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Help us track Cuckoos and learn even more about their epic migration: sponsor a cuckoo. Read the latest updates on how our cuckoos are managing their amazing migration from Britain and Ireland to ...
Commonly referred to as the UK Red List for birds, this is the fifth review of the status of birds in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, published in December 2021 as Birds of Conservation ...
BTO has been working with 'Action for Biodiversity', and Ards Borough Council to build and deploy nest boxes for Black Guillemots in Northern Ireland. The project, funded by Interreg, has built and ...
A bold character with a scolding 'pitchuu' call, the Marsh Tit has declined significantly and has been Red-listed in the UK since 2022. Widely distributed in England and Wales, the Marsh Tit favours ...
It provides a single, comprehensive source of information on the current status and distribution of waterbirds in the UK for those interested in the conservation of the populations of these species ...
This page explains which information is provided in the summary section at the top of each species page in BirdFacts. In the largest font, you will find the species’ common name, as regularly used in ...
The latest review of the conservation status of birds in Wales. The report assessed all 220 bird species which regularly occur in Wales. There are now 60 species of bird on the Red List, with 91 on ...
Our 90th anniversary provided the perfect opportunity to reflect on our rich history, celebrate our achievements and acknowledge all the fantastic people who make BTO such a success.
Burns, F., Mordue, S., al Fulaij, N., Boersch-Supan, P.H., Boswell, J., Boyd, R.J., Bradfer-Lawrence, T., de Ornellas, P., de Palma, A., de Zylva, P., Dennis, E.B ...
The State of Nature report is an assessment of how nature is doing across the UK. As well as an overarching assessment of UK flora and fauna, there are separate reports for England, Scotland, Northern ...
Woodward, I.D., Massimino, D., Hammond, M.J., Harris, S.J., Leech, D.I., Noble, D.G., Walker, R.H., Barimore, C., Dadam, D., Eglington, S.M., Marchant, J.H., Sullivan ...
Northern Ireland is home to important populations of seabirds at the UK-level, and monitoring these is essential to their conservation. One problem with monitoring seabirds is that they often nest in ...