Training courses

Enrich your experience of birding and gain confidence in your skills

We run a wide range of courses each year around the country in a variety of venues and habitats, for beginner birders, developing surveyors and conservation professionals. Contact training@bto.org to discuss your specific needs.

More training courses coming soon

Our programme of training courses is currently being reviewed to ensure that all the opportunities we offer are Covid-secure. Please check back here soon.

More about our courses

How courses work, who they are for and what they hope to achieve.

Meet our trainers

Learn more about the ornithology experts that deliver our training programme.

Professional Courses

More about our fieldwork courses for conservation professionals.

Bird tracking - a masterclass

Phil Atkinson explains the technology behind tracking.

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BTO Conference: Witherby Memorial Lecture

We are delighted that this year’s Witherby Memorial lecture will be presented by Prof. Caren Cooper. Caren is Associate Professor, Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University and has a long...

Aerial photo of Thetford, Simon Gillings

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The urban sprawl

BTO's Head and Principal Ecologist, Gavin Siriwardena, explains how the urban landscape is affecting our wild bird populations.

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