Linking climate change vulnerability research and evidence on conservation action effectiveness to safeguard European seabird ...

In this 'practitioner's perspective', BTO joins other organisations to consider how to tighten the frameworks used for conservation to improve outcomes.

Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2021

There was a significant survey effort by volunteers, NGOs and NIEA around Northern Ireland’s coastline for the last year of the Seabirds Count census period, finding that fortunes were mixed for the ...

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A framework for climate change adaptation indicators for the natural environment

Climate change ‘adaptations’ describe any actions which address the impacts of our changing climate. These adaptations can be focussed on human populations and infrastructure, with measures such as ...

Warming temperatures drive at least half of the magnitude of long-term trait changes in European birds

Climate change is impacting wild populations, but its relative importance compared to other causes of change is still unclear. Many studies assume that changes in traits primarily reflect effects of ...

Extreme uncertainty and unquantifiable bias do not inform population sizes

BTO staff co-author a rebuttal letter setting out the importance of the careful use and interpretation of citizen science data in estimating avian population sizes.

Nesting dates of Moorland Birds in the English, Welsh and Scottish Uplands

Rotational burning of vegetation is a common form of land management in UK upland habitats, and is restricted to the colder half of the year, with the time period during which burning may be carried ...

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Impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on capacity to monitor bird populations: a case study using the UK Breeding Bird Survey

Like many things, long-term monitoring of bird populations was interrupted during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Here, BTO scientists look at the effects of restrictions on participation in the Breeding Bird ...