Publications

Northern Ireland priority species list produced by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.

This is a write up of key discussion points, notes and actions deriving from presentations at a workshop on Curlew conservation in Northern Ireland and specifically considering the potential need for production of an updated Species Action Plan.

Presentation made by Kendrew Colhoun (RSPB) on the status of the Curlew in Northern Ireland at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by Katherine Booth-Jones (BTO) on the Northern Ireland Lowland Breeding Wader Survey at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by Alan Morrow (DAERA) on habitat management for breeding waders within a DAERA agri-environment scheme at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by Brad Robson (RSPB) on lowland reserve management for breeding Curlew in Fermanagh at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by Alan Lauder entitled Curlew Action in Republic of Ireland at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by Sarah Sanders (UK Curlew Recovery Programme Manager, RSPB) on UK and International Curlew Action at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by Patrick Lindley (Natural Resources Wales) on Curlew conservation action in Wales at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

Presentation made by James Pearce-Higgins (Director of Science, BTO) on identifying problems and testing solutions at the Curlew workshop on 12 September 2018.

The Northern Ireland Countryside Survey (NICS2000) provides an estimate of land cover in the landscape and what changes have occurred since the baseline NICS. The primary land cover types and field boundary types have been aggregated in Broad Habitats.

The report details an independent quality assurance exercise in relation to Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2007 (NICS2007). The results demonstrated the reliability of Northern Ireland Countryside Survey (NICS) data and procedures.

Between 1986 and 1991 Environment and Heritage Service DOE (NI) commissioned the University of Ulster to carry out a series of surveys of the ecology and landscape of the Northern Ireland countryside.

An ecological survey of grassland vegetation in Northern Ireland (NI) was carried out during 1993.

The aim of this report is to quantify the distribution of land use, ecological resources and landscape attributes using multivariate land classification as a sampling framework.

Northern Ireland comprises a wide range of habitats such as woodland, bog and grasslands. They are important for biodiversity and ecosystem services.

This technical report describes the quantitative distribution of wildlife habitats recorded in 1998 and shows how they have changed since 1987.

Field methods and technical manual for the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2007

The University of Sheffield undertook a survey of the Down and Armagh fens under contract to Environment and Heritage Service, in 1994. The survey produced a list of 30 fen sites which were considered to be of most conservation interest.

Northern Ireland priority species list produced by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.