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Protect bird nests using electric fencing
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 6 studies
Protect bird nests using electric fencing
Use false brood parasite eggs to discourage brood parasitism
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Use false brood parasite eggs to discourage brood parasitism
Plant nectar flower mixture/wildflower strips for birds
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 7 studies
Plant nectar flower mixture/wildflower strips for birds
Provide supplementary food to increase parental presence and so reduce brood parasitism
Based on: 0 studies
Provide supplementary food to increase parental presence and so reduce brood parasitism
Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields for birds
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 8 studies
Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields for birds
Alter artificial nest sites to discourage brood parasitism
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Alter artificial nest sites to discourage brood parasitism
Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields for birds
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 15 studies
Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields for birds
Use copper strips to exclude snails from nests
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Use copper strips to exclude snails from nests
Use mowing techniques to reduce chick mortality
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 3 studies
Use mowing techniques to reduce chick mortality
Clean birds following oil spills
Unlikely to be beneficial Based on: 8 studies
Clean birds following oil spills
Leave refuges in fields during harvest
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 2 studies
Leave refuges in fields during harvest
Relocate birds following oil spills
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Relocate birds following oil spills
Mark nests during harvest
Likely to be ineffective or harmful Based on: 1 study
Mark nests during harvest
Deter or prevent birds from landing on toxic pools
Based on: 0 studies
Deter or prevent birds from landing on toxic pools
Relocate nests at harvest time to reduce nestling mortality
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 1 study
Relocate nests at harvest time to reduce nestling mortality
Offer per clutch payment for farmland birds
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 2 studies
Offer per clutch payment for farmland birds
Use visual and acoustic ‘scarers’ to deter birds from landing on pools polluted by mining or sewage
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 7 studies
Use visual and acoustic ‘scarers’ to deter birds from landing on pools polluted by mining or sewage
Control scrub on farmland
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Control scrub on farmland
Use repellents to deter birds from landing on pools polluted by mining
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Use repellents to deter birds from landing on pools polluted by mining
Take field corners out of management
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Take field corners out of management
Reduce pesticide or herbicide use generally
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Reduce pesticide or herbicide use generally
Reduce conflict by deterring birds from taking crops using bird scarers
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 2 studies
Reduce conflict by deterring birds from taking crops using bird scarers
Restrict certain pesticides or other agricultural chemicals for birds
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 2 studies
Restrict certain pesticides or other agricultural chemicals for birds
Reduce conflict by deterring birds from taking crops using repellents
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 1 study
Reduce conflict by deterring birds from taking crops using repellents
Provide food for vultures to reduce mortality from diclofenac
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 1 study
Provide food for vultures to reduce mortality from diclofenac
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