The findings demonstrate the potential of GPS tracking to inform understanding of Goosander ecology and their interactions with fish populations, though improvements in attachment methods are needed for longer-term studies. Read more 📖 www.bto.org/TrackingGoos... #BTOScience
Image of an Ortolan Bunting alongside the wording: New study. www.bto.org/protected-areas-migration. BTO logo top right of image. Credit reads: Ortolan Bunting © Philip Croft/BTO.
1/ New #BTOScience highlights that Afro-Palearctic migratory bird species lack consistent protection during their time in Europe. Read more in this thread ⬇️ or visit our website. ➡️ www.bto.org/protected-areas-migration #Ornithology 🌐
Yellowhammer perched on branch singing. © Liz Cutting/BTO
3/ #BTOScience led by Research Ecologist Caroline Brighton, in partnership with @ukceh.bsky.social and @jncc.bsky.social, shows the quality of protected areas matters if we want to boost biodiversity and protect bird populations. Discover the #OpenAccess findings ➡️ www.bto.org/pa-quality
Marsh Harrier flying over reedbed
We’re here and excited to join the #birding community. 🐦 #BirdTrack is a free online and in-field tool for your bird sightings. You can keep up to date with what others are seeing, view the latest trends, and contribute your data to #BTOScience ➡️ www.birdtrack.net
#UKBirding #Ornithology
Image of a Nightingale perched on a branch alongside the wording: New study Nightingale tracking. www.bto.org/nightingale-connectivity. BTO logo top right of image.
1/ New #BTOScience using tracking data shows Nightingales breeding in the UK overwinter in a very small area of West Africa. This unusual degree of migratory connectivity has implications for conservation of this fast-declining species. Read the #OpenAccess paper➡️ bit.ly/nightingale-... #Ornithology
3/ Most survey sites are in heathlands, but we’re also asking participants to check out felled and recently planted clear-cut areas in forest plantations, moorlands, and coastal scrub, as they are also important sites for the 3 key species. #BTOScience
Grey Heron resting in snowy conditions.
Hello from BTO England! 🐦🦆🦅 Follow us to discover BTO project updates from across the country, new #BTOScience research, upcoming events and #bird news.
📷Grey Heron by Edmund Fellowes/BTO
#ornithology #UKBirding #addBirder
Image of a Sandwich Tern flying alongside the wording: New Study. Impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on seabird populations in the North Sea are detectable in sea-watchers’ migration counts. www.bto.org/HPAI-seawatching. BTO logo sits top right of image.
1/ New #BTOScience reveals that seabird population declines due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, can be detected using data collected by volunteer seawatchers. Read more ⬇️or visit our website ➡️ www.bto.org/HPAI-seawatching
#Ornithology #Seabirds #Birds #UKBirding
4/ This study demonstrates the value of long-term monitoring schemes like WeBS in understanding trends of species in specific areas, which helps to deliver effective and targeted conservation action. #Ornithology #BTOScience
Image of a Northern Wheatear alongside the wording: Ringing Study. Differential changes in the morphology and fuel loads of obligatory and partial migrant passerines over half a century in Britain. www.bto.org #BTOScience
A study using BTO ringing data asked whether we could observe, from measurements taken when birds were being ringed, if there have been changes in wing length or body mass in the last 60 years as climates have changed. See what was discovered ➡️ bit.ly/4efs5gz #BTOScience #Ornithology
Image of a landscape suffering from a wildfire alongside the wording: New Study. Protected areas, drought, and grazing regimes influence fire occurrence in a fire-prone Mediterranean region. https://bit.ly/PAWildfires #BTOScience Image: © Agata Rucin / Rewilding Portugal
New #BTOScience demonstrates how protected areas and management can contribute to controlling wildfires in Portugal. Read the study ➡️ bit.ly/PAWildfires
The study concluded that protected areas of the Greater Côa Valley were 15% less likely to burn than unprotected land.
Map of the locations of BTO tagged Cuckoos with the wording. BTO Cuckoo Tracking. Update September: 10 Cuckoos now in Africa!
