Aims and scope

Bird Study publishes high-quality papers relevant to field ornithology, especially as it relates to evidence-based bird conservation. 

Research topics

Papers are especially welcome on the following topics: 

• Patterns of distribution and abundance
• Movements
• Habitat preferences
• Developing field census methods
• Ringing and other techniques for marking and tracking birds.

Geographical coverage 

Bird Study concentrates on research concerning bird species that occur in the Western Palearctic. This includes research on their biology outside of the Western Palearctic, for example, on wintering grounds in Africa. Bird Study also welcomes papers from any part of the world if they are of general interest to the broad areas of investigation outlined above.

Article types

The following types of articles are published:

• Original research papers (any length)
• Short original research papers (less than 2,500 words)
• Scientific reviews
• Forum articles covering general ornithological issues, including non-scientific ones
• Short feedback articles that make scientific criticisms of papers published recently in the Journal. Access Bird Study journal content

Access Bird Study journal content

Current issue abstracts and full content of archived issues are available for free through Taylor & Francis. 

Access to current full content and non-archived issues is through subscription.

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Subscription information

Bird Study is published four times a year (February, May, August, November).

For institutions

• Please go to the Taylor & Francis website for more details, including subscribing as part of a package. 
• Institutions can also email their local Taylor & Francis Customer Service Department: subscriptions@tandf.co.uk.

For individuals

• Individuals should send payment to: Samantha Graham, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK. 
• For further information about subscriptions or to pay by credit card, email info@bto.org.
• Subscription to Bird Study is also available as an add-on to BTO Membership.

Contact details

UK and all territories except India and USA, Canada and Mexico

• T&F Customer Services, Informa Plc, Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex, C03 3 LP, UK
• Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 5544; Fax: +44 (0)20 7017 5198
• customerservice@taylorandfrancis.com

India

• Universal Subscription Agency Pvt. Ltd., 101-102 Community Centre, Malviya Nagar Extn, Post bag No. 8, Saket, New Delhi 110012, India

USA, Canada and Mexico

• Taylor & Francis, 325 Chestnut Street, 8th floor, Philadelphia  PA 19106, USA;
• Tel: +1 800 354 1420 or +1 215 625 8900; Fax: +1 215 625 8914;
• customerservice@taylorandfrancis.com

Despatch

US Postmaster info: please send address changes to Bird Study (TBIS), Air Business Ltd, c/o Worldnet Shipping USA Inc., 149–35 177th Street, Jamaica, New York, NY11434, USA. 

The journal is delivered to North America and the Rest of the World by surface post, and subscribers can expect to receive their copies within four weeks of British publication.

Submission of manuscripts

Bird Study will only accept submissions via online manuscript submission. 

Guidelines

Submissions should conform to the guidelines which are found in the Instructions & Forms section on the opening page of the manuscript submission form, or:

• Bird Study general author guidelines
• Bird Study figure guidelines
• Bird Study table guidelines

Enquiries

General enquiries about the submission process and about the suitability of subject matter for inclusion in Bird Study can be sent to the Editor, Dr Richard Broughton: 

• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK 
• rbrou@ceh.ac.uk

Production

Once the articles have been accepted for publication, Taylor & Francis process them to print. The principal contact for this process is Glyn Lavers, Production Department, Taylor & Francis, 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN. Please direct any queries to authorqueries@tandf.co.uk

Reprints and back issues

Corresponding authors will receive free online access to a PDF version of their article through the Taylor & Francis website (www.tandfonline.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. PDFs of articles are also published “online early” in advance of the publication of the printed version. In addition authors can also purchase reprints of their article as they appear in the printed version of Bird Study through Rightslink®. These must be ordered when proofs are received. 

• If authors have any queries about reprints, please contact the Taylor & Francis reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.

Taylor & Francis retains a three-year back issue stock of journals. Older volumes are held by our official stockists to whom all orders and enquiries should be addressed:

• Periodicals Service Company, 11 Main Street, Germantown, NY 12526, USA;
• Tel: +1 518 537 4700; Fax: +1 518 537 5899;
• psc@periodicals.com

Other business correspondence

For all other enquiries relating to Bird Study, please use the following contact details:

• T&F Customer Services, Informa PLC, Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex CO3 3LP, UK;
• Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 5544; Fax: +44 (0)20 7017 5198;
• subscriptions@tandf.co.uk