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Location: BTO office in Thetford, Stirling, Bangor or Lisburn
The BTO is looking for a Senior Research Ecologist to join our Dispersed Threats team. The postholder will be responsible for taking a strategic overview of BTO’s climate change research portfolio that bridges high-impact academic papers and actionable government policy. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work.
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- Closing Date: 26/04/2026
- Location: Thetford, Stirling, Bangor or Lisburn
- Level: Senior
- Posted: 31/03/2026
Short Courses
Various
Bird sound ID in Summer
2 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £24
Various
Raptor ID
2 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £24
Various
Corvid ID
1 Day
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £21
Various
Bird ID
3 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £36
Various
Songbird ID
3 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £36
Various
Seabird ID
2 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £24
Various
Seabird Ecology
1 Day
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Free Course
Various
Wader ID
2 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £24
Various
Gull ID
2 Days
Online via Zoom or course recording available, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Cost £24
In-Depth Features
News
- Out for the count: record numbers of volunteer birdwatchers reveal changes in Wales’s breeding birds
- New mapping tool to help protect breeding wading birds in Northern Ireland
- Park life; how good are our public greenspaces for wildlife?
- Mass death of seabirds across UK and Europe following winter storms underlines fragility of populations
- Ring, Ring Ye Birds
- Hotter European summers spell danger for migratory birds
- New report reveals the return of rare breeding bird species
- Gastro gulls face slim pickings
- BTO scientists call for urgent investment in long-term monitoring and improved approaches to disease response, as avian influenza decimates a suite of bird species
- Cuckoos clock up the miles on migration
- The silence of the swans: new report highlights concern for much-loved birds
- Major new report reveals changing fortunes for UK’s breeding birds
- Virus continues to threaten favourite UK garden bird
- Protecting Scottish Seabirds
- Unusual plumage variation in birds not so black and white
- If you go down to the woods tonight…
- Where have our gulls gone?
- Satellite-tagged Cuckoos clocked crossing continents
- Much-loved songbird threatened by mosquito-borne virus
- Breeding Bird Survey celebrates 30 years of citizen science
- Study shows bird and biodiversity benefits of better managed landscapes
- Ducks take a dive as milder winters keep birds in an unfrozen north
- Will turbines signal an ill wind for Welsh Red Kites?
- Seabird tracking sheds new light on migration
- Love birds welcome National Nest Box Week
- British gulls contribute to plastic pollution in European wetlands
- Mixed fortunes for UK’s herons and egrets
- Evidence suggests that protected areas should be extended
- Declining seabirds on a cliff edge
- New records chart remarkable lives
- Avian flu impacts breeding success of Scottish birds of prey
- UK’s cuckoos unable to adjust migrations to keep up with climate change
- And they’re off! 2023’s Cuckoos are tagged and ready to go
- Latest Breeding Bird Survey results
- Trends in butterfly populations in UK gardens - new evidence from citizen science monitoring
- Fears grow around new wave of Avian Influenza as disease kills thousands of inland gulls
- Britain’s rare breeding birds' recording scheme celebrates 50 years
- Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2022
- Bird flu report spotlights impact of the disease on UK wild birds
- Act now to save migratory birds, scientists say
- UK now a winter destination for Mediterranean birds
- Waders bucking the trend in Cairngorms National Park
- Hope soars for UK birds as new partnership signed
- Disease drives decline of another familiar garden bird
- Link revealed between climate change and decline of a threatened UK migrant bird
- Hope for endangered British bird as head-started young fly the nest
- WWT Washington achieves ‘TOP 10’ status for common tern populations in the UK
- Record summer for ‘hummingbirds’ in UK gardens
- Latest Breeding Bird Survey results published
- Promising results from mountain hare survey
- New study offers hope that conservation can help nature adapt to climate change
- UK Curlew numbers falling in winter too
- Bird’s-eye view of Belton’s heronry reveals surprising numbers
- New study offers hope that conservation can help nature adapt to climate change
- Threatened butterfly species cope well in below-average butterfly year
- Swallows have started spending the winter in Britain instead of migrating 6,000 miles to South Africa, according to
- A burning question: how does timing of breeding of upland birds affect risk posed by moorland burning?
- First year of a four-year survey discovers five new species of bat for the Bailiwick of Guernsey
- Volunteers provide vital new information on the UK's breeding Tawny Owls
- Extinct Chernobyl eagle back from the dead
- Garden birds that head north for the winter
- A quiet Christmas? How Britain & Ireland’s breeding birds fared in 2021
- Britain’s best-loved birds could disappear from much of our coastline
- Conservation work boosts UK’s rarest wetland birds
- Varied fortunes for Scotland's wintering waterbirds
- The simple act of looking out of your window can help scientific research
- Artificial Intelligence discovers rare bat
- Released, captive reared Curlews phone home
- New study reveals how to save our fastest-declining breeding wader
- A tale of two warblers
- New tools will help to ensure new trees are put in the right place
- Record breaking Cuckoo returns to the UK
- UK winter holidays no longer needed by some ducks
- Human activity shapes the wintering ecology of a migratory bird
- Northern Ireland’s seabirds get an annual health check
- Migration routes of one of Britain’s largest ducks revealed for the first time, but much still remains a mystery
- UK's longest running bird survey hit by Covid-19
- Survey of UK's coast highlights change in wintering waterbird populations
- Voluntary move away from lead ammunition shows little progress
- Opening up the hidden world of bats, bush-crickets and small mammals
- Young wildlife enthusiasts to get much needed equipment in brand new scheme.
- Woodland bird recovery
- Hidden world of mice, voles and shrews revealed by new approach.
- Europe's breeding birds get long-overdue stocktake
- New report reveals good news for rare breeding birds
- New study identifies woodland management practices that are good for Britain’s bats
- Blue Tits missing from our gardens following spring heatwave
- Citizen scientists help lift the lid on one of our nearest avian neighbours
- Ringing report shines light on some amazing birds
- The seabird colony vanishes
- Over 7,000 people sign up for garden citizen science survey during lockdown
- The latest report on UK’s breeding birds shows mixed results
- National Garden Bird Survey reaches 25 years
- Volunteers' data vital in wetland conservation
- National community of garden birdwatchers offers people the opportunity to stay connected to nature from home
- The early bird counts the worms
- Building for bats in an urban world
- It’s official – the Wren is our most common bird.
- Where are all the Turtle Doves and Partridges?
- Scottish owl tracked to Morocco
