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The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is the UK’s leading bird research organisation. Discover research updates, project news and events from across England right here. https://www.bto.org/
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We're here as volunteers to support the work of
@btobirds.bsky.social in #Shropshire. See our profile for contact info.
Our updated header pic shows what may be the largest Lesser Black-backed Gull roost in the country, at #Ellesmere. So impressive, people stop their cars to enjoy the spectacle!
@btobirds.bsky.social in #Shropshire. See our profile for contact info.
Our updated header pic shows what may be the largest Lesser Black-backed Gull roost in the country, at #Ellesmere. So impressive, people stop their cars to enjoy the spectacle!
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We're here as volunteers to support the work of
@btobirds.bsky.social in #Shropshire. See our profile for contact info.
Our updated header pic shows what may be the largest Lesser Black-backed Gull roost in the country, at #Ellesmere. So impressive, people stop their cars to enjoy the spectacle!
@btobirds.bsky.social in #Shropshire. See our profile for contact info.
Our updated header pic shows what may be the largest Lesser Black-backed Gull roost in the country, at #Ellesmere. So impressive, people stop their cars to enjoy the spectacle!
If you have any data for the Heathland Birds Survey please submit this by 30th November! Thank you for your support with this survey.
We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Heathland Birds Survey! 🙌
All remaining survey returns are urgently required, before 30th November, to inform future conservation action. If you need any help submitting your records please email heathlandbirds@bto.org. Thank you!
All remaining survey returns are urgently required, before 30th November, to inform future conservation action. If you need any help submitting your records please email heathlandbirds@bto.org. Thank you!
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you have any data for the Heathland Birds Survey please submit this by 30th November! Thank you for your support with this survey.
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Best views I’ve had of Long-eared Owl near Warham Greens this evening. After 2 minutes of preening, it tried hunting around the roosting site before heading out to the salt marsh #birding #Norfolkbirding #ukbirding
October 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Best views I’ve had of Long-eared Owl near Warham Greens this evening. After 2 minutes of preening, it tried hunting around the roosting site before heading out to the salt marsh #birding #Norfolkbirding #ukbirding
If you're heading to the North West Bird Watching Festival this weekend, come and say hi! We're looking forward to chatting birds and BTO surveys. 🦢 #lancsbirding
@wwtworldwide.bsky.social
Find out more ➡️ www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
📷 Pink-footed Geese by Chris Knights/BTO
@wwtworldwide.bsky.social
Find out more ➡️ www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
📷 Pink-footed Geese by Chris Knights/BTO
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you're heading to the North West Bird Watching Festival this weekend, come and say hi! We're looking forward to chatting birds and BTO surveys. 🦢 #lancsbirding
@wwtworldwide.bsky.social
Find out more ➡️ www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
📷 Pink-footed Geese by Chris Knights/BTO
@wwtworldwide.bsky.social
Find out more ➡️ www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
📷 Pink-footed Geese by Chris Knights/BTO
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Announcing an exciting new event 🤩
🌿 Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond
📍 Bournemouth Uni
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov 1–6pm
A free @btobirds.bsky.social x @bournemouthuni.bsky.social conference with Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko & more! 🙌🏻
More info👉🏻 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
🌿 Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond
📍 Bournemouth Uni
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov 1–6pm
A free @btobirds.bsky.social x @bournemouthuni.bsky.social conference with Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko & more! 🙌🏻
More info👉🏻 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Announcing an exciting new event 🤩
🌿 Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond
📍 Bournemouth Uni
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov 1–6pm
A free @btobirds.bsky.social x @bournemouthuni.bsky.social conference with Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko & more! 🙌🏻
More info👉🏻 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
🌿 Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond
📍 Bournemouth Uni
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov 1–6pm
A free @btobirds.bsky.social x @bournemouthuni.bsky.social conference with Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko & more! 🙌🏻
More info👉🏻 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
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MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks
First mainland record since 1991 😲
No sign at the moment but make sure you have the BirdAlertPRO app if its re-found.
Get a 30-day free trial here rarebirdalert.co.uk/realdata/bir...
📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
First mainland record since 1991 😲
No sign at the moment but make sure you have the BirdAlertPRO app if its re-found.
Get a 30-day free trial here rarebirdalert.co.uk/realdata/bir...
📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks
First mainland record since 1991 😲
No sign at the moment but make sure you have the BirdAlertPRO app if its re-found.
Get a 30-day free trial here rarebirdalert.co.uk/realdata/bir...
📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
First mainland record since 1991 😲
No sign at the moment but make sure you have the BirdAlertPRO app if its re-found.
Get a 30-day free trial here rarebirdalert.co.uk/realdata/bir...
📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
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A Poole Harbour record smashed today with 93 Spoonbill, plus 1 at Swineham logged, breaking the previous record of 85. Poole Harbour seems to the most important staging site in the country, with the peak not expected until later in Oct. Some stay but most move off into Southern Europe, even Senegal!
93 spoonys this am on @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social Brownsea on the high tide - a new Poole Harbour record
Also
Curlew Sand 8
Wig 29
Shoveler 21
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds
Also
Curlew Sand 8
Wig 29
Shoveler 21
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A Poole Harbour record smashed today with 93 Spoonbill, plus 1 at Swineham logged, breaking the previous record of 85. Poole Harbour seems to the most important staging site in the country, with the peak not expected until later in Oct. Some stay but most move off into Southern Europe, even Senegal!
Pechora Pipit! The last sighting in northern England was in 1995 on the Farne Islands. Discover more from BTO's Nick Moran in this BBC article ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pechora Pipit wasn’t on my radar this morning, so a quick trip south under the Tyne for this mainland mega was somewhat of a a surprise!
#NEBirding #RarebirdsUK
#NEBirding #RarebirdsUK
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Pechora Pipit! The last sighting in northern England was in 1995 on the Farne Islands. Discover more from BTO's Nick Moran in this BBC article ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Join BTO Youth and @essexbirdnews.bsky.social for a Wetland Bird Survey walk on 4 October. ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
The event is FREE and open to young people between the ages of 12 and 25. #EssexBirding @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
The event is FREE and open to young people between the ages of 12 and 25. #EssexBirding @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join BTO Youth and @essexbirdnews.bsky.social for a Wetland Bird Survey walk on 4 October. ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
The event is FREE and open to young people between the ages of 12 and 25. #EssexBirding @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
The event is FREE and open to young people between the ages of 12 and 25. #EssexBirding @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
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BTO Youth and Essex Birdwatching Society are running a WeBS training & Wader ID event for people aged 12-25 at Two Tree Island on Saturday 4th October. It's free to attend but places are limited, for full details and to book visit www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
@btobirds.bsky.social #essexbirding
@btobirds.bsky.social #essexbirding
September 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
BTO Youth and Essex Birdwatching Society are running a WeBS training & Wader ID event for people aged 12-25 at Two Tree Island on Saturday 4th October. It's free to attend but places are limited, for full details and to book visit www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
@btobirds.bsky.social #essexbirding
@btobirds.bsky.social #essexbirding
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David from the BBS Team attended this meeting. It was great to meet up with several BBS Regional Organisers from across England, and also some members of the wider BTO Regional Network. It was really inspiring to hear the time and effort that they put in! Find out more: www.bto.org/get-involved...
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
David from the BBS Team attended this meeting. It was great to meet up with several BBS Regional Organisers from across England, and also some members of the wider BTO Regional Network. It was really inspiring to hear the time and effort that they put in! Find out more: www.bto.org/get-involved...
We had a great Regional Network meeting at Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve at the weekend, discussing upcoming BTO projects and of course we slotted in some time for birding. 🐦
A huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers for joining us and for all the incredible work they do to support BTO! 😀
A huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers for joining us and for all the incredible work they do to support BTO! 😀
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We had a great Regional Network meeting at Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve at the weekend, discussing upcoming BTO projects and of course we slotted in some time for birding. 🐦
A huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers for joining us and for all the incredible work they do to support BTO! 😀
A huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers for joining us and for all the incredible work they do to support BTO! 😀
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Calling South West #birders
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
September 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Calling South West #birders
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
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Remembering the 'great fall' of 1965
Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrants ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event:
Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrants ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event:
Remembering the 'great fall' of 1965
Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrant birds ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Remembering the 'great fall' of 1965
Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrants ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event:
Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrants ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event:
Join our team for Waterbird Identification sessions in Lancashire at @rspbengland.bsky.social Leighton Moss & the Wildlife Trust's Mere Sands Wood reserve. 27 & 28 September. Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #UKbirding
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join our team for Waterbird Identification sessions in Lancashire at @rspbengland.bsky.social Leighton Moss & the Wildlife Trust's Mere Sands Wood reserve. 27 & 28 September. Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #UKbirding
FREE BTO Youth bird walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottingham this Saturday 9 August ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @nottswildlife.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
FREE BTO Youth bird walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottingham this Saturday 9 August ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @nottswildlife.bsky.social
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Check out the newly published Arctic Indicators paper ⬇️ which uses WeBS and GSMP data!
