Our blog offers specialist insight and unique perspective from a wide range of BTO staff, volunteers and guest writers, giving context and inviting discussion on various aspects of our work. We also have a dedicated Youth blog and Migration blog (migblog) where you can read articles about those specific topics.
Inferring Nightjar behaviour from acoustic signals
With this year's focus on heathland birds here at BTO, monitoring of Nightjars is very topical. Being nocturnal, detecting them requires dedicated night-time field surveys, which can be tricky in remote areas. Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) can be a useful tool to help in Nightjar monitoring, as progr ...
10.07.2025
Getting to know Eric Simms at the BTO Archives
In August 2024, I had the exciting opportunity of volunteering in the BTO Archives at the Nunnery in Thetford. The Archives house a wide variety of documents, data, and photographs relating to the history and activities of BTO and the wider world of British ornithology. Over the last two years, BTO Archi ...
29.11.2024
Rise and lead
Unlocking potential at the Young Leaders Course Nov 2024.The Young Leaders Course returned to the scenic New Forest, where 11 motivated young people and four inspirational lectures shared their experiences and views on leadership in the conservation sector. ...
01.11.2024
Facing up to the challenge
Globally, we are facing two interrelated environmental crises: the loss of biodiversity and climate breakdown.
09.09.2024
A Girl & Birds
Earlier this year we were invited by Alicia Hayden to support her in the publication of a blog relating her experiences as a young person in birding. The blog relates an incident of abuse that had, and continues to have, a devastating effect on her.She has not shared with us the name of the person respon ...
27.08.2024
