scheme-data-improve

The latest issue of Scottish Raptor is now available. Please take a look here to find out all the news from the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, including an external evaluation that been undertaken of the Scheme, how the SRMS is supporting this years national Hen Harrier survey and the next steps with our work on trends.

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Mark Lewis (SOC Birding & Science Officer) talks to Amy Challis (SRMC) and Andrew Stevenson (SRMG Chair) about the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, which has been keeping tabs on Scotland’s Raptors for the last 20 years. To celebrate their 20th Birthday, SRMS released their first population trends for Scotland’s raptors via both a report and a brilliant interactive web tool. Also, Amy shares how she feels about Birds of Paradise and Andrew reveals his Hebridean birding dream (a Willet) and his Hebridean birding reality (a Snowy Owl/white bucket).

The podcast can be accessed on a range of platforms:

Acast – https://shows.acast.com/some-ornithological-chat/episodes/some-ornithological-chat-with-amy-challis-and-andrew-stevens

Apple – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-ornithological-chat/id1635138214

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/6bPVJfSjt3wZA6IxysQFL6

To  find out about and access other episodes in SOC ‘Some Ornithological Chat’ series please visit the SOC website:

https://www.the-soc.org.uk/content/get-involved/podcast

The latest issue of Scottish Raptor is now available. Please take a look here to find out all the news from the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, including an appeal for information to inform an analysis on Avian Influenza and raptors.

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The SRMS is delighted to announce the publication of national and regional trends for raptors in Scotland based on SRMS data for the period 2009-2018.

Trends cover breeding numbers and productivity (breeding success, clutch size, brood size and the number of fledglings) at national and regional (SRMS Region and Natural Heritage Zones) levels for 14 species (13 raptors plus Raven) that breed regularly in Scotland.

We have produced a Summary Report which highlights the trends we have been able to produce.

More information and further links can be accessed from the ‘Trends’ menu on the Home Page.

The latest issue of Scottish Raptor is now available. Please take a look here to find out all the news from the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, including how to secure your place at our forthcoming 20th anniversary celebrations on Friday 25th November.

If you would like to sign up to receive future issues of the newsletter by email then please email the SRMC – srmc@bto.org.

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