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.
Scotland’s winter visitors: why and how do they migrate?
Now that the clocks have changed and ‘the nights are fair drawin’ in’, you’ve likely noticed a shift in the birds around us. Gone are the Swallows and singing warblers (well, mostly, but more on that later), replaced with skies full of geese and vast numbers of waders visiting our shores. But how and why do these birds arrive? ...
22.11.2022
Introducing Ripple NI: BTO’s community-based engagement project
Sorrel Lyall’s story with BTO - from young birder, ringer and Youth Advisory Panel member to BTO Project Officer - has recently taken her to Northern Ireland, to deliver our ambitious new Ripple Project. Read her journey into conservation and discover our exciting pilot engagement scheme. ...
02.11.2022
Why we built the Youth in Nature Summit
BTO Youth discuss the environmental sector's failure to consistently engage with young people, and set out their goals for the first ever BTO Youth in Nature Summit.
25.10.2022
BTO goes batty: how our Acoustic Pipeline project is contributing to bat conservation in some of Europe’s most threatened ...
What is passive acoustic monitoring?With game-changing improvements in acoustic sensors, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has increased exponentially over the last few years. ‘Passive’ monitoring refers to surveys which don’t require researchers or volunteers to be out for the whole time in the field re ...
10.10.2022
Wild Rock Doves: solving a genetic enigma
BTO ringer and DPhil student Will Smith writes about his latest research into the distinctions between wild Rock Doves and the Feral Pigeon.
30.06.2022
