I ended last week’s blog by suggesting that the window of south-easterly winds over the weekend could lead to an arrival of migrants on the east coast and fortunately there was some truth in that. The ...

Ashton-Butt, A., Jackson, C., Higgins, S.L., Wetherhill, A. & Newson, S.E. 2025. Passive acoustic monitoring with the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, 2024 – piloting ...

Join BTO staff and passionate birder, David White, 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 ...

Bowgen, K., Jarrett, D., Franks, S., Langlois Lopez, S., Clark, N., Clark, J. & Noyes, P. 2025. GPS-tracking breeding Curlew in the Yorkshire Dales: breeding success ...

This report presents results from the first year of passive acoustic monitoring as part of the pilot of the Rewilding Monitoring Framework. These data will contribute to baselining and monitoring ...

Abiotic vectors of plastic and their impact in natural areas have been extensively studied, whereas biotic vectors have received less attention. Recent studies demonstrate that birds can act as ...

As the days start to lengthen and the breeding season approaches, it’s time to think about how we can provide a safe home for our favourite garden visitors. Each year, Valentine’s Day marks the start ...

Data from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch survey, carried out by volunteers across the UK, show a fourfold increase in the number of gardens recording a Hummingbird Hawkmoth, ...

Satellite technology is helping scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to better understand the pressures that the UK’s breeding Cuckoos face as they make annual migrations of 16,000 ...

However, the Report also reveals worrying declines for familiar woodland and garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch. The latest data also show that some farmland birds that have experienced ...

Birdwatchers across the UK are being asked to get out and count gulls this autumn, as the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) continues to monitor populations of these characterful, if sometimes ...