Learn more about Cudyll Cymru and register your interest in contributing to the vital monitoring of Welsh raptors.
Volunteer Annie Shadrake writes about her first year taking part in BTO surveys.
This project tracks the abundance and breeding success of the UK’s native geese and migratory swans through winter surveys.
Help with research on farmland waders by joining our farmer survey, the Wader Calendar.
Contribute your knowledge and familiarity with the land to wader research by joining the Gamekeeper Wader Transect monitoring scheme.
Changes in land use cause breeding Whinchat to head for higher ground.
Providing an annual overview of the status of the UK’s breeding and non-breeding bird species in the UK, this year’s report highlights the continuing poor fortunes of the UK’s woodland birds,...
BTO statement on participating in surveys during the Coronavirus pandemic (UPDATED 17.01.2022).
The Eurasian Curlew is widely considered to be one of the highest bird conservation priorities in the UK and Ireland. A number of other breeding waders have also showed marked declines during a...
Monitoring the long-term population changes of our lowland breeding waders in England and Wales.
Climatic and soil conditions in the Brecks are such that a particularly notable assemblage of plants is found locally. Several species have their British headquarters here, while for others it is...
Agriculture is necessary to meet the food demands of an increasing human population, but it is also a leading threat to biodiversity, both because natural habitats are destroyed when land is...
The Breeding Bird Survey is the main scheme for monitoring the population changes of the UK’s common and widespread breeding birds.
Non-native predators can cause major declines or even localised extinctions in prey populations across the globe, especially on islands. The removal of non-native predators can, therefore, be a...
Following 22 years developing and leading BTO science relevant to Scotland, John retired as a member of staff in October 2022. John continues to research topics related to land management and studies of single and groups of species.
