Monitoring
CRRU UK- Levels of anticoagulant residues in the livers of UK barn owls will be monitored annually. HSE will expect to see a significant decline in the proportion of barn owls carrying rodenticide residues and a reduction in the concentration of residues in the owls’ bodies as a result of stewardship implementation. Breeding success of selected barn owl populations will be studied to determine impacts, if any, of rodenticide use.
- A periodic survey will be conducted on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of all professional rodenticide users in order to observe changes over time in these important criteria. A baseline survey has already been conducted in advance of regime implementation.
- An annual appraisal will be published of incidents reported to by the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS).
- The current status of the distribution and severity of anticoagulant resistance in Norway rats and house mice in the UK will be presented in the form of a CRRU report from the University of Reading.
Purpose:
- Liaise with appointed contractors and/or agencies for all monitoring mechanisms, including SGAR residues in barn owls; barn owl breeding and population investigations; and knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) surveys among rodenticide buyers and users.
- Establish contracts between funding agencies and contractors.
- Ensure scientific and statistical veracity of monitoring projects.
- Co-ordinate provision of reports at required intervals and oversee publication of monitoring data.
Work Group Members
Monitoring
Richard Moseley – Monitoring WG lead
Colin Prescott – University of Reading
Ton Abel – ZAPI
Alan Buckle – CRRU/University of Reading
Gareth Capel-Williams – PelGar
Matthew Davies – Killgerm
Alistair Leake – GWCT