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We’ve paused public submissions to PBMS for now because we’re being extra cautious about the risk of bird flu (avian influenza). However, we are currently working with wildlife professionals to collect birds for the scheme. |
With the help of the general public who send us bird carcasses to analyse, this unique long-term study tracks the levels of contaminants in the livers and eggs of various predatory bird species across Britain. In the 1960s, we provided evidence leading to the banning of organochlorine insecticides, and we have continued to play an important role in understanding the effectiveness of national and international chemical use regulations and other mitigation measures.
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I want to submit a bird
How to send us a dead bird of prey you have found
I want to find out about the PBMS
Learn more about our objectives, history, the PBMS team and who funds us
Discover our science
Our research aims to understand the environmental fate of chemical contaminants that accumulate via food chains in the tissues of predatory birds
Talk given to MSc students at Institute of Zoology, London
Lee Walker gave a talk on ‘Assessing risk to wildlife from anticoagulant rodenticides’ as part of the Institute of Zoology and Royal Veterinary College’s MSc course on Wildlife Animal Health.
PBMS hosts Malaysian elephant workshop
Members of the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) and UKCEH colleagues welcomed a delegation from Malaysia to UKCEH Lancaster on the 9th and 10th of October to discuss a recent increase in elephant mortalities in Bornean Malaysia.
PBMS features in UKCEH podcast
We are excited to announce that the work of PBMS will be featured in the latest UKCEH’s Counting the Earth podcast.
Video: Introducing PBMS
Image credits
Page header montage includes: Kestrel - Henk Sierdsema; Buzzard and Barn owl - Martin Mollet; Buzzard - Bart Vastenhouw; Kestrel - Jaap Schelvis (all via Saxifraga)
'Submit a bird' tile: Martin Mollet (Saxifraga)
'About PBMS' tile: Peter Meininger (Saxifraga)
'Discover our science' tile: UKCEH