BTO funding in 2012/13 We are very grateful for the generous support that we have received, both in time and money, in the past year. In addition to members and other fieldworkers, there are many other individuals and companies who support the work of the BTO with financial contributions.
Corporate Membership 2012/13 Anglia Sports & Schoolwear Ltd, Anglian Water, Ark Wildlife, R & E Bamford Ltd, Biotrack Ltd, Bird Box Cameras Ltd, BirdGuides, Birdseye, The BirdTable Ltd, Carl Zeiss Ltd, EDF Energy, Ernest Charles, Essex & Suffolk Water, Frontier Holidays Ltd, Gardenature, Gardman Ltd, Grant Arms Hotel, Heatherlea, John E Haith Ltd, Jacobi Jayne & Co, JustAddBirds, Nature Counters, The Nest Box Co Ltd, Northumbrian Water, Opticron, Paddocks Farm Partnership, Park Hill Nurseries & Garden Centre Ltd, Porzana, Serenata Commerce Ltd, Swallowtail Print,
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Swarovski UK Ltd, Syngenta, Tendley Quarries Ltd, Thames Water Utilities Ltd, Thetford Garden Centre, Unilever R & D Colworth.
Trusts 2012/13 The AEB Charitable Trust, The Balmain Charitable Trust, Benham Charitable Settlement, The A S Butler Charitable Trust, The Chapman Charitable Trust, The Child-Beale Trust, The Marjorie Coote Animal Charity Trust, The Dulverton Trust, The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Harris Charitable Trust, The Lady Hind Charitable Trust, The Hobart Trust, The Marsh Christian Trust, The Michael Marks Charitable Trust, The Mill Dam Trust, The Jack Patston Charitable Trust, Mr & Mrs Philip Rackham Charitable Trust, The Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust, The Saxham Trust, The Slater Foundation, Sussex Ornithological Society, The Tay Charitable Trust, The Tobit Trust, Udimore Charitable Trust, The Emily Weircroft Charitable Trust, The J & J R Wilson Trust.
Legacies 2012/13 Bryan John Adams, Robert George Norton Barris, Jeffery Hugh Richard Boswall, Dennis Ashton Bullock, Jean Diane Edwards, Edwina Maude Geffers, Dr Ian J L Goldberg, Mrs Eileen Rosemary Hewitt, David Herringshaw, John Charles Holland, Peter Mackenzie Thornton Leith, John Darryl Richardson, David John Stinson, Edith Lorna Thomas, Brunon Stanislaw Zakrzewski Tyc, Bernard Wright.
In memoriam 2012/13 John Robert Simcoe Abbott, Bryan John Adams, Mrs Delia A Averns, Rev Ronald A H Bocking, Alan Burgess, Mrs Elsie Beatrice Glue, Angela Hanson, James Keith Jepson, Mr Lewis, John F Naylor, Mr E G Philp, Maurice Pyle, Bob & Alison Spencer, Neil A Taylor, John Tully, Mrs June Watkinson, Mrs Muriel Wheeler.
Funders of BTO Work 2012/13 DAVID TIPLING/ADRIAN DANCY/AMY LEWIS/HANDADESIGNS/JILL PAKENHAM/JOHN HARDING
Anglian Water Group, APEM Ltd, Associated British Ports, Bayer CropScience, Baillie Wind Farm Ltd, BBC Wildlife Fund, BiOD Ltd, BirdLife International, Birdseye Wall’s Ltd, BirdWatch Ireland, Black & Veatch Ltd, Breckland Council, Broads Authority, Buro Happold, Butterfly Conservation, Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cardiff Harbour Authority, CEFAS, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Coombe Farm, Co-operative Society, Country Innovation, COWRIE (Collaborative Offshore Wind Research Into the Environment), Crown Estate, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Environment Northern Ireland, Department of Energy and Climate Change, DHI Water & Environment, Dstl, EDF Energy, Emap Active Ltd (Bird Watching Magazine), Environment Agency, Environment Bank Ltd, Environment Wales, ESRC, Essex & Suffolk Water, FERA, Forewind Ltd, Forestry Commission, Forestry Commission Scotland, Forest Research, Foster & Partners, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), Gardman Ltd, Greater London Authority, Jacobi Jayne & Company, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (on behalf of Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Department of Environment Northern Ireland), The Leverhulme Trust, Make Architects, Manor House Estates, Manx Bird Life, MOD, National Forest, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, NERC, NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife, NIEA, Norfolk Ornithologist’s Association, Normandeau Associates, North East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre, Northumbrian Water Ltd., Opticron, People’s Trust for Endangered Species, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSWT, RWE nPower Ltd, Scottish Coal, Scottish Government, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Raptor Study Group, Scottish Renewables, Serco Ltd, Snowdonia National Park, OPAL Grants Scheme, SOC, Stanny House Farm, State of Delaware (DNREC), Swarovski UK Ltd (Swarovski Optik), Syngenta, Tasso Leventis Foundation, Unilever Ice Cream & Frozen Foods, Unilever Research, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of Edinburgh, US Fisheries & Wildlife, Welsh Government, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Wildlife Trust, WREN, Zoological
GREY HERONS are still important It seems fitting that legacy income underpins the Heronries Census. After all, one of the main reasons that people give us, when they tell us about legacies they plan to give, is that they want the BTO to continue to undertake long-term surveys. We refer to The Heronries Census as the BTO’s longestrunning project but it actually pre-dates the formation of the Trust by five years. Started in 1928 by several of the people who would soon become the founders of the BTO, the Heronries Census involves annual counts of active heron nests each spring. With no break for the Second World War, this is a unique data-set, illustrating the recovery in numbers of Grey Herons, as water quality has improved and persecution has decreased. Herons suffer in cold winters and the crashes associated with the winters of 1946–47 and 1962–63 show clearly in the 80-year history of the survey. We shall be able to assess the effect of the winter weather of 2012–13 when data for 2013 are added to the series. At the survey’s inception, Grey Herons were seen to be under threat and there was certainly no mention of other species. Little Egrets now provide a bonus for volunteers who have been counting heron nest for years, with other species perhaps poised to move in. We are grateful to all of the volunteers who have helped with the Heronries Census over the years and to the people who have provided or promised legacies which ensure that the BTO can continue to fund long-term research programmes. To learn more visit www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ heronries and www.bto.org/birdtrends
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