Our research aims to generate robust scientific evidence to support wetland and waterbird conservation. The publications below showcase the work of the group and our collaborators, highlighting contributions to understanding species ecology, migration, population change, habitat management and conservation interventions across a range of wetland environments.
The Ouse Washes and its increasing importance for Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus.
British Birds (119: 74-85), 2026
Brides, K, L. Bruce, L. Marshall, J. Taylor, R. Colom Lopez, D.E. Balmer, S.H. Vickers, D.K. Scott, E.C. Rees & K.A. Wood. (2026)
Naturalised populations of Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis in the UK: an update on numbers, distribution and breeding.
British Birds (118: 60-71), 2025
Brides, K, S.W. Petrek, D.I. Gornall, S.R. Ritchie, A. Gonzalo Tarodo, K.A. Wood & S.H. Vickers. (2025)
Moult migration, site fidelity and survival of Canada Geese Branta canadensis caught at Lake Windermere, Cumbria.
Wildfowl (73: 43-63), 2024
Brides, K, K.A. Wood, K. Leighton, J. Barbour, S.W. Petrek, J. Cooper, S.H. Vickers, S.E. Christmas, J. Middleton & A. Grogan (2023)
Interchange of individuals between two Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus populations, and its effect on population size estimates.
Ringing & Migration (37: 1-12), 2023
Brides, K. S. Thorstensen, O, Einarsson, D.Boiko, Ævar Petersen, S.N.V, Augahe, G. McElwaine, A. Degen, B. Laubek, P. Andersen-Harlid, M. Helgberg, D. Vangeluwe, J. Nienhuis, M. Wieloch, L. Luigujõe, J. Morkūnas, Y. Bogomolova, I. Bogdanovich, S.W. Petrek, K.A. Wood & E.C. Rees.
Moult migration, site fidelity and survival of British Greylag Geese Anser anser at Windermere, Cumbria.
Ringing & Migration (34: 84-94), 2021
Brides, K, K.A. Wood, S.W. Petrek, J. Cooper, S.E. Christmas, J. Middleton, K. Leighton & A. Grogan. (2021)
The use of camera traps to identify individual colour-marked geese at a moulting site.
Ringing & Migration (33: 19-22), 2018
Brides, K, J. Middleton, K. Leighton & A. Grogan. (2018)
Waterbird Colour-marking Group 