Gulls calling are the sound of summer for many of us. Understand the facts behind the headlines about these species from BTO gull expert Viola: bto.org/understanding-…

1 day to go! Please submit your 2024 Breeding Bird Surveys and WBBS data.

Historically, our highest BirdTrack reporting rate for Ringed Plover is in August and September. Discover more about getting involved with reporting your bird sightings to BTO with #BirdTrack ➡️ bit.ly/_BirdTrack #Ornithology

With the sun shining, it’s a great time to get out & conduct FIT Counts for UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to monitor pollinators. 🐝These simple counts are 10 minutes & focus on the total number of insects that visit a flower. Find out how to get involved➡️ ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

The Autumn count for this year's Winter Gull Survey is around the corner! There are plenty of sites to choose from across the UK! Get involved this September 29th and help with essential monitoring 🌍➡️Visit bto.org/wings to learn more and sign up. #WinGS_UK

This Thursday 5th September (19:00-19:30), we'll be running our second session where you can hear more on our updated vision, mission and objectives and provide further ideas for your priorities for nature. To sign up, follow the link in bio! 🧵 3/3

Are you a bewildered by wildfowl? 🦆 Unsure about Shoveler? Scuppered by Scaup? Our online Waterbird ID course, run by our expert team, could be just the thing for you! Discover dates and book a place ➡️ bto.org/training #Ornithology #BirdID

Seabirds: 40% of UK species in trouble – bird flu, climate change and overfishing to blame bit.ly/4g6zFM3

A flock of nine Magpies over the #NunneryLakes has just reminded me how slick the BirdTrack app is! 📹 shows the sequence for adding to an existing count.

Our team is at the #CoimbraSeabirds conference this week sharing the Marine Evidence Review, which scoped available evidence on the movements & spatial distributions of marine birds in & around Northern Ireland waters. It was instrumental in identifying data gaps for species

I’m excited to be presenting a poster at #CoimbraSeabirds summarising the marine review of marine bird spatial use in the Celtic Seas. Come to poster 88 to read more.

The recent winter migratory movements of the GPS-tagged curlew, who nested in the #YorkshireDales #NationalPark 💚 More about the project (and those names!)👇 yorkshiredales.org.uk/about/wildlife… Curlew Action BTO Bolton Castle & WildlifeDales I #FarmingInProtectedLandscapes

Now that the BBS/ WBBS data entry deadline has passed, the BBS Team at BTO HQ and Regional Organisers across the UK are busy verifying data! Whilst we are busy doing that, here is how far BBS and WBBS volunteers have walked whilst surveying this year! BTO JNCC RSPB Science

Northern Gannet foraging trip length increases with colony size and decreases with latitude | royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10… | Royal Society Open Science | #ornithology

Autumn migration has begun! Discover the species that have been seen through August, such as Wood Sandpiper, and those to keep an eye out for this September with BirdTrack migration blog. ➡️ bit.ly/3TfsyqM #Ornithology #BirdMigration