Join James from the BBS Team for a virtual session about BBS & WBBS. This is your opportunity to find out about survey updates and to ask the team at BTO HQ questions.

Waders are on the move in July and August, with UK-bred birds joined by lots more from much further afield on their southward migrations. This presents a challenge and an opportunity: there are many ...

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, ...

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 ...

Overview A summary of the fourth report by the Avian Population Estimates Panel, presenting population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Estimates of population size are a ...

Commonly referred to as the UK Red List for birds, the status of birds has now been reviewed five times, covering the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The latest review was published in December ...

Report birds with rings, tags or other marks You can report rings and tags found on live or dead birds. This contributes valuable data to our research, helping our researchers determine bird ...

From donating, joining and fundraising to helping at events, volunteering for surveys, or becoming a corporate member, there are lots of ways you can support us and our work. By remembering us in your ...

A selected list of publications that involve WeBS data. This list does not include the WeBS annual reports. You can read these on our dedicated Wetland Bird Survey Annual Report page. Austin, G.E.

Ringing Groups are formed by people who wish to pursue a common interest in ringing related bird studies. All of the groups below are currently registered with the BTO and operating using BTO rings.

Commonly referred to as the Ringing Report, these summaries provide information on the numbers of birds ringed and reports (recoveries) of ringed birds received for the whole Ringing Scheme, covering ...

Bird Atlas 2007–11 was one of the most ambitious volunteer projects ever undertaken, mapping birds in both winter and the breeding season from every inch of Britain and Ireland. The fieldwork is now ...