Press releases
Kingfishers bounce back in Thetford
July 2011
After a hard winter, not one but two pairs of Kingfishers have made Thetford their home, and the town’s residents are being invited to see them...
Two thousand more citizen scientists help to conserve birds in Scotland
June 2011
More than 2000 new volunteer bird surveyors signed up to take part in five long-term BTO-led bird surveys in Scotland during the Building Bird Monitoring in Scotland project - that’s just one of the successes featured in the project’s Final Report published today...
British singer goes missing
May 2011
According to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), one of our most celebrated singers, the Nightingale, has disappeared from large parts of the UK...
Who's moving into your garden?
May 2011
New housing has become widespread in eastern England during recent decades, as the region’s population has boomed...
Nesting birds are feeling the heat
May 2011
After the warmest April since records began, worms and other invertebrates that garden birds need to rear their chicks are buried deep underground...
Surrey – the best county for favourite garden birds
April 2011
Local people who participate in BTO Garden BirdWatch, the largest year-round survey of garden birds in the world, have revealed exciting new results...
Changing of the guard for London's garden birds
April 2011
Stunning new results from the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) year-round Garden BirdWatch survey show that the hefty Wood Pigeon is now more common in London gardens than either Robins or Blackbirds...
Check your chicks for the BTO
March 2011
After another severe winter, how will our garden birds fare when nesting this spring? With warm weather spreading across the country, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) needs householders to help them to find out! bluti_christine_m_matthews...
World Sparrow Day: new results revealed
March 2011
The British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO’s) Garden BirdWatch survey has provided exciting new results for World Sparrow Day...
Industrial sites recognised as vital havens for UK’s birdlife
March 2011
Take a quarry, throw in a few islands and you have the perfect nesting habitat for Avocet...
Thanks a million...
March 2011
… to the 2700 volunteer ringers who contributed to a record total of 1,047,092 ringed birds in Britain & Ireland in 2010 – the first time the million mark has been achieved in a single year and a tremendous boost for bird conservation...
Garden BirdWatch Annual Results: Focus on Scotland
February 2011
Annual Results from the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO’s) Garden BirdWatch have just been published...
Garden BirdWatch Annual Results: Focus on Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
February 2011
Annual Results from the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO’s) Garden BirdWatch have just been published...
Garden BirdWatch Annual Results: Focus on Wales
February 2011
Annual Results from the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO’s) Garden BirdWatch have just been published...
Garden BirdWatch Annual Results: Focus on England
February 2011
Annual Results from the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO’s) Garden BirdWatch have just been published...
Catch who’s cuddling in your garden this Valentine’s Day
February 2011
It’s not just humans who will be snuggling up in a love nest this Valentine’s Day...
A helping hand for garden birds
February 2011
With the impact of predators on songbird populations featuring heavily in the news, the public are keen to know what they can do to help...
National Nest Box Week 2011
February 2011
National Nest Box Week, launched by the British Trust for Ornithology, in partnership with Jacobi Jayne, will once again take place from the 14 February – 21 February 2011...
Herefordshire and Wye Valley garden birds: spectacular winter results
January 2011
Latest results from the year-round British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch have revealed a busy winter for local garden birdwatchers...
Scottish garden birds this winter: the colourful results
January 2011
Amidst the snow in Scottish gardens this winter, birds have delivered stranded householders much-cherished parcels of colour...
Wanted! Dead Fulmars
December 2010
As part of a European wide project documenting the issue of marine plastics pollution, the British Trust for Ornithology is asking people to keep an eye out for dead Fulmars over the festive period and into next year...
Big garden beak watch
December 2010
We know surprisingly little about bill deformities in birds and their underlying causes, perhaps because they remain relatively uncommon...
God rest ye chilly gentle Wren
December 2010
The recently launched British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Roosting Survey is already yielding exciting results...
Flocky Robin - numbers rocket in gardens
December 2010
The festive Robin – well known for its solitary, territorial behaviour – has become much more chummy during the prolonged freezing weather...
Inverness man receives national award
December 2010
Hugh Insley, from Inverness, received a national award for services to ornithology at the annual conference of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)...
Essex birds come in from the cold
December 2010
Latest results from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch survey show that birds are flocking into Essex gardens...
Waxing lyrical about northwest garden birds
December 2010
Latest results from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch survey show that birds are flocking into Cheshire and Merseyside gardens...
Birds of a feather sleep together
December 2010
As the winter nights draw in, it is not only humans that want to be tucked up in bed...
Box nests do best in 2010
December 2010
The latest results from the British Trust for Ornithology’s Nest Record Scheme show that 2010 was a great year for both resident and migrant birds using our nestboxes...
North east gardens hit by blizzard of birds
December 2010
The recent snow that has hit the north east has seen a flurry of birds come into gardens...