Arctic ecosystems are changing faster than anywhere on the planet. 🌍 New BTO-led science shows how we can monitor the effects of this on Arctic-breeding birds via data collected on their UK wintering grounds. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/ArcticWaterb... #Ornithology
August 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Check out the newly published Arctic Indicators paper ⬇️ which uses WeBS and GSMP data!
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Latest Cormorant indices released for England
The Cormorant population in England increased since monitoring began in the late 1980s. However, the latest results suggest a recent levelling off jncc.gov.uk/our-work/cor...
The Cormorant population in England increased since monitoring began in the late 1980s. However, the latest results suggest a recent levelling off jncc.gov.uk/our-work/cor...
July 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Latest Cormorant indices released for England
The Cormorant population in England increased since monitoring began in the late 1980s. However, the latest results suggest a recent levelling off jncc.gov.uk/our-work/cor...
The Cormorant population in England increased since monitoring began in the late 1980s. However, the latest results suggest a recent levelling off jncc.gov.uk/our-work/cor...
Some brilliant pictures of Spoonbill! They breed in small numbers at just a handful of locations in England, the most successful of which is a colony on the north Norfolk coast. Discover more about this species here: www.bto.org/learn/about-...
From last Sunday - some more shots of the Spoonbills @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social NWT Cley Marshes - the juvenile begging for food, regurgitative feeding from the adult and then chasing the adult for more. @btobirds.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Some brilliant pictures of Spoonbill! They breed in small numbers at just a handful of locations in England, the most successful of which is a colony on the north Norfolk coast. Discover more about this species here: www.bto.org/learn/about-...
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It's hot... 🥵☀️
Make sure to put out plenty of water for birds & wildlife so they can keep cool and have enough to drink.
They'll thank you!
Make sure to put out plenty of water for birds & wildlife so they can keep cool and have enough to drink.
They'll thank you!
July 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's hot... 🥵☀️
Make sure to put out plenty of water for birds & wildlife so they can keep cool and have enough to drink.
They'll thank you!
Make sure to put out plenty of water for birds & wildlife so they can keep cool and have enough to drink.
They'll thank you!
Amazing views! For useful tips to help tell the difference between Common and Arctic Terns you can check out our ID video: www.bto.org/learn/skills...
July 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Amazing views! For useful tips to help tell the difference between Common and Arctic Terns you can check out our ID video: www.bto.org/learn/skills...
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Are you a birder on the Isle of Wight who can count Sandown Levels, which hasn’t been counted since 2019? If you think you can help please contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
@btoengland.bsky.social
app.bto.org/websonline/s...
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
@btoengland.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Are you a birder on the Isle of Wight who can count Sandown Levels, which hasn’t been counted since 2019? If you think you can help please contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
@btoengland.bsky.social
app.bto.org/websonline/s...
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
@btoengland.bsky.social
Calling young nature enthusiasts! 🌿🐦 FREE BTO Youth events are coming up in Liverpool and Nottingham this summer! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/you...
July 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Calling young nature enthusiasts! 🌿🐦 FREE BTO Youth events are coming up in Liverpool and Nottingham this summer! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/you...
A great opportunity for young birders in Sussex to get together from @sussexornitholo.bsky.social ⬇️
Quick reminder about the free social and networking event for young birders aged 16-25 on 5 July at the Linklater Pavilion, Railway Land Wildlife Trust, Lewes BN7 2FG Scan the QR code for tickets.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @myabambrick.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @myabambrick.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A great opportunity for young birders in Sussex to get together from @sussexornitholo.bsky.social ⬇️