Since the last blog migration has stalled somewhat, with the return of westerly winds bringing wetter conditions to Britain and Ireland and limiting migration across the North Sea. However, a few days ...

Cleeve has spent the past six weeks or so in much the same area along the northern Nigeria border, with little sign of movement. However, in the last few days he has covered around 1,200 km (745 miles ...

This 2-hour online session will use worked examples and live exercises to highlight and practice applying the key considerations for determining the territories of breeding birds from observations ...

House Sparrow perched on a beam, by Amy Lewis / BTO The UK is home to 73 million fewer birds today than it was in 1970, according to research from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) published ...

A new report published today by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), in partnership with RSPB and JNCC, reveals impacts of Avian Influenza on Mute Swans across the UK. The Wetland Bird Survey ...

Although there are many bird books available for birders visiting Australia, the best by far is The Australian Bird Guide. However, this book is somewhat too large, heavy and bulky for use in the ...

The name Maurice Bird might not the most instantly recognisable, but it may be familiar to anyone who has read the author James Parry’s 2020 work (co-written with former BTO Director Dr Jeremy ...

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, ...

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 ...

With this year's focus on heathland birds here at BTO, monitoring of Nightjars is very topical. Being nocturnal, detecting them requires dedicated night-time field surveys, which can be tricky in ...

Research undertaken by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) predicts that the Red Kite population of Wales is likely to be resilient to the development of future wind farms. It is widely understood ...

After an autumn that has been dominated by quite strong westerly winds, we finally saw a change in the weather recently with a few days of easterly winds. This brought a nice mix of migrants to the ...