The 2025 survey season will launch on Sunday 13 April. If you are not an existing Blackbirds in Gardens volunteer, and you would like to join the project, you can sign up now. Help us find out how ...

Sign up today to help us understand how Blackbirds use gardens, and the potential effects of the Usutu virus on their population in the UK. The Winter Gull Survey ...

The Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme (GSMP) monitors the abundance and breeding success of the UK’s native geese and migratory swans during the non-breeding season. The Goose and Swan Monitoring ...

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

Are you a birdwatcher and would like to help us better understand how Welsh bird populations are faring? Join Gethin Jenkins-Jones for a morning session to find out more about the Breeding Bird Survey ...

Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their epic migration between the UK and tropical Africa, or track their movements in real-time on our Cuckoo migration map. If you enjoy these updates, ...

Seabirds are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with previous research by BTO projecting significant declines over the coming decades. Seabird populations respond to climate ...

Being largely nocturnal in their habits, owls face a different set of challenges to many other predatory birds. In addition to their excellent vision, hunting owls also rely on their sense of hearing ...

Breeds in a wide range of open habitats including tundra, steppe, bogs, dunes, moorland, heathland, young plantations and more occasionally in crops. Can be nomadic, with population peaks coinciding ...

Use these resources to learn how to identify owls; find out more about their ecology, fascinating behaviour and how to build next boxes for them. Although not native to Britain, the Little Owl can now ...

The Little Owl is a species of open country, favouring lowland habitats such as farmland, parkland and orchards. Introduced from the Continent during the latter part of the 19th century, the species ...