Upcoming events for BTO volunteers and supporters in Scotland. Be one of the first to know about future training courses, events and our wider work in Scotland by signing up to receive the BTO ...

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 ...

Ruff can be tricky waders to identify, with their variable size and plumage. However, by learning how to recognise Ruff in their various guises through this video, you’ll be able to pick them out with ...

From walks and talks to our annual conference, BTO runs a wide range of bird ID training and ornithology courses throughout the year. Browse the listings below to find a training course that's right ...

What skills do I need to take part? Anyone with to a garden, an interest in garden birds and able to recognise a Blackbird by sight, including reliably separating adult male, adult female and ...

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 ...

Improve your bird identification skills and how to tell the difference between confusions species by watching our wide range of bird ID videos. We offer a wide range of training courses to help ...

The Blackbirds in Gardens project will help us understand how Blackbirds use gardens, and the potential effects of the Usutu virus on their population in the UK. Update: The 2025 survey season has now ...

Cleeve has spent the past six weeks or so in much the same area along the northern Nigeria border, with little sign of movement. However, in the last few days he has covered around 1,200 km (745 miles ...

A list of the bird species in the UK, Ireland and Isle of Man which have special protection during the breeding season, known as Schedule 1 species. All birds which have special protection during the ...

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, ...

The Breeding Bird Survey is the main scheme for monitoring the population changes of the UK’s common and widespread breeding birds. BBS volunteers can view and enter data through the online portal.