As someone who has always lived in the south of the UK, Whinchats are a bird species that I only tend to see on passage. It is always a thrill to occasionally connect with one of these smart little ...

Cuckoo Bean, after a protracted stay in north-eastern Germany, has now leapt into action and flown a distance of almost 1000 km (620 miles) over the last couple of days. First, he headed in a ...

This landmark publication presents the most up-to-date information on bird migration, using the vast wealth of data that the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have collected from ringing recoveries.

A key step in understanding the possible impacts of a proposed windfarm development is to identify potential interactions between seabird breeding colonies and the proposed development areas. Such ...

Join BTO staff member Drew Lyness to hone your skills of waterbird ID. During this small group event, we’ll enjoy spending time together looking at wildfowl, waders if they are present, and any other ...

Waterbird ID practice, and an introduction to the Wetland Bird Survey and BirdTrack. Saturday 19 September 1.30pm-4pm (Tittesworth Water, near Leek) Join BTO staff and passionate birder, David White, ...

1. Decision-makers are under pressure to take transformative action to address the biodiversity crisis. Scenarios can inform these decisions by exploring alternative future states of the world ...

Newly-published work by BTO has reviewed the long-term patterns in the use of tracking devices on individual birds, and how the effects of the use of such devices are reported. More than 3,400 ...

In 1989, albatrosses were the first birds remotely tracked using satellites and they revolutionised our understanding of seabird movements at sea, showing the vast circumpolar journeys these ...

Large-scale population estimates of species are used for several reasons, including the assessment and protection of important sites. However, determining a national population requires extensive ...

This is the 31st annual report of the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and Waterways Breeding Bird Survey (WBBS), documenting the population abundance trends of widespread UK breeding bird ...