With this year's focus on heathland birds here at BTO, monitoring of Nightjars is very topical. Being nocturnal, detecting them requires dedicated night-time field surveys, which can be tricky in ...

During this small-group event we will enjoy spending time together looking at waders, waterbirds and any other species that are present. We'll start from first principles of how we idenfity birds to ...

During this small-group event we will enjoy spending time together looking at waders, waterbirds and any other species that are present. We'll start from first principles of how we idenfity birds to ...

Join BTO Scotland and North Ayrshire Council Rangers for a practice session on wader and waterbird ID, learning key features and transferable skills. Come along and have a go at the Wetland Bird ...

Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their epic migration between the UK and tropical Africa, or track their movements in real-time on our Cuckoo migration map. If you enjoy these updates, ...

Improve your identification of winter wildfowl and other waterbirds in this two-part online course.

Learn how to count flocks of birds and how to put your skills to use in the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) This course involves one online session of about 1 hour 45 minutes, with a trainer:participant ...

WeBS Methods, Analysis and Presentation WeBS Survey Methods, Analysis and Presentation supporting documentation contains more detailed descriptions of all the tables, statistics, maps and plots ...

Many waterbirds arrive in the UK during autumn, swelling the range of species and number of individuals we might see. However, this seasonal abundance can present extra identification challenges, too.