We receive approximately 80 barn owls per year
The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) is a long-term, national monitoring scheme that quantifies the concentrations of contaminants in the livers and eggs of selected species of predatory and fish-eating birds in Britain.
We monitor the levels of contaminants to determine how and why they vary between species and regions, how they are changing over time, and the effects that they may have on individual birds and on their populations.
The Scheme is run by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and is funded jointly by CEH, Natural England , the Environment Agency (EA) , the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Happy New Year from the PBMS team
The PBMS team are back from their break over the Christmas and so the scheme is now re-instated.
If you find a dead bird of prey and wish to submit it to the PBMS please contact us by phoning 01524 595830 or emailing leew@ceh.ac.uk.
This site was developed by the Biological Records Centre, CEH © 2006
