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As we start to get to the time of year when Pallid Harriers are now expected to arrive into Britain, this paper by Michel Antoine Réglade, Maëlle Bujaud, Mike Henry and Alexander Sokolov from 2022 looks at their increasing numbers in Europe britishbirds.co.uk/journal/articl…

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

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

On this day in 2019, Britain’s first Long-legged Buzzard was seen on Shetland and then Fair Isle Bird Obs with no subsequent records of this long anticipated first for Britain, are we due a second? britishbirds.co.uk/journal/articl…

Arctic Skuas are one of several species of seabird to have had a relatively successful breeding season on #StKilda this year, with these 5 fledglings recorded this month from the usual 4 territories on Hirta. #NTSseabirds National Trust for Scotland Seabird Surveys UK Seabird Monitoring Programme

A big shout to those who go BirdTrack ing in Cornwall. We've just past 100,000 records for 2024. Last year was a record breaking year and to date we are around 2,000 records behind this stage last year. A tremendous effort again. Thankyou to all those that have submitted records

Leuke influx van roodpootvalken gisteren in NL zoals te zien is op dit kaartje van Waarneming.nl Bijna allemaal jonge vogels, eerste kalenderjaar

Birds of Conservation Concern 5 Seabirds. 5 seabirds added to the red list of greatest conservation concern. Read the full paper britishbirds.co.uk/seabird-bocc5a Read our blog community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/scie…

Field Ornithologist required with MacArthur Green Permanent, full time post in Glasgow c-js.co.uk/3XqW3IK

The arctic tern, Leach’s storm petrel, common gull, great skua & great black-backed gull have been added to the Red List. That's 75 British birds facing national extinction. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Five #seabird species have sadly been added to the UK Red List. ⚠️ These include Arctic Tern, Leach’s Storm-petrel, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Great Skua. #BTOScience

Did you know that British Birds supports ornithological projects and young birders through their Charitable Trust? You can read more about the Trust and find out how to apply for a grant here britishbirds.co.uk/charitable-tru…

Thanks for another year of surveys 👏🙏

With easterlies across the Baltic and some heavy rain in SE England, perhaps this will be a good week to find a high-flying Great Snipe? More about this remarkable species: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/30/fly…

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

Our September issue is out now with papers on, The status of the UK’s seabirds, Tracking Arctic Skuas and Scopoli’s Shearwater influx plus much more ➡️britishbirds.co.uk/journal/latest… 📸David Tipling

#Migfest24 starts today Spurn Bird Observatory the events programme for the weekend can be found here spurnmigfest.com/admin/resource… RSPB BTO

We're looking forward to tonight's #Migfest24 RSPB/BB Lecure from Lars Svensson "70 years in ornithology - still the same adventure!" Tickets have all sold out, if you were lucky enough to get one, we'll see you there

We've got a stand at #Migfest24 where you can find out more about what we do and meet some of our team, pictures below of who is around across the weekend Spurn Bird Observatory BTO