Our blog offers specialist insight and unique perspective from a wide range of BTO staff, volunteers and guest writers, giving context and inviting discussion on various aspects of our work.
Migration Blog
During the months when migration is at its peak, the migblog will predict which species you may see in the coming weeks and where to look for them.

BTO Youth Blog
Youth blog gives a voice to the young people we work and engage with across the UK, covering work, training, events, opinion pieces and interviews.

Equity, Diveristy and Inclusivity
Read about our commitment to addressing the barriers people face to equality and diversity, and creating a more inclusive environment for everyone.

Cuckoo updates

BTO’s Strategy
Read more about how our latest strategy plays a crucial role in tackling the twin biodiversity and climate crises.

Surveys and projects
Helen and David Aiton take us through their fieldwork seasons for BTO’s Arctic Skua tracking project.

Read more blogs
Blogs about EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
Blogs about the Cuckoo Tracking Project
- What have the Cuckoos taught us? (2022)
- Cuckoo clocks can't adjust to climate change: now we know why (2023)
- Our Cuckoo tracking journey (2024)
Blogs about garden birds and wildlife
- Supplementary bird feeding - a conservation balance
- Garden birds: to feed or not to feed?
- Garden BirdWatch - 25 years of monitoring garden birds
- How and why to record bumblebees
- Garden birds in winter
Other popular blogs
- Amazing nesters: a journey through the bird breeding season
- Wild Rock Doves: solving a genetic enigma
- Unlocking the secrets of European bats with the BTO Acoustic Pipeline
- The astonishing migration of Scotland's Arctic Skuas
- Scotland's winter visitors: why and how do they migrate?
- How BTO data are driving positive change for UK birds
- Tracking Short-eared Owls: notes from the field
- Tips for photographing birds
- Nocmig: a beginner's guide