Waterbirds around the world

A global overview of the conservation, management and research of the

world's waterbird flyways

Edited by G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith and D.A. Stroud

Assisted by L.K. Bridge, I. Colquhoun, D.A. Scott,

D.B.A. Thompson and L.G. Underhill

EDINBURGH, UK: THE STATIONERY OFFICE

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© Scottish Natural Heritage 2006

First published in 2006 by The Stationery Office Limited71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ, UK.

Applications for reproduction should be made to Scottish Natural Heritage,Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness IV3 8NW, UK.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 0 11 497333 4

Recommended citation:Boere, G.C., Galbraith, C.A. & Stroud, D.A. (eds). 2006.

Waterbirds around the world. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. 960 pp.

Names used for geographical entities do not imply recognition, by the organisers of the Waterbirds around the world conference or othersupporting organisations or governments, of the political status or boundaries of any particular territory. Names of territories used (andany alternatives) are included solely to help users of this publication apply information contained within this volume for waterbird conservation purposes. The views expressed in papers included within this volume do not necessarily represent views of the editorsor the organisations and governments that supported the conference and this publication.

Cover photography: Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus arriving at Martin Mere, England. Photo: Paul Marshall.

(www.paulmarshallphotography.com)

Copyright of all photographs used in this publication resides with the named photographers.

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Board of Patrons: Hugh Boyd, Luc Hoffmann, Eckhart Kuijken, Geoffrey Matthews and Harvey Nelson.

The Conference Team: Gerard Boere, Colin Galbraith, David Stroud, Les Underhill, George Anderson, Ian Enlander, Jenny Griffin,Saskia Henderikse, Adam Kidson, René Looyen, Jane Madgwick, Angela McTeir, Ash Murray, Simon Nash, Daniëlle Nieuwenhuijse,Colin Robertson, Susan Ross, Evert Rougoor, Paul Schmidt, Jan Willem Sneep, Doug Taylor, Des Thompson, Robert Vagg, IngeVeenstra, Marion Whitelaw and Andy Williams.

The UK Organising Committee comprised: Colin Galbraith (Chairman), David Stroud (Secretary), Susan Ross, Robert Vagg,Andy Williams, Angela McTeir, Deborah Gooch, Colin Sheddon, John Doherty, Jo Wilson, Duncan Orr-Ewing, Ian Francis,Bill Gardner and Ashley Murray, with additional inputs from Mark Rehfisch, Catherine Gray and Ian Enlander.

JNCC and SNH: Deryck Steer, Ian Jardine, Ian McLean, Helen Baker, Janet Sprent, Heather Pegg, Jean Lambert, Saville Gunn, KerryJepson, Zena Bailey, Carl Cilenti, Sandra Groome, Sue Wenlock, Alison Lee, Geoff Beall and Kenny MacLean.

The Conference Team is most grateful to Janet Hunter, David Ness, Orela Deane and all the staff of the James Watt Conference Centreat Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh for their professional support throughout the planning and execution of the conference.

Many volunteers freely gave their time and expertise to help during the conference and to lead excursions. We are grateful to themall: Zul Bhatia, Liz Campbell, Zoe Clelland, Hugh Conner, Neil Cowie, John Doherty and staff of WWT’s Caerlaverock WetlandsCentre, Richard Evans, Ian Francis, Adam Kidson, Alan Leitch, Andy McFarlane, Duncan Orr-Ewing, Jack Fleming and staff ofRSPB’s Mersehead Reserve, Catherine Quigley, Jeremy Roberts, Colin Sheddon, Chris Spelding, Ian Thomson, Winnie Thomson,Lornie Wilkie, Andy Williams, Mike Thornton, Susan Haysom, Ellen Wilson and Simon Zisman.

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Acknowledgements

Waterbirds around the world could not have happened without the inputs and support of many people. Theconference organisers are grateful to all who have given their support over the last six years.

We are especially grateful to: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales; Minister Elliot Morley, MP; Minister Cees Veerman; Max Finlayson; John Markland; and Deputy Minister Allan Wilson, MSP.

The Conference dinner was held in the main hall of the Royal Museum, part of the National Museum of Scotland, following a reception during which

delegates explored the museum's extensive collections. Photo: Taej Mundkur.

We are grateful to the following organisations for their in-kind support of the excursions: British Association for Shooting andConservation; the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; and the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club.

The Royal Dutch Natural History Society (KNNV), with Paul Kemmeren, facilitated the free distribution of the recently publishedbook Shorebirds: an illustrated behavioural ecology to all the conference delegates.

The European Commission (DG Environment) supported the conference through holding a meeting of the Scientific Working Groupof the Birds Directive’s Ornis Committee within the framework of the conference. This allowed the support of additional delegatesfrom the EU.

The conference programme was developed by the Conference Scientific Committee, comprising: Les Underhill (Chairman),Gerard Boere (Secretary), Marco Barbieri, Peter Bayliss, Leon Bennum, Bart Ebbinge, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Noritaka Ichida,Jim Kushlan, Randy Milton, Charles Mlingwa, Mark O’Connell, Theunis Piersma, Robert Schlatter, Paul Schmidt, David Stroud andPavel Tomkovich.

