Field Craft articles

Dive into ‘Field Craft’, our series of articles about developing your birding skills, each packed with ideas and information to help you progress. They first appeared in our members’ magazine, BTO News.

Enhance your birding experience

Learn about birding with hearing aids, sharing your knowledge and more.

Enhance your birdwatching experience.

Improve your bird identification skills

Browse our expert advice on improving your skills in bird identification.

Improve your bird identification skills.

Build other birding skills and confidence

Learn about seawatching, documenting unusual findings, witnessing migration and more.

Build up your bird skills and confidence.

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Our Field Craft articles are extracts from our members’ magazine, BTO News.

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Develop your skills

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Learn to identify birds

Tips and advice for improving your bird identification skills, whatever your current level of knowledge.