Chaffinch. Edmund Fellowes

The Chaffinch population has fallen by a quarter in just five years.

Identifying winter swans

Every winter thousands of Whooper Swans from Iceland and Bewick’s Swans from Arctic Russia migrate into UK and Ireland to spend the winter here. Telling these two black and yellow-billed swans apart can be tricky. Here we help you to separate these wild northern swans.

BTO bird identification videos are supported by Natureguides

Natureguides kindly provide species video clips for our bird identification videos.

What we can learn from 25 years of watching gardens

Exploring the value of a complete quarter-century of weekly garden bird observations from BTO's Garden BirdWatch covering the length and breadth of the country.