As we head into December, we can expect our tagged Cuckoos to be fairly settled for the next few weeks. They should now be firmly in their ‘wintering’ grounds in the Congo basin, feasting on tropical ...
This 2-hour online session will use worked examples and live exercises to highlight and practice applying the key considerations for determining the territories of breeding birds from observations ...
GPS tracking of young Goshawks in lowland England reveals the movements and habitat use of this species, how these characteristics differ between the sexes, and how they change over the birds’ early ...
Seabird Population Trends and Causes of Change: 1986–2023 documents changes in the abundance and productivity of breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland from 1986 to 2023, including data for both ...
House Sparrow perched on a beam, by Amy Lewis / BTO The UK is home to 73 million fewer birds today than it was in 1970, according to research from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) published ...
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 ...
UK springs are starting earlier as the climate warms, with bud burst and the emergence of invertebrates such as caterpillars that eat this young vegetation happening earlier too. These invertebrates ...
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 ...
Moult is a fascinating basic life history event in birds which, despite its major impact on their life cycle, is relatively poorly understood and even neglected. This is a companion to the excellent ...
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 ...
Research undertaken by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) predicts that the Red Kite population of Wales is likely to be resilient to the development of future wind farms. It is widely understood ...
Most of us who live in cities or towns will barely go a day without seeing a Feral Pigeon Columba livia. These birds are superbly adapted to surviving in urban environments, having descended from ...
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