User:Grantus4504

About me
My name is Grant Sherman, and I live on Lundy, a small island in the Bristol Channel, UK. I work in the Marisco Tavern, but my main reason for living here is the seabirds. Lundy is home to three species of auks, the Common Guillemot, the Razorbill and the Atlantic Puffin. Manx Shearwaters and European Shags also breed on the island as well as four species of Gull: Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, and Black-legged Kittiwake. I am a member of the British Ecological Society and the British Ornithologists' Union.

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 * WP:FA
 * WP:CS

Birds (General)

 * Bird
 * Plumage
 * uncinate processes of ribs
 * upwelling

Birds (Specific)

 * White-breasted Nuthatch

Books

 * Freethy, Ron (1987): The Auks: an ornithologist's guide. Facts on File, New York. ISBN 0-8160-1696-8
 * Gaston, Anthony J. & Jones, Ian (1998) The Auks, Alcidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-854032-9
 * Mitchell, P. Ian; Newton, Stephen F.; Ratcliffe, Norman & Dunn, Timothy E. (eds.) (2004): Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland. Poyser, London. ISBN 0-7136-6901-2
 * Mullarney, Killian; Svensson, Lars; Zetterström, Dan & Grant, Peter J. (1999): Collins Bird Guide. HarperCollins, London. ISBN 0-00-711332-3
 * Nettleship, David, N. & Birkhead, Tim R. (eds.) (1985): The Atlantic Alcidae. Academic Press, London. ISBN 0-12-515671-5
 * Perry, Richard (1940) Lundy, Isle of Puffins. Lindsey Drummond, London
 * Sibley, David Allen (2000): The Sibley Guide to Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-679-45122-6
 * Tschanz, Bent (1968) Trottellummen (Uria aalge aalge Pont.) Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 4 Beiheft 1-103
 * Tuck, Leslie M. (1961) The Murres: their distribution, populations and biology - a study of the genus Uria Canadian Wildlife Monograph Series 1 260pp

Articles

 * Barclay-Smith, Phyllis (1959) The British contribution to bird protection Ibis 101(1):pp 115-122
 * Beale, Colin M. (2007) Managing visitor access to seabird colonies: a spatial simulation and empirical observations Ibis 149(s1):pp 102-111
 * Bédard, Jean (1985): Evolution and Characteristics of the Atlantic Alcidae in Nettleship and Birkhead (1985) pp 1-51
 * Birkhead, Tim R. (1978): Behavioural adaptations to high density nesting in the Common Guillemot, Uria aalge. Animal Behaviour 26:pp. 321-331
 * Birkhead, Tim R. & Taylor, Antony M. (1977): Moult of the Guillemot Uria aalge Ibis 119:pp 80-85
 * Gaston, Anthony J. (1985): Development of the young in the Atlantic Alcidae in Nettleship & Birkhead (1985) pp 319-354
 * Harding, Ann M.A.; Piatt, John F. & Schmutz, Joel A. (2007): Seabird behavior as an indicator of food supplies: sensitivity across the breeding season Marine Ecology Progress Series 352:pp 269-274
 * Harris, Michael P. & Birkhead, Tim R. (1985): Breeding Ecology of the Atlantic Alcidae in Nettleship & Birkhead (1985) pp 155-204
 * Harris, Michael P.; Frederiksen, Morten & Wanless, Sarah (2007): Within- and between-year variation in the juvenile survival of the Common Guillemot Uria aalge. Ibis 149:pp 472-481
 * Harris, Michael P.; Newell, Mark; Daunt, Francis; Speakman, John R. & Wanless, Sarah (2008): Snake Pipefish Entelurus aequoreus are poor food for seabirds Ibis 150: pp. 413–415
 * Harris, Michael P. & Wanless, Sarah (2003): Postfledging occupancy of breeding sites by female common murres (Uria aalge). Auk 120(1): pp. 75 - 81
 * Harris, Michael P. & Wanless, Sarah (2006): Laying a big eg on a little ledge:does it help a female Common Guillemot if Dad's there?  British Birds 99: pp 230-235
 * Humphreys, Elizabeth M.; Wanless, Sarah & Bryant, David M. (2007) Elevated metabolic costs while resting on water in a surface feeder: the Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Ibis 149:pp. 106-111
 * Johnson, Robert A. (1941): Nesting behavior of the Atlantic Murre. Auk 58(2):pp 153-163
 * Kokko, H.; Harris, Michael, P. & Wanless, Sarah (2004): Competition for breeding sites and site-dependent population regulation in a highly colonial seabird, the common guillemot Uria aalge. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 367 - 376.
 * Lewis, Sue; Roberts, Gilbert; Harris, Michael P.; Prigmore, Carina & Wanless, Sarah (2007): Fitness increases with partner and neighbour allopreening Biology Letters 3:pp. 386–389
 * Livezey, Bradley C. (1988): Morphometrics of Flightlessness in the Alcidae Auk 105:pp 681-698.
 * Mahoney, Shane P. & Threlfall, William (1981): Notes on the eggs, embryos and chick growth of Common Guillemots Uria aalge in Newfoundland. Ibis 123, pp 211-218
 * Moody, Allison T.; Wilhelm, Sabina, I.; Cameron-MacMillan, Maureen L.; Walsh, Carolyn J. & Storey, Anne E. (2005): Divorce in common murres (Uria aalge): relationship to parental quality. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57: 224 - 230
 * Strauch, J.G. Jr. (1985): “The phylogeny of the Alcidae”. (PDF) Auk 102(3): 520 - 539.
 * Vaughn, H. R. H. (1937):  British Birds 31: p 123
 * Votier, S.C., Birkhead, T.R., Oro, D., Trinder, M., Grantham, M.J., Clark, J.A., McCleery, R.H. & Hatchwell, B.J. (2008): Recruitment and survival of immature seabirds in relation to oil spills and climate variability Journal of Animal Ecology 77: (Early View)
 * Wanless, S.; Harris, M.P.; Redman, P. & Speakman, J.R. (2005): Low energy values of fish as a probable cause of a major seabird breeding failure in the North Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 294: pp 1-8