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Where Have All the Eiders Gone? - Food Resource Availability Assessment

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At the GB scale, eider numbers have declined by c60% over the last 25 years. At an England scale, numbers have declined by c75% over 30+ years. Action to understand the causes of these declines and, if possible, to implement measures to halt or reverse the declines is urgent. Adult eiders preferentially feed on mussel, a resource which since 2012 has declined critically in Northumberland. This suggests that environmental changes leading to loss of mussel resources on this coast may have played some part in the eiders' decline. The present study is being commissioned to provide an assessment of food availability for eiders over the winter period. Eiders preferentially feed on mussels, a resou…

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What the buyer calls it
Where Have All the Eiders Gone? - Food Resource Availability Assessment
How they are buying
Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
Type
services
Where
in the North East, in London

Who the buyer named

The buyer published a contact address on this notice. Questions closed on 28 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT.

chris.brough@naturalengland.org.uk