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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wherever we may live, whether in rural or urban landscapes, the sound of birdsong is a defining feature of the spring season. However, this melodic soundscape has become an aural shadow of its former ...
The disease, known more widely as bird flu, has been detected in several species of wild bird in recent weeks and scientists are keen to map the disease’s spread and impacts across the UK this winter.
Forget ‘five gold rings’, how about 866,000 alloy ones? A new report from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) highlights the latest findings from wild bird ringing activities across the UK and ...
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