BBS reports

The Breeding Bird Survey started in 1994, and a report is produced every year containing population changes and other results from the scheme.

All BBS reports can be downloaded below - click on the cover to download a PDF of the report for that year. File sizes are up to 4MB.

BBS reports are sent free to all BBS volunteers and to a range of conservation practitioners and policymakers. Further printed copies of these reports can be obtained from the bbs [at] bto.org (BBS organiser).

BBS Report 2021

BBS Report 2021 (PDF, 2.91 MB)

Publication

The Breeding Bird Survey 1995-1996

August 1997

Publication

The Breeding Bird Survey 1994-1995

August 1996

Blog

Scotland’s winter visitors: why and how do they migrate?

From geese and swans to thrushes and warblers, discover the secrets of our winter birds' migration.

Event

Songbird ID (3 sessions, Wednesdays 10am)

This course involves three weekly online sessions of 100 minutes, with a trainer:participant ratio of about 1:30. Participants' microphones are muted during the sessions but there is a large interactive component,...

Blackbird & pulli, photograph by Jill Pakenham

Science - Latest research

Too wet to nest?

A common issue that many analysts of biological data encounter is that of detectability. For a human population we can (in principle) count every individual. For wildlife though, things are trickier, and only rarely is...

Project partners

Project partners

BBS reports