The BTO Report

The British Trust for Ornithology, or BTO, to save time and pixels, is an independent charitable research institute which carries out invaluable research into bird populations and trends. Kate Risely, BTO Breeding Bird Survey National Organiser, fills us in on a different species each month.

 

Blue Tit: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on how humans have given Blue Tits a helping hand

Cetti's Warbler: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on a bird that is often heard, but not seen

Fieldfare: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology welcomes back the Fieldfare – one of our earliest winter arrivals

Goldcrest: Kate Risely, from the British Trust for Ornithology, on the Bird Watching-sponsored Goldcrest

Great Crested Grebe: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on the bird that started it all - the Great Crested grebe

Hobby: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on one of summer’s most exciting birds

Lesser Whitethroat: Graham Appleton from the British Trust for Ornithology focuses on the Lesser Whitethroat and its unusual migratory path

Nightingale: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on the African adventures of the Nightingale

Pink-footed Goose: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on tracking Pink-footed Geese

Sandwich Tern: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on one of our earliest arrivals

Song Thrush: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on one of our most familiar garden birds

Tree Sparrow: Graham Appleton from the British Trust for Ornithology on a bird that’s not as familiar as it used to be

Whinchat: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on the sad decline of the Whinchat

Woodcock: Kate Risely from the British Trust for Ornithology on tracking the secretive, skulking Woodcock

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