Stone curlew disturbance analysis Client: Cambridge University, the RSPB and English Nature exeGesIS used a GIS model to predict the effects of disturbance from visual stimuli on nesting stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus. This was used to map and graph the effects of different disturbances on the birds and identify the best areas to undertake habitat management to encourage nesting. ... read more February 2006. Categories: Data analysis Ecology GIS Viewshed analysis