Status of the Hen Harrier<i>Circus cyaneus</i>in the UK and Isle of Man in 2004, and a comparison with the 1988/89 and 1998 surveys

Sim, Innes M.W.; Dillon, Ian A.; Eaton, Mark A.; Etheridge, Brian; Lindley, Patrick; Riley, Helen; Saunders, Richard; Sharpe, Chris; Tickner, Matthew

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“…The 2010 Hen Harrier survey follows very closely the design of previous surveys in 1998 and 2004 (Bibby & Etheridge 1993, Sim et al 2001, 2007. The species' range in the UK and the Isle of Man was defined as all 10-km national grid squares with records of Hen Harriers in the breeding season (April to July) since 1968, using the Breeding Bird Atlases from 1968 to 1972 (Sharrock 1976) and from 1988 to 1991 (Gibbons et al 1993).…”

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“…Sim et al 2001Sim et al , 2007. In Orkney, the count unit was the number of breeding females due to the extent of polygyny in that population (Balfour & Cadbury 1979, Picozzi 1984.…”

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“…Sampling intensities within the two strata were chosen based on the relative densities recorded in the 2004 survey (Sutherland 2000). Regional population estimates and trends in Scotland were calculated for the geographical regions used in the two previous surveys (Sim et al 2007). …”

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“…Subsequent studies suggest that reduced prey availability affecting productivity was principally responsible for this decline through a reduction in polygynous breeding , Amar et al 2003, 2005. In 2004, a third national survey showed a statistically significant increase of 41% in Hen Harrier population since 1998 to an estimated 806 territorial pairs (95% confidence interval (CI): 732-889; Sim et al 2007). Increases were noted in the Isle of Man, Wales, Northern Ireland, Orkney, and North and West Scotland, although populations in South and East Scotland and England declined.…”

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“…Sim et al 2001Sim et al , 2007. In Orkney, the count unit was the number of breeding females due to the extent of polygyny in that population (Balfour & Cadbury 1979, Picozzi 1984.…”

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“…Listing has been a result of 'a serious historical population decline, 1800-1995' (Eaton et al 2009, p. 310). The UK breeding population is concentrated in upland areas of Wales, northern England and especially Scotland, where breeding habitat includes managed and unmanaged moorland and young forestry plantations (Sim et al 2007). Conflicts with moorland management interest have prompted a heavy focus on breeding season ecology and population status (Etheridge et al 1997, Fielding et al 2011.…”

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The size and migratory origins of the population of Hen HarriersCircus cyaneuswintering in England

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Stakeholder discourse coalitions and polarisation in the hen harrier conservation debate in news media

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Conservation conflicts are complex and can be deep‐rooted, with stakeholders holding entrenched policy positions. The actors involved producing verbal interconnected interactions that form policy debates. Thus, conservation debates can be viewed as network phenomena with stakeholders forming coalitions in support of, or opposition to, certain policies and practices. We used Discourse Network Analysis of print media to investigate the structure and dynamics of the stakeholder debate around the management of hen harriers Circus cyaneus, a bird of prey at the centre of a long‐standing conservation conflict in the United Kingdom. We aimed to determine whether the structure of discourse coalitions changed among the diverse aspects of the debate and whether the polarisation of the debate has changed through time. Our search and selection criteria led to the analysis of 737 statements within 131 newspaper articles published from August 1993 to December 2019. We show that, while the discourse network of the overall debate is quite unstructured, actors formed divergent coalitions when defining the conservation problem and its solutions. In contrast, discourses converged around reactions with positive or negative emotions in relation to events and issues of hen harrier conservation. Polarisation among actors has increased over time and peaked in the second half of the 2010s, concurrent with the release of the species recovery plan. Our study highlights the value of analysing discourse networks in conservation policy debates. Discourse networks reveal which aspects of any conservation problem cause stakeholders to converge or diverge and can identify periods of intensified debate that, ultimately, contribute to informing conflict mitigation and resolution processes. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Status of the Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusin the UK and Isle of Man in 2004, and a comparison with the 1988/89 and 1998 surveys

Cited by 33 publications

References 21 publications

The status of the Hen Harrier,Circus cyaneus, in the UK and Isle of Man in 2010

The status of the Hen Harrier,Circus cyaneus, in the UK and Isle of Man in 2010

The size and migratory origins of the population of Hen HarriersCircus cyaneuswintering in England

Stakeholder discourse coalitions and polarisation in the hen harrier conservation debate in news media

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