Where are the BTO Cuckoos now? 🤔 10 Cuckoos are in Africa, Cuach Torc seems to be heading south once more after his visit to Germany, and we’ve sadly had to say goodbye to Trent. Follow their journeys ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos 🌍 #BTOScience #Ornithology
Image of a Kittiwake flying alongside the BTO logo and wording: New Study. Influence of wind on Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla flight and offshore wind turbine collision risk. https://bit.ly/_Kittiwake #BTOScience
Climate change is a major threat to #seabirds. One mitigation approach to climate change, exploiting renewable energy through offshore wind farms, itself poses a potential threat to species like Kittiwake. Our recent study looked into this. Discover key findings ➡️ bit.ly/_Kittiwake #BTOScience
Image of Arctic Skua alongside BTO Scotland and BTO logo with the wording: New Study. New insights into the migration and wintering areas of Scottish-breeding Arctic Skuas. https://bit.ly/Skuas #BTOScience
Arctic Skuas are the fastest declining #seabirds in the UK.
BTO Scotland has been trying to better understand their movements by fitting miniature, long-term tracking devices to birds nesting on Fair Isle in Shetland and Rousay in Orkney. Find out the results ➡️ bit.ly/Skuas #BTOScience
Location of BTO tagged Cuckoos on a map with seven headshots of Cuckoos currently in Africa. Accompanying wording reads: BTO Cuckoo Tracking. Update 6th August: Seven Cuckoos now in Africa!
Seven BTO Cuckoos are now in Africa! 😮🌍 Follow their migrations to their non-breeding grounds via the interactive map on our website ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology #BTOCuckoos
Graph showing the reporting rate (% of complete lists) for Swifts in BirdTrack with the red line depicting the historical trend for Britain and Ireland which increases from April and peaks in July before decreasing. The green line shows the year 2024, which also peaks in July.
Who's heard Swift screaming parties?😀 We reach peak Swift records in BirdTrack in July before they start migrating to Africa.🌍 Thanks to all who record sightings on #BirdTrack as we can view the latest trends & the data contributes to #BTOScience ➡️ bit.ly/_BirdTrack
Image of map showing locations of BTO tagged Cuckoos in Europe alongside headshots of six Cuckoos (Cuach Torc, KP, Cuach Cores, Sayaan, Cleeve and Joe). Accompanying wording reads: BTO Cuckoo tracking, update 1st July, six Cuckoos now in mainland Europe!
Six #BTOCuckoos have now made it to mainland Europe! 🎉 Cleeve, Joe, Cuach Cores, Sayaan, Cuach Torc and KP have all left their breeding grounds and started their migration to Africa. 🌍 Follow their journeys ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology
Green background with BTO logo and white silhouette of Puffins with the wording, 1,000+ sites surveyed for the 2023 Seabird Monitoring Programme, a joint effort from professionals & volunteers. White silhouette of Blackbird with the wording, 6,000 volunteers submit data in an average week to BTO Garden BirdWatch. Large number 8 with the wording, around 8 million bird records submitted for the Breeding Bird Survey over 30 years. White silhouette of a Curlew with the wording 3,800+, contributed to 2022/23 Wetland Bird Survey. White silhouette of a Bewick’s Swan with the wording, 100+ named counters enter counts for the Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme.
Volunteers contribute a huge amount of data for #BTOScience. We wouldn’t be able to cover the survey areas and gather the information we do without them. Thank you very much to our volunteers! #VolunteersWeek
Yellowhammer perched on a branch singing with the words: New Study. The benefits of protected areas for bird population trends may depend on their condition. www.bto.org/pa-quality
New #BTOScience shows the quality of protected areas matters if we want to boost biodiversity and protect bird populations. 🐦 Read the study ➡️ www.bto.org/pa-quality
Image of a Short-eared Owl flying with the words 'New Study: Use of dwarf shrubland–grassland mosaics by a nomadic predatory bird, the Short-eared Owl. www.bto.org. #BTOScience'
🦉New #BTOScience out now 🦉This research looks at habitat use across different sites by 17 Short-eared Owls tagged with GPS tracking devices. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/44947j5 #ornithology
Wowzers! Just arrived from @_BTO this superb Dafila Scott pastel of Greater Scaup, our lucky dip in the #Red67 artwork draw supporting #BTOscience and #RSPB @Natures_Voice. Well chufffed 😀
