A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds

Curlew, with their characteristic downward-curved bill and call evoking the wild British countryside, is a unique and much loved species. But these calls may not be echoing across our skies forever, ...

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Predicting the likely impact of urbanisation on bat populations using citizen science data, a case study for Norfolk, UK

Urbanisation is one of the fastest growing forms of land use globally and one of the largest human impacts on the planet. Urban development is a severe and increasing threat to native biodiversity. ...

Migratory pathways, stopover zones and wintering destinations of Western European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus

New research involving the BTO has revealed important information about the migration routes and wintering grounds of Nightjar, a species of conservation concern in the UK. Up until very recently our ...

Potential for coupling the monitoring of bush-crickets with established large-scale acoustic monitoring of bats

Bush-crickets are a little-known group of insects that inhabit our marshes, grasslands, woods, parks and gardens. Some may be seen in the summer when they are attracted to artificial lights, but as ...

Neglected issues in using weather and climate information in ecology and biogeography

Doses of neighborhood nature: the benefits for mental health of living with nature

Experiences of nature provide many mental-health benefits, particularly for people living in urban areas. The natural characteristics of city residents’ neighborhoods are likely to be crucial ...

Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming

Fifty years ago, volunteers began annual breeding bird surveys in woodlands as part of the Common Bird Census. Few probably would have anticipated the enormous changes the bird communities in those ...