Press releases

Thetford man takes gold

December 2014

Doug Mullings of St John’s Way, was awarded a gold medal this weekend for outstanding service to the Thetford based British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)...

Northampton man's service recognised

December 2014

Dave Francis receives the British Trust for Ornithology’s prestigious Tucker Medal for ‘outstanding service to the trust’ at the 81st Annual Conference on Saturday 6 December...

Wrens are winning in Northumberland

December 2014

Harsh winters with prolonged spells of cold weather hit small birds hard as they struggle to survive the testing conditions...

Goldcrest numbers grow after a slow start

December 2014

Harsh winters with prolonged spells of cold weather hit small birds hard as they struggle to survive the testing conditions...

Summer returned in 2014, but our migrant birds didn't

December 2014

The warm, settled weather that graced Britain & Ireland in the spring and summer of 2014 resulted in a bumper bird breeding season...

Amazing Cuckoo completes 60,000 mile journey

November 2014

Since being fitted with a satellite tag by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) four years ago, Chris the cuckoo, named after TV Wildlife Presenter Chris Packham, has travelled over 60,000 miles – the equivalent of flying twice round the world, and he’s taken in 22 different countries along the way! Chris-62608-200px...

Thetford Bird Man scoops national award

November 2014

A Thetford-based charity was in the limelight last week as one of its staff members scooped a prestigious award for his excellent work in charity communications...

What will the winter hold for birds?

November 2014

So far the unusual weather of 2014 has clearly driven unexpected highs and lows in garden bird numbers...

Seabird scientist gets one of Ornithology's top awards

October 2014

At a ceremony in London, seabird ecologist, Francis Daunt, was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology’s prestigious Marsh Award for Ornithology for his significant contribution to the understanding of the UK’s seabirds...

Spoon-billed Sandpiper team recognised

October 2014

At a ceremony in London, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Conservation Breeding team were awarded the Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology, for their exceptional work in helping to save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper - one of the rarest birds in the world - from extinction...

Friends of Skokholm and Skomer recognised

October 2014

At a ceremony in London, The Friends of Skokholm and Skomer were awarded the Marsh Award for Local Ornithology in recognition of the huge amount of work they have done to put Skokholm Island back on to the British ornithological map...

Nigerian scientist receives prestigious British Ornithology award

October 2014

At a ceremony in London, Dr Shiiwua Manu was awarded the Marsh Award for International Ornithology for his exceptional work in advancing the knowledge of birds in Nigeria...

BBC science reporter receives one of Britain's top ornithological awards

October 2014

At a ceremony in London, BBC Science reporter, Victoria Gill was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) prestigious Dilys Breese Medal, for her exceptional science communication...

Bird Atlas team scoop RSPB's most prestigious award

October 2014

At the annual RSPB Members’ Day in Birmingham on Saturday 25th October 2014, the RSPB Medal was awarded to the team behind the Bird Atlas 2007–11 in a special presentation that acknowledged its role as a valuable resource to everyone involved in conserving, researching or understanding Britain and Ireland’s birds...

Red Admiral resurgence in gardens

October 2014

Earlier in the year the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch reported that butterflies were showing dramatic patterns of emergence, promising another successful year...

How clever are the Rooks in your garden?

June 2014

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) are launching a survey to find out...

Don't miss the Garden Wildlife Conference in Cambridgeshire

October 2014

Featuring talks by experts from the British Trust for Ornithology, the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, Action for Swifts and the Cambridgeshire Mammal Group, the Garden Wildlife Conference will be an exciting day, exploring the importance of gardens for nature...

Are Lincolnshire gardens a haven for migrants?

September 2014

Autumn is a season of change when the weather starts to turn and birds migrate to and from our gardens...

Will they stay or will they go? Records of garden birds needed in this remarkable year.

September 2014

Gardens were unusually empty of birds last winter, but the warm spring and summer meant that bird numbers picked up very rapidly, according to results from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch...

A tale of three wagtails; familiar species in decline

August 2014

The latest Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) annual report shows all three UK breeding wagtail species are in long-term decline...

Welsh House Sparrows buck the trend

August 2014

House Sparrows, despite being in long-term decline across the UK, have increased in Wales by 96% between 1995 and 2012, as revealed in the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) annual report...

Linnet low in Northern Ireland

August 2014

Linnets suffered last year with the latest results from the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) revealing a fall of 37% between 2012 and 2013 in Northern Ireland...

Aerial feeders in Scotland

August 2014

They say that “one swallow doesn’t make a summer”, but there’s no doubt that the arrival in Scotland of our aerial feeders – swallows, martins and swifts – from south of the Sahara in Africa is greeted with joy by many people...

Robins take a break from gardens thanks to extremely mild weather

August 2014

Last winter, the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden Bird Feeding Survey saw very low numbers of birds using garden feeding stations because of the mild weather and abundance of natural food...