How you can help

Help us understand birds and the threats they face

There are lots of ways you can contribute. Many help us by taking part in our fieldwork surveys - but you can support us as a member, become a regional organiser, help at an event, or donate to an appeal. However you choose to support us - thank you.

Featured project

BirdTrack

Take Part

Whether you record the birds in your local park or when you go birdwatching further afield you can add them to BirdTrack and see how your records develop over months and years.

Take part in a project

Find a survey, scheme or other project that needs your help.

Join BTO today

Join our growing community of BTO members and stay informed.

Make a Donation

Make a recurring or one-off donation and provide vital unrestricted funding.

Leaving a gift in your Will to BTO

BTO depends on the generosity of supporters who decide to leave a gift in their will. Consider leaving a legacy for the next generation.

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Follow our Cuckoos

Support our Cuckoo Tracking Project by sponsoring a bird and sharing their progress.

Fundraise for BTO

Find lots of fun ideas for how to raise funds for BTO.

BTO Shop

Browse our range of books, guides, ringing supplies and gifts.

If you value impartial science that makes a difference, support BTO with a regular donation.

Donate

Make your birdwatching count by taking part in a BTO project today

Volunteer

Spotted Flycatcher. Photograph by David Jefferson

Featured appeal

Spotted Flycatcher Appeal

Help us pinpoint why Spotted Flycatchers are dying, and address the alarming declines that we have charted over the last 50 years.

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Henrietta Pringle reveals the work behind a recent paper on gamebirds and predation

Case Study

Climate change in a warming world

BTO science contributes to our understanding of future scenarios, and informing policies and conservation management strategies to help species adapt.

Blog

General licences and BTO

Andy Clements, BTO Chief Executive, sets out BTO’s position regarding the current debate about wildlife licensing.