BirdTrack

The BirdTrack app has been updated to enable you to search through your BirdTrack records. View species lists for the locations you've visited, maps of where you've been, compare your records to the previous year, and more. Now available from your app store

DUCKS: by now most ducks will have settled at potential breeding sites. So all records of scarce & rare breeding ducks, including Shoveler, Wigeon, Garganey, Pintail, Pochard and Red-breasted Merganser, should be submitted, with breeding evidence, to the relevant county recorder

Still plenty of squares available for our Heathland Birds Survey. If you enjoy looking for Nightjars on spring evenings, now is the time to sign up! All BirdTrack users can help by adding pinpoints to records of Dartford Warbler, Nightjar and Woodlark bto.org/our-science/pr…

Advance warning that certain areas of the BTO website will be unavailable this weekend, including 'My BTO', and event and membership registration. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. BirdTrack will still be available at app.bto.org/birdtrack/ or via the mobile app

📢Job alert! We’ve got a great opportunity for a part-time Seabird Monitoring Support Officer to join the @_BTO Surveys Team!🔭📈 ℹ️For more information and to apply: bto.org/jobs 🗓️ Deadline for applications: Thursday 24th July 2025. #Seabirds #CitizenScience

Are you a #birdwatcher? Take part in a study on #BIRDWATCHING & #BIRDCONSERVATION Help understand birdwatchers & birdwatching better, use this opportunity for self-reflection about your own experience. Link/QR forms.office.com/e/wTCy8ghY9U Please RT @BirdTrack @IBIS_journal @_BTO

🚨 Tickets are flying out! Don’t be the one watching MigFest 2025 on social media instead of at Spurn... 🎟️ Book now before it's too late: bit.ly/3T5Q9Ks

A great example of what can be done with a bit of effort and focus on a species!

WOOLSTON EYES – Cover for the 2024 Annual Report, should be hitting members ‘in boxes’ in the near future, watercolour on Arches paper, a prolific year for Yellow-browed Warblers at the site, prompted me to use this species as its one that may not turn up in the future.

Applications are open for the Spurn Young Birder of the Year competition. The final and the presentation of prizes, including optics, trophies and memberships, will take place at the Spurn Migfest on Saturday 13 September. bit.ly/MGSYB_2025

📖SMPnews is out now - Issue 3 | Spring 2025🌱 This newsletter is for anyone interested in #seabirds, #wildlife, #CitizenScience or simply enjoys a good read! Thank you to everyone who contributed.👏 🔭 Check it out at bto.org/smp-news 👀 @_BTO @JNCC_UK @RSPBScience

An absolutely stunning female Grey Phalarope in summer plumage at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland today. Unlike their Red-necked cousins which breed here in small numbers, Greys are extremely rare in spring and thus rarely enjoyed in this incredible plumage. No wonder why the rest of…

This year, we are working with @_BTO and @NaturalEngland on a national Nightjar survey See which 1km squares are still available and sign up here: tinyurl.com/4dkrhfa2 A big thank you to everyone already signed up! Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)

Last weekend of spring wader migration in the UK? Grey Plovers are just about the latest #waders to head north. Blog about migration of #shorebirds: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi… #ornithology

1/ Concerns for long-term bird populations are revealed in the latest Waterbirds in the UK report out now. Discover more ⬇️ and read the report ➡️ bto.org/webs-annual-re… #Ornithology @_BTO @JNCC_UK @RSPBScience @NatureScot

Falling finch numbers, fading farmland birds, declining Dippers & vanishing Cuckoo calls in England are worrying findings from the 2024 Breeding Bird Survey report out now➡️bto.org/bbs-results @JNCC_UK @RSPBScience @_BTO #Ornithology

Wader migration is still happening! Temminck's Stints are far more likely to be seen in May than in the autumn. Graph from @BirdTrack Blog about migration of waders to/from/through Britain & Ireland. wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi… #ornithology

As promised, a shorter video (saves you 4 minutes to spend birding) with 3 pointers to make your birdwatching more valuable for the monitoring of rare breeding birds

This year, the RSPB is working with the @_BTO and @NaturalEngland to repeat national surveys for three species regularly associated with heathlands: the Dartford Warbler, Woodlark and Nightjar. Credit: Sam Turley (rspb-images.com)