Join us for this year's Northern Ireland Seabird Report launch event! We are returning to Bangor Castle thanks to Ards & North Down Borough Council and Coffee Cure, for a programme of seabird-related ...
BTO Christmas card featuring a Robin by Dennis Harle, 1965 The tradition of sending Christmas cards was begun in 1843 by the civil servant Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882), who commissioned his friend, the ...
Forget ‘five gold rings’, how about 866,000 alloy ones? A new report from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) highlights the latest findings from wild bird ringing activities across the UK and ...
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 ...
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 ...
After an autumn that has been dominated by quite strong westerly winds, we finally saw a change in the weather recently with a few days of easterly winds. This brought a nice mix of migrants to the ...
All birds are protected in some form, but some species have additional protection during the breeding season as do their nests, eggs and dependent young. To disturb these you must obtain a special ...
Counts are made annually at around 2,850 wetland sites of all habitats; estuaries and large stillwaters predominate. Some sites are large and split into separate count sectors. Monthly coordinated ...
Every 20 years or so volunteer birdwatchers carry out a complete stock-take of the birds of Britain and Ireland for the Bird Atlas. Bird Atlas 2007–11 was one of the most ambitious volunteer projects ...
For both ethical and scientific reasons, it is essential to minimise disturbance at nests while recording. The basic principle of the Code of Conduct, therefore, is that locating and observing a nest ...
The Constant Effort Sites (CES) scheme is the first national standardised ringing programme within the BTO Bird Ringing Scheme and has been running since 1983. Ringers operate the same nets in the ...
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