As someone who has always lived in the south of the UK, Whinchats are a bird species that I only tend to see on passage. It is always a thrill to occasionally connect with one of these smart little ...
Since our last update a week ago, Arthur continued to move south through Morocco into Western Sahara. He then flew through southern Mauritania and western Mali, before arriving in eastern Senegal just ...
This landmark publication presents the most up-to-date information on bird migration, using the vast wealth of data that the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have collected from ringing recoveries.
1. Decision-makers are under pressure to take transformative action to address the biodiversity crisis. Scenarios can inform these decisions by exploring alternative future states of the world ...
A key step in understanding the possible impacts of a proposed windfarm development is to identify potential interactions between seabird breeding colonies and the proposed development areas. Such ...
In 1989, albatrosses were the first birds remotely tracked using satellites and they revolutionised our understanding of seabird movements at sea, showing the vast circumpolar journeys these ...
Newly-published work by BTO has reviewed the long-term patterns in the use of tracking devices on individual birds, and how the effects of the use of such devices are reported. More than 3,400 ...
Large-scale population estimates of species are used for several reasons, including the assessment and protection of important sites. However, determining a national population requires extensive ...
This is the 31st annual report of the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and Waterways Breeding Bird Survey (WBBS), documenting the population abundance trends of widespread UK breeding bird ...
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Williams, J.M., Scott, S.E., Galbraith, C.A., Martay, B., Macphie, K.H., Hereward, H.F.R., Barton, M.G., Bowgen, K.M., Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Robinson, R.A. 2023 ...
These species are at risk and urgently need our help. With your support, we can work to reverse their declines and create a brighter future for these wonderful birds. The swooping display and ‘pee-wit ...
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