Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation

Amelia Kirk; Ally Russell; Liam Porter; Sophie Ward; Katie Cross

Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation

Amelia Kirk
, Ally Russell
, Liam Porter
, Sophie Ward
, Katie Cross

School of Environmental Sciences

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Publisher	DEFRA (Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs)
Commissioning body	Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Number of pages	44
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Name	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Name	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Keywords

conservation
seabirds
compensation
population trends
ornithology
stakeholder engagement

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Kirk, A., Russell, A., Porter, L., Ward, S., & Cross, K. (2025). Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation. (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs), (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs). DEFRA (Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs).

Kirk, Amelia ; Russell, Ally ; Porter, Liam et al. / Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies : A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation. DEFRA (Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs), 2025. 44 p. (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs). (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs).

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Kirk, A, Russell, A, Porter, L, Ward, S & Cross, K 2025, Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, DEFRA (Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs).

Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation. / Kirk, Amelia; Russell, Ally; Porter, Liam et al.
DEFRA (Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs), 2025. 44 p. (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs), (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs).

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Kirk A, Russell A, Porter L, Ward S, Cross K. Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation. DEFRA (Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs), 2025. 44 p. (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs). (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs).

Supporting Southwest Seabird Colonies: A review of the status and trends of common guillemot, razorbill, and great black-backed gull populations in the southwest, current pressures, and opportunities for intervention for offshore wind development compensation

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