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 ...

The BTO/CRP Wader Monitoring Scheme (WaMS) pilot trials a new approach to summarising wader breeding success across local projects. Local wader projects or anyone monitoring breeding waders are ...

Spend as much time as you like following each Cuckoo's migration and reading the updates about their movements. No technical skills are required to support the Cuckoo Tracking project - just a love of ...

BTO runs a wide range of bird ID training and ornithology courses throughout the year. You can also find out more about our trainers and youth-only courses, events and training, and about our other ...

BTO Data Reports provide rigorous scientific information to inform fieldwork decisions and desk studies for Ecological Impact Assessment of potential development sites in the UK. (Please read our ...

Identifying the two large sawbills, Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser, can be pretty straightforward when confronted with male birds. However, separating the females - or redheads, as they are more ...

Cuckoo 40926 has been named Bean - in honour of the actor and host of the 'Get Birding' podcast, Sean Bean. Like fellow Scottish bird Rob, Bean has begun his journey with a somewhat surprising route..

Pink-footed Goose is one of the so-called 'grey' geese, smaller and more compact than the more common Greylag, with a higher pitched call. The entire Icelandic and eastern Greenlandic population of ...

The Red Kite was persecuted to the point of extinction in Britain, just about hanging on in Wales, but a late 20th century reintroduction programme has transformed the fortunes of this species. With ...

The latest review was published in December 2021, as Birds of Conservation Concern 5 (BOCC5). This updates the last assessment in 2015. Using standardised criteria, experts from a range of bird NGOs, ...

Breeds in broad-leaved and deciduous woodland. Resident and sedentary in its habits. Approximately 50,000 breeding pairs in the UK. Amber-listed Bird of Conservation Concern. Our most familiar owl, ...

Here is an alphabetical list of the regularly occurring UK bird species that are listed in our BirdFacts Species database. Our database also includes an entry for all species on the official British ...