BTO England

A collage of photos showing BTO Bird Camp activities, including a group of young people looking at plants, a young person drawing at a table, a young person looking through binoculars and a close-up of a caterpillar. In the middle is an orange circle with white wording that reads: Bird Camps 2026. The BTO Youth logo is above this. Wording in a box at the bottom reads: Swanage. Southern England. 17-19 July. In collaboration with Birds of Poole Harbour.

There's still time to apply for BTO Bird Camps if you're aged between 11-17 ➡️ www.bto.org/birdcamps

This year our Southern England Bird Camp is run in collaboration with @harbourbirds.bsky.social. We are delighted to be working alongside them to make this year's camp an unforgettable experience!

A pathway runs through the middle of a woodland with trees in green leaf. Wording reads: Introductory birding & citizen science. Long Lands Common, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Sunday 15th February, 8.30-11.45. Open to those aged 16-25. Free entry! bto.org/youth-events. Long Lands Common and BTO Youth logo top right.

Join BTO Youth for a FREE birding and survey introduction walk at Long Lands Common in North Yorkshire. Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

📆 Sunday 15 February.
📝 Open to those aged 16-25.

We're holding two bird camps in England this year! They will be in Lancashire, 1-3 May, and Dorset, 17-19 July. Apply now for a free space ➡️ www.bto.org/birdcamps

Always exciting to see a Water Rail! You don't need to see them to know they are present however, just listen out for their 'pig-like squeal' call.

Any volunteers in Norfolk who can survey this @bbs-birds.bsky.social square? #NorfolkBirding

A Tawny Owl sounds like a brilliant way to start the year! What birds have you seen or heard this year?

Discover more about Tawny Owls on our Bird Facts page 👉 www.bto.org/learn/about-...

Sounds like a great walk!

A flock of Wigeon. Wording over the image reads: Young Birders Walk RSPB Rainham Marshes. Saturday 17th January 11:30-15:00. Open to 12-25 year olds only. Free entry. www.bto.org/youth-events RSPB and BTO Youth logo feature top right of the image.

Join BTO Youth for a Young Birders Walk at @rspbengland.bsky.social Rainham Marshes! Book a FREE space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Enjoy a guided walk, learn bird ID tips & discover BTO surveys including @webs-gsmp.bsky.social 🪶

Open to beginner birders, but any level welcome! #EssexBirding

Tree Sparrow in our garden on the Northumberland coast. Numbers are well down in our garden this year compared to previous winters. @btobirds.bsky.social #nebirding

New study on Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! ⬇️ @lesserspotnet.bsky.social volunteers deployed audio recorders at over 50 sites in suitable habitat in southern England in spring 2024 and 2025. #bioacoustics

James Parry - The life of bird photographer Emma Turner | Norfolk Wildlife Trust Join Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the British Trust for Ornithology for a talk by James Parry, co-author with Jeremy Greenwood of the book Emma Turner - A life looking at birds.

Don't miss author James Parry's talk about Emma Turner at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes.

📅 Thu 20 Nov, 1-3pm. Book a space ➡️ www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...

From 10am to 12pm our BTO Archivist can show you original material from the Emma Turner archive too. #NorfolkBirding

Happening this weekend on 22 November, join BTO Youth, @myabambrick.bsky.social and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social for this nature conference in Dorset. Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/you...

The Mere at Ellesmere, showing a large water body (a mere is a lake formed by the melting of glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age) with mature trees lining the far bank. Hundreds of gulls are on the water or flying above, forming a visually striking scene. Totals when the image was taken (21 October 2025) were around 900 Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Gulls, around 15 Herring Gulls, 5 Yellow-legged Gulls, and an amazing 9,380 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

A close-up of the gull roost, showing lots of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and one, much smaller, Black-headed Gull in the foreground.

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!

If you have any data for the Heathland Birds Survey please submit this by 30th November! Thank you for your support with this survey.

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

Five Pink-footed Geese fly through the sky.

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

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...

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

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...

A Black-tailed Godwit wades in shallow water. Wording reads: WeBS & Waders Walk. Two Tree Island Essex. Saturday 4th October. 10:00 - 14:00. Open to 12-25 year olds. Free entry. www.bto.org/youth-events

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

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

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...

A group of volunteers and staff are gathered around three tables chatting.

A large artwork on a wall featuring a Kingfisher and Otter with the words 'Reserve this way'.

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! 😀

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...

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.

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:

Image of a Tufted Duck on a lake. BTO logo is to the right of the image. Wording underneath reads: Waterbird identification and BTO surveys sessions in Lancashire. 27 & 28 September. A QR Code is below this.

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

Thanks for taking part in @webs-gsmp.bsky.social Will!

Image of a Great Crested Grebe on a lake alongside the wording: Birdwatching at Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire. Sat 9th Aug, 13:00-16:00. Open to 16-25-year-olds only. Free entry. bto.org/youth-events

FREE BTO Youth bird walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottingham this Saturday 9 August ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @nottswildlife.bsky.social