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Our spring bird ID and surveys training events are now on our webpage. Click here to sign up to a session today👉bto.org/about-bto/nati…

Looking for two counters to join the team at KGV/Girling for the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on January 19th 2025 Please email [email protected] if you are able to join the count

❄️ The final count period of the Winter Gull Survey is next weekend on January 19th! Go to the WinGS Vacant Site Map and sign up to count gull roosts in your area. 🗺️➡️ app.bto.org/wings/public/v… #Ornithology

It's certainly cold outside! ❄️ If you’re out exploring this weekend, please be mindful of birds that will be under extra pressure in these severe conditions and give them the space they need to remain undisturbed. Thank you. 🙂 #Ornithology

This weekend is the January WeBS Core Count! This months' count is especially important as it feeds into the International Waterbird Census! You can read more about this here ➡️ wetlands.org/knowledge-base…

📢Looking for counters for the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on January 19th 2025 in Yorkshire (Hull)📢 If you are interested in collecting vital data to monitor population numbers of overwintering gulls, please visit the vacant site map below⬇️ app.bto.org/wings/public/v…

📢Looking for counters for the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on January 19th 2025 on the Wash📢 If you are interested in collecting vital data to monitor population numbers of overwintering gulls, please visit the vacant site map below ⬇️ app.bto.org/wings/public/v…

📢Looking for counters for the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on January 19th 2025 on Strangford Lough📢 If you are interested in collecting vital data to monitor population numbers of overwintering gulls, please visit the vacant site map⬇️ app.bto.org/wings/public/v…

Want to learn the skills to identify raptors in the UK? 🦅 Join our BTO Raptor ID sessions which are held online and run by our experienced team of birdwatchers and surveyors. Sign up ➡️ bto.org/training #Ornithology #BirdID

Job Alert. 📢 Join BTO as Senior Programme Lead for Bird Atlas. Apply on our website.➡️ bto.org/jobs #Ornithology #ConservationJobs #ConservationJob

📢Looking for counters for the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on January 19th 2025 on the Dee Estuary📢 If you are interested in collecting vital data to monitor population numbers of overwintering gulls, please visit the vacant site map below ⬇️ app.bto.org/wings/public/v…

Priority sites in Warwickshire & Solihull still needing gull surveyors: Kingsbury South, Marsh Lane NR, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Idlicote.

Through @_BTO 's Ringing Scheme we know Redshank is a long distance migrant. A bird ringed in Kent was found freshly dead nearly 4 months later having travelled 4242km SWW to Senegal. The peak count in Cornwall on @BirdTrack = 500 (4 times) on the Camel estuary (Jan/Feb) @CBWPS1

Our first Chough resighting from County Waterford! SKV was ringed as a chick in Ballycroneen, Ballycotton, East Cork on 14th May 2024 and seen on 29th December near Ardmore. Only about 30km as the crow flies, but a great link to another population @_BTO @NPWSIreland @BirdWatchIE

📣1/7 New RSPB seabird science paper confirms substantial declines in the UK populations of Great Skua, Northern Gannet, Sandwich Tern and Common Tern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022. Paper: doi.org/10.1080/000636…

January and February are great months to spot Smew. If you scan a lake, reservoir or coastal waters you may see the crisp black and white-coloured male or red-headed female. 📝 Help us monitor these birds by reporting your sightings to @BirdTrack➡️ bto.org/BirdTrack

We're looking for volunteers to help in the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on 19 January! Find out more and how to sign up on our website ➡️ bto.org/wings #Ornithology