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 ...

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, ...

Learn why juvenile birds look different to their adult parents, and how to identify some of the common juvenile birds you are likely to see in gardens and parks. Why do juvenile birds look different ...

Join us in Sheffield for our next Annual Conference! This year our conference has two parts: an evening talk and dinner on Friday 5th March 2027 and a full-day conference on Saturday 6th March 2027.

We are tracking changes in bird populations to understand their health and that of the wider natural world. Our long-term data, collected through core annual monitoring schemes and periodic surveys ...