Natural England - National Nature Reserves Research Projects
National Nature Reserves Research Projects
This register includes some of the research being undertaken on our National Nature Reserves that contributes to evidence at a national scale.
Research
| ID | Title | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| RP0519 | Lower Derwent valley: bird ringing and research | The reserve is one of the top five sites in England for breeding waders of wet meadows. It is particularly important for snipe and ruff. The project involves ringing breeding curlew, redshank, lapwing and snipe and also breeding and wintering waterfowl and ruff. The information is used to help establish population changes, advise local management and landscape scale issues, and contributes to our knowledge nationally of certain species (eg quail). The data allows interpretation of international flyways and provides avian influenza assessment. Partnership with Huddleston and Jackson Ringing partnership, Fera, WWT, CCT.
Natural England's financial contribution to this project is: £1,000.00 | Craig Ralston |
| RP0621 | Comparison of threshold sizes in hound's-tongue between Holkham NNR, a Dutch site and British Columbia | Comparison of threshold sizes in hound's-tongue Cynoglossum between Holkham NNR, a Dutch site and British Columbia, undertaken by the Biodiversity Research Centre, Louvain University, Belgium (seeds collected and sent to Belgium in 2009 & 2011)
| Michael Rooney |
| RP0622 | The development and behaviour of shingle spits on Scolt Head Island NNR | Research into the development and behaviour of shingle spits on Scolt Head Island NNR, undertaken by Prof J Raper & D Livingstone of Kingston University & City University. Scolt is an international type locality for this aspect of coastal process research and work will inform sea-level rise scenarios.
| Michael Rooney |
| RP0623 | Forecasting the ecological consequences of environmental change, based on sand dune annuals (Holkham NNR) | Research undertaken by Sheffield University, Dept of Animal & plant Science (2008-2012) into seed dormancy of some of the dune annuals and the relationship between annual plants and other environmental variables (ie the microtopography at the sites, including Holkham). Holkham NNR is one of a number of European locations that allow comparisons to be made when modelling.
| Michael Rooney |
| RP0624 | Experimental evidence for rapid biotic and abiotic reduction of Fe (III) at low temperatures in salt marsh sediments: a possible mechanism for formation of modern sedimentary siderite concretions, Warham Slatmarsh - Holkham NNR | Research by University of Leeds, Earth Sciences (2008-2012) into field & geochemical analytical tecniques to compare saltmarsh iron reduction attributes to previous research, Warham Saltmarsh, part of Holkham NNR.
| Michael Rooney |
| RP0625 | Research into Hydrobia spp. populations of Scolt Head Island NNR | Long standing research undertaken by University of Cambridge Zoology Dept. Dr Richard Barnes who is the leading international authority on these small, brackish-water snails. This work of Dr Barnes' is published regularly in scientific journals.
| Michael Rooney |
| RP0627 | Carline thistle populations on Scolt Head Island NNR | Research undertaken by Animal & Plant Sciences Dept of the University of Sheffield into the carline thistle population on Scolt Head Island NNR. Occasional academic papers are published by Professor Mark Rees of Sheffield University in scientific journals.
| Michael Rooney |
| RP0628 | Research into saltmarsh development, behaviour of dune 'washovers' and other aspects of coastal processes on Scolt Head Island NNR | Long standing research undertaken by University of Cambridge Geography Dept into coastal change & natural processes on Scolt Head Island NNR, dating back to the 1920's. Occasional academic papers are published in scientific journals by Dr Tom Spencer.
| Michael Rooney |
