British Trust for Ornithology

News and In-Depth Features

• A bird in the hand: why bird ringing is still so important.
• Scottish owl tracked to Morocco
• Where are all the Turtle Doves and Partridges?
• It’s official – the Wren is our most common bird.
• Building for bats in an urban world
• The early bird counts the worms
• National community of garden birdwatchers offers people the opportunity to stay connected to nature from home
• Volunteers' data vital in wetland conservation
• National Garden Bird Survey reaches 25 years
• The latest report on UK’s breeding birds shows mixed results
• Over 7,000 people sign up for garden citizen science survey during lockdown
• The seabird colony vanishes
• Ringing report shines light on some amazing birds
• Citizen scientists help lift the lid on one of our nearest avian neighbours
• Blue Tits missing from our gardens following spring heatwave
• New study identifies woodland management practices that are good for Britain’s bats
• New report reveals good news for rare breeding birds
• Keeping a watchful eye on our waterbirds - the Wetland Bird Survey
• Europe's breeding birds get long-overdue stocktake
• Hidden world of mice, voles and shrews revealed by new approach.
• Woodland bird recovery
• Young wildlife enthusiasts to get much needed equipment in brand new scheme.
• Opening up the hidden world of bats, bush-crickets and small mammals
• Voluntary move away from lead ammunition shows little progress
• Survey of UK's coast highlights change in wintering waterbird populations
• UK's longest running bird survey hit by Covid-19
• Migration routes of one of Britain’s largest ducks revealed for the first time, but much still remains a mystery
• Northern Ireland’s seabirds get an annual health check
• Human activity shapes the wintering ecology of a migratory bird
• UK winter holidays no longer needed by some ducks
• Record breaking Cuckoo returns to the UK
• New tools will help to ensure new trees are put in the right place
• A tale of two warblers
• New study reveals how to save our fastest-declining breeding wader
• Released, captive reared Curlews phone home
• Artificial Intelligence discovers rare bat
• The simple act of looking out of your window can help scientific research
• Varied fortunes for Scotland's wintering waterbirds
• Conservation work boosts UK’s rarest wetland birds
• Britain’s best-loved birds could disappear from much of our coastline
• A quiet Christmas? How Britain & Ireland’s breeding birds fared in 2021
• Garden birds that head north for the winter
• Extinct Chernobyl eagle back from the dead
• Volunteers provide vital new information on the UK's breeding Tawny Owls
• First year of a four-year survey discovers five new species of bat for the Bailiwick of Guernsey
• A burning question: how does timing of breeding of upland birds affect risk posed by moorland burning?
• Swallows have started spending the winter in Britain instead of migrating 6,000 miles to South Africa, according to
• Threatened butterfly species cope well in below-average butterfly year
• New study offers hope that conservation can help nature adapt to climate change
• Bird’s-eye view of Belton’s heronry reveals surprising numbers
• UK Curlew numbers falling in winter too
• New study offers hope that conservation can help nature adapt to climate change
• Promising results from mountain hare survey
• Latest Breeding Bird Survey results published
• Record summer for ‘hummingbirds’ in UK gardens
• WWT Washington achieves ‘TOP 10’ status for common tern populations in the UK
• Hope for endangered British bird as head-started young fly the nest
• Link revealed between climate change and decline of a threatened UK migrant bird
• Disease drives decline of another familiar garden bird
• Working with birds
• Hope soars for UK birds as new partnership signed
• Waders bucking the trend in Cairngorms National Park
• UK now a winter destination for Mediterranean birds
• Act now to save migratory birds, scientists say
• Bird flu report spotlights impact of the disease on UK wild birds
• Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2022
• Britain’s rare breeding birds' recording scheme celebrates 50 years
• Fears grow around new wave of Avian Influenza as disease kills thousands of inland gulls
• Trends in butterfly populations in UK gardens - new evidence from citizen science monitoring
• Latest Breeding Bird Survey results
• And they’re off! 2023’s Cuckoos are tagged and ready to go
• UK’s cuckoos unable to adjust migrations to keep up with climate change
• Avian flu impacts breeding success of Scottish birds of prey
• New records chart remarkable lives
• Declining seabirds on a cliff edge
• Evidence suggests that protected areas should be extended
• Mixed fortunes for UK’s herons and egrets
• British gulls contribute to plastic pollution in European wetlands
• Love birds welcome National Nest Box Week
• Seabird tracking sheds new light on migration
• Will turbines signal an ill wind for Welsh Red Kites?
• Ducks take a dive as milder winters keep birds in an unfrozen north