BTO Youth blog

BTO Youth blog

The BTO Youth blog gives a voice to the young people we work with and engage across the UK.

From our Youth Representatives and Youth Advisory Panel, to young people who’ve joined us at Bird Camp or done their work experience with us, a whole host of authors has written for us. The Youth blog focuses on a range of topics, including BTO’s scientific work, BTO Youth programmes of work, and opinion pieces. Sometimes they include interviews with other people, or are written by a collection of young people. Would you like to be featured? Email us at youth@bto.org with your idea for a blog!

Learning, leading, and healing with nature

Our Youth team brought together 12 aspiring leaders on our Young Leaders Course in the New Forest. Here are three personal reflections from the course.

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Learning, leading, and healing with nature

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Learning to lead: stories from the Young Leaders Course 2023

Visit the BTO Youth HubLilia, James and Jasmine spoke to us about their experience of the course, and how it helped them grow as budding conservation leaders. Lilia (she/her), 18“I applied for the BTO Young Leaders Course as the qualities of being a leader and having to confidently assert myself were not ...

26.09.2023

A BTO Bird Camp bonanza

SOC/BTO Scottish Bird CampBuoyed by the success of the first-ever Scottish Bird Camp in 2022, the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) and BTO were excited to launch Bird Camp 2023, which took place over the weekend of 26–28 May.Once again, we based the camp in East Lothian, and campers began to arrive la ...

24.08.2023

My BTO journey

From bird ringing trainee and BTO Youth Representative to one of our very own Training Officers, Kate Fox explains how her journey with BTO led her to her current role.

04.08.2023

Launching the new BTO Youth Engagement Strategy 2023

BTO Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) memberThe BTO Youth Engagement Strategy’s primary objective is to connect with its younger supporters, acknowledge the barriers they encounter, and consider their views on how to encourage more young people to engage with BTO. Alongside this, it aims to give young nature en ...

15.05.2023

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