The 2025 Breeding Bird Survey Report highlights the varying fortunes of four of the UK’s widely monitored wild doves and ...

Frost, T.M, Calbrade, N.A., Birtles, G.A., Feather, A., Hiza, B.M., Caulfield, E.B., Balmer, D.E., Peck, K., Wotton, S.R., Shaw, J.M. & Woodward, I.D. 2026 ...

Join BTO Youth on a guided walk around Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill LNR, listening to the different songs and calls of the birds which call this urban nature reserve home. We will help talk ...

Fewster, R.M., Buckland, S.T., Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. & Wilson, J.D. 2000. Analysis of population trends for farmland birds using generalised additive ...

Birds in Greenspaces looks to understand which and how many birds use and rely on our greenspaces. The survey is running from 1 April to 30 June 2026, and is open to all experience levels, with simple ...

Join BTO Youth on a guided walk around Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill LNR, listening to the different songs and calls of the birds which call this urban nature reserve home. Join BTO Youth on a ...

Seabirds across the UK, and globally, are in trouble. Many species, from Puffins and Fulmars to gulls and terns are experiencing declines in their breeding numbers. A key reason is that seabirds rely ...

UK springs are starting earlier as the climate warms, with bud burst and the emergence of invertebrates such as caterpillars that eat this young vegetation happening earlier too. These invertebrates ...

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 ...

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 ...

For migrant birds, there are both ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors that drive their migration. Typically, it’s a mix of factors. Different species also migrate at different times, and in different ways - in ...