The production of these proceedings would not have happened without the efforts of: Derek Scott, Linda Bridge, Iain Colquhoun,Des Thompson, Les Underhill, Nick Davidson, Ron Wilson, Karen Pope, Jane McNair, Denise Dalrymple, Chris Dalrymple and Jon Dalrymple.

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Many people volunteered to help with the conference excursion programme, including to the Bass Rock – which holds an internationally important

colony of Northern Gannets Morus bassana breeding on the rock, after which the species is named. Photo: Colin Galbraith.

The Conference Team, in October 2003, wrestling with the complexities of the conference programme! Photo: David Stroud.

We thank all peer-reviewers who freely gave their time and expertise to review and improve submitted papers: Åke Andersson,Brad Andres, Anny Anselin, Bruce Batt, Albert Beintema, Bob Blohm, Gerard Boere, Stephen Browne, Kees Camphuys, Nick Davidson, Keesvan Dijk, Gary Donaldson, Mennobart van Eerden, Morten Ekker, Meinte Engelmoer, Michael Exo, Yves Ferrand, Bob Gill,Lyle Glowka, Adam Gretton, Antti Haapanen, Barry Hartup, Tom van der Have, Hermann Hötker, Marshall Howe, Verena Keller, RogerJaensch, Alan Johnson, Torsten Larsson, Konstantin Litvin, Frank Majoor, Randy Milton, Clive Minton, Claire Mirande,Johan Mooij, Mike Moser, Wim van Muiswinkel, Harvey Nelson, Leif Nilsson, Guy-Noel Olivier, Tunde Ojej, Sander van Opstal, DieterOschladeus, John O’Sullivan, Mike Pienkowski, Eileen Rees, Mark Rehfisch. Klaus Riede, David Rodrigues, Hans-Ulrich Rosner, ClaytonRubec, Frank Saris, Yara Schaeffer-Novelli, Roberto Schlatter, Humphrey Sitters, Ken Smith. Arie Spaans, Melanie Steinkamp, David Stroud,Kees Swennen, John Swift, Zhenya Syroechskovski, Des Thompson, Christophe Tourenq, Jan Veen, Joost van der Ven and Rinse Wassenaar.

We are indebted to the many photographers who have allowed us to enliven the pages of these proceedings with their pictures ofwaterbirds and their habitats worldwide, as well as all those who helped source these photos and/or provided images that unfortu-nately were not possible to use: Else Ammentorp, Adrian Azpiroz, Mark Barter, Helen Baker, Dougie Barnett, Daniel Bergmann,Gerard Boere, Adrian Boyle, Andy Brown, Ian Carter, Albert Chipps, Nigel Clark, John Cooper, Peter Cranswick, Ruth Cromie,Alistair Crowle, Danmarks Jægerforbund/Danish Hunters Association, Nick Davidson, Hans Dekkers, Sergey Dereliev, C. Donald,Tim Dodman, Andy Douse, Allan Drewitt, Sergey Eliseev, Meinte Englemoer, Ian Francis, Milton Friend, Colin Galbraith, NielsGilissen (MIRATIO), Ward Hagemeijer, Doug Harebottle, Gareth Hartford, David Hatton, Richard Hearn, Jemi & John Holmes,Menno Hormman, Dave Humburg, J. Jave, Niels Kanstrup, Florian Keil, Verena Keller, Gary Kramer, John Marchant, Ian Mackenzie,Paul Marshall, Brian McKean, David Melville, Randy Milton, Ian Mitchell, Jean-Yves Mondain Monval, Johan Mooij, Steve Moore,Anders Mosbech, Christian Moullec, Taej Mundkur, Petr Musil, Zuzana Musilová, P.K. Nandi, Steve Newton, Ingar Jostein Oien,Dieter Oschadleus, Matt Parsons, Dwight Peck, Ib Krag Petersen, Margaret Petersen, Nikolai Petkov, Anastasia Popovkina, CrawfordPrentice, Press Association, Eileen Rees, Rob Robinson, Paul Schmidt, Michael Samuel, Scottish Natural Heritage, David Sowter,Simon Stirrup, David Stroud, Tom Stroud, Katerina Svadova, Niels Søndergaard, Stan Tekiela, Kai-Michael Thomsen, Les Underhill,US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey, Jaap de Vlas, Peter Wakerly, Alyn Walsh, Keith Wearne, Richard Webster,Jennifer Wheeler, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Chris Wilson, Rebecca Woodward, Niklaus Zbinden, Sama Zefania and ChristophZöckler. Special thanks, in particular, are due to Paul Marshall for the cover photo and his many other beautiful images of the world’swaterbirds.

Sponsors of the conference

The Netherlands: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

United Kingdom: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Executive

English Nature (Natural England from October 2006)

Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service

Countryside Council for Wales

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African Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA)

Australia: Environment Australia

Ministry for Flemish Affairs;

Belgium:

Belgian Institute for Nature Conservation

Canada: Canadian Wildlife Service

Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS)

Denmark: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

European Commission

Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE)

Finland: Ministry of Environment

Germany: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

International Council for Game and Wildlife Management (CIC)

Ireland: Duchas

Japan: Ministry of Environment

Sweden: Environment Agency

Switzerland: Environment Agency

United States of America: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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