Join our new planned survey* of Nightjars, Woodlarks, Dartford Warblers and a number of other important heathland species in 2025. The Heathland Birds Survey will survey all the Nightjars, Woodlarks ...

Support our vital work to help increase and improve raptor monitoring in the UK. The Winter Gull Survey collects information about our wintering gull populations, through the coordinated effort of ...

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are effective tools for acoustic classification tasks such as species identification. Large datasets of labelled recordings are required to develop CNN classifiers ...

LifeCycle is the magazine of the British and Irish Ringing Scheme and the Nest Record Scheme (NRS), published twice a year, in the spring and autumn. Issue 13 contains articles on monitoring Kestrels, ...

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, ...

To make a secure one-off donation to the Raptors Appeal, please fill in the short form below and then click ‘Make your donation’. The payment details form may open in a new window. Your card payment ...

This year’s Bird Camps were all about adventure, learning, and unforgettable birding moments. But don’t just take our word for it! We’ve handed the blog over to the true experts – the campers ...

My first reaction when I found out about the BTO young leaders course was that it wasn't for me. I wasn't a leader, and I didn't have the capability to be one. I was wrong. I have always wanted to ...

Extreme climatic events could be major drivers of biodiversity change, but it is unclear whether extreme biological changes are (i) individualistic (species- or group-specific), (ii) commonly ...