Throughout the year we send out press releases to individuals and organisations who have signed up to receive these. This page holds details of the press releases posted over the past two years. For press and media enquiries, please email press@bto.org.
45-year-old seabird highlights impact of avian influenza
At 45 years old, a Fulmar recorded on an uninhabited Scottish island is one of the oldest of its kind ever recorded. The bird’s extraordinary age is a reminder that many seabirds live for a very long ...
26-09-2022
Record summer for ‘hummingbirds’ in UK gardens
Data from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch survey, carried out by volunteers across the UK, show a fourfold increase in the number of gardens recording a Hummingbird Hawkmoth, ...
10-08-2022
Some Don't Like it Hot
New research from BTO implicates rising temperatures in the steep decline of the Willow Warbler, one of the UK’s most tuneful harbingers of spring. The study, published in the journal IBIS, shows that ...
11-07-2022
Swallows have started spending the winter in Britain instead of migrating 6,000 miles to South Africa, according to the British ...
The change in behaviour is one of the most remarkable signs yet of the warming world being caused by climate change, according to the BTO’s Chief Executive, Juliet Vickery, “It is indeed remarkable. ...
08-03-2022
Volunteers provide vital new information on the UK's breeding Tawny Owls
Thanks to the efforts of nearly 10,000 'citizen scientists' we now have a much greater understanding of the UK's breeding Tawny Owls, together with much-needed information on their calling behaviour, ...
01-02-2022
