The WeBS and GSMP Partnerships WeBS is a partnership jointly funded by BTO, RSPB and JNCC, with fieldwork conducted by volunteers and previous support from WWT. The permanent members of the WeBS ...

Working with our publishing partner Taylor & Francis, we have brought together a suite of scientific studies across two issues of Bird Study that both document the spread and impact of high ...

Read an article on the provisional findings from the first year of the project, from Bird Table magazine.; About Blackbirds in Gardens. Blackbirds are a common bird in gardens across the UK, from ...

The Middle East is something of an international stepping stone for both migratory birds and people travelling between Europe, Africa and Asia. For birdwatchers stopping over in this part of the world ...

Southern, H.N. 1951. Change in status of the Bridled Guillemot after ten years. Proceedings of Zoological Society of London ...

Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their epic migration between the UK and tropical Africa, or track their movements in real-time on our Cuckoo migration map.If you enjoy these updates, ...

BTO participated in species research and monitoring underpinning a landscape restoration project in Belarus and Ukraine, aimed at protecting and restoring the wetland wilderness of Polesia. It was a ...

Improving recording qualityIt is crucial to capture the best quality field recordings possible. The better the quality of recordings, the better the Acoustic Pipeline will perform, but also the better ...

Where do our winter visitors migrate from? Many species' migratory journeys converge in the UK during our winter months. Some species escape from the freezing conditions in their arctic breeding ...

The UK is host to internationally important numbers of wintering waterbirds, and the long-standing WeBS and Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme (GSMP) provide essential data that inform decision ...

Planning for the future. You can also use this time in winter to plant berry shrubs, which can be done any time the ground isn’t frozen. These will reward you and the birds in your garden well into ...

Most of us who live in cities or towns will barely go a day without seeing a Feral Pigeon Columba livia. These birds are superbly adapted to surviving in urban environments, having descended from ...