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We're delighted to be welcoming 10 new BTO Youth Reps! 😀 Read all about their passion for nature and connect with your local rep at www.bto.org/our-work...
February 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We're delighted to be welcoming 10 new BTO Youth Reps! 😀 Read all about their passion for nature and connect with your local rep at www.bto.org/our-work...
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(1/) This week’s featured vacant BBS square is situated in South Lincolnshire. If you would like to explore the possibility of taking on a BBS square near where you live, please read on! @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science Lincs Birding #LincsBirding
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
(1/) This week’s featured vacant BBS square is situated in South Lincolnshire. If you would like to explore the possibility of taking on a BBS square near where you live, please read on! @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science Lincs Birding #LincsBirding
Loving the summary of my @bto-gbw.bsky.social 2026 year. The addition of a pond brought in 2 frogs and 2 species of dragonfly.
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Loving the summary of my @bto-gbw.bsky.social 2026 year. The addition of a pond brought in 2 frogs and 2 species of dragonfly.
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BLOG: Ian Woodward, senior research ecologist at @btobirds.bsky.social, describes how combining data from the RBBP and the BTO’s Heronries Census has improved our knowledge on the UK’s Little Egret population, as in new @britishbirds.bsky.social paper #birds #ornithology rbbp.org.uk/2026/01/30/l...
Little Egret Population Estimates
Producing population estimates for Little Egret
A paper in the January 2026 issue of British Birds has described a new approach to estimating the breeding population of Little Egrets in the UK, ...
rbbp.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
BLOG: Ian Woodward, senior research ecologist at @btobirds.bsky.social, describes how combining data from the RBBP and the BTO’s Heronries Census has improved our knowledge on the UK’s Little Egret population, as in new @britishbirds.bsky.social paper #birds #ornithology rbbp.org.uk/2026/01/30/l...
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Thank you again to everyone who carried out swan counts for the International Swan Census on 17th-18th January. Just a reminder to please enter your data. For more information: www.bto.org/gsmp-isc
Find out how to report swan colour rings on www.ring.ac
📷Bridget Hiza/BTO
Find out how to report swan colour rings on www.ring.ac
📷Bridget Hiza/BTO
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Thank you again to everyone who carried out swan counts for the International Swan Census on 17th-18th January. Just a reminder to please enter your data. For more information: www.bto.org/gsmp-isc
Find out how to report swan colour rings on www.ring.ac
📷Bridget Hiza/BTO
Find out how to report swan colour rings on www.ring.ac
📷Bridget Hiza/BTO
3rd WinBS visits completed for my two squares. Highlights being singing Skylarks, 2 Kestrel and a Raven @btobirds.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
3rd WinBS visits completed for my two squares. Highlights being singing Skylarks, 2 Kestrel and a Raven @btobirds.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social
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The Youth in Nature Summit is back! 😀Book a FREE ticket➡️ bit.ly/YouthNatureSu...
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Youth in Nature Summit is back! 😀Book a FREE ticket➡️ bit.ly/YouthNatureSu...
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
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Did you know that by submitting your garden wildlife sightings regularly to BTO Garden BirdWatch, you are directly contributing towards research which looks into the year-round importance of gardens for wildlife. 🪶
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
January 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Did you know that by submitting your garden wildlife sightings regularly to BTO Garden BirdWatch, you are directly contributing towards research which looks into the year-round importance of gardens for wildlife. 🪶
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
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(1/) Corn Bunting, with its song that sounds to some like a set of keys being jangled, declined by 83% across the UK between 1967 and 2023. However, in more recent years, this species has increased, especially in certain areas. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 AM
(1/) Corn Bunting, with its song that sounds to some like a set of keys being jangled, declined by 83% across the UK between 1967 and 2023. However, in more recent years, this species has increased, especially in certain areas. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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Just 1 teaspoon of neonicotinoids can kill 1.25 BILLION bees.
Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside.
DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use.
Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.
Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside.
DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use.
Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.
January 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just 1 teaspoon of neonicotinoids can kill 1.25 BILLION bees.
Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside.
DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use.
Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.
Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside.
DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use.
Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.
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1/ Great news! 🎉BTO, JNCC and RSPB are making decades of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data freely available for everyone in the conservation and research community. This includes over 7 million records! 📝 Find out more ⬇️ or read the paper➡️ bit.ly/_BBSData #Ornithology #UKBirding
December 17, 2024 at 10:15 AM
1/ Great news! 🎉BTO, JNCC and RSPB are making decades of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data freely available for everyone in the conservation and research community. This includes over 7 million records! 📝 Find out more ⬇️ or read the paper➡️ bit.ly/_BBSData #Ornithology #UKBirding
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The #BigGardenBirdwatch will be here before we know it!
Let's get some ID practice in with 10 familiar faces... 🐦👀
From dazzling Goldfinches to cheeky Robins, are any regulars on your patch?
PS - Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Let's get some ID practice in with 10 familiar faces... 🐦👀
From dazzling Goldfinches to cheeky Robins, are any regulars on your patch?
PS - Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
December 16, 2024 at 12:15 PM
The #BigGardenBirdwatch will be here before we know it!
Let's get some ID practice in with 10 familiar faces... 🐦👀
From dazzling Goldfinches to cheeky Robins, are any regulars on your patch?
PS - Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Let's get some ID practice in with 10 familiar faces... 🐦👀
From dazzling Goldfinches to cheeky Robins, are any regulars on your patch?
PS - Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...