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Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity, and migratory birds such as the Swallow and Willow Warbler are particularly vulnerable, due partly to their reliance on reliable sources of food and ...

Back in the first migration blog of this autumn we made the point that autumn migration could be said to start in June, as this is when we see the first southbound waders passing through Britain. The ...

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.

A pair of Hoopoes succeeded in raising three young from a nest in farmland in Leicestershire and Rutland. This distinctive species from southern Europe, its plumage a combination of salmon-pink and ...

Since the last blog migration has stalled somewhat, with the return of westerly winds bringing wetter conditions to Britain and Ireland and limiting migration across the North Sea. However, a few days ...

I ended last week’s blog by suggesting that the window of south-easterly winds over the weekend could lead to an arrival of migrants on the east coast and fortunately there was some truth in that. The ...

A devastating wave of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI / bird flu) has triggered an unprecedented global wildlife emergency, decimating seabird and waterbird colonies across the UK and beyond.

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 ...

Written by Dave Cromack and drawing on the BTO's expertise, this new book provides the perfect guide to building, erecting and monitoring nestboxes for a broad range of familiar bird species.

Burns, F., Eaton, M.A., Balmer, D.E., Banks, A., Caldow, R., Donelan, J.L., Douse, A., Duigan, C., Foster, S., Frost, T., Grice, P.V., Hall, C., Hanmer, H.J., Harris ...

A new report published today by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), in partnership with RSPB and JNCC, reveals impacts of Avian Influenza on Mute Swans across the UK. The Wetland Bird Survey ...