This North American cousin of the Goldcrest is an extremely rare visitor to our shores, typically crossing the Atlantic after getting caught in fast-moving storms.Following a handful of Western ...

Wilfrid set off in earnest on 1 July, and in just a couple of days had swiftly covered around 800 km (500 miles), making his way from Suffolk to the banks of the Gironde estuary in southwestern France ...

Garden Warbler is one of Britain's most nondescript birds earning it the true moniker of little brown job.A warbler of dense scrub understorey and woodland edge, the Garden Warbler is more often ...

This small hirundine is a familiar bird due to its habit of nesting in small colonies under the eaves of our homes.Migrating to the UK & Ireland in early spring, House Martins construct nest cups from ...

PLEASE NOTE: The table below is based on the BOU's 9th edition of the British List published in 2020. In addition to the common and scientific names, the table indicates its status in Britain and BTO ...

Only separate publications which cover the entire county and provide more or less comprehensive detail (as it was known) on all birds in the county have (mostly) been listed. Many more works have been ...

Commonly referred to as the UK Red List for birds, the status of birds has now been reviewed five times, covering the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The latest review was published in December ...

Thank you for supporting BTO by joining us as a member. BTO’s work to understand and so help protect British birds for future generations is sustained by individuals like you, and we appreciate ...

BirdFacts covers all species that have been recorded in the wild in the UK, plus many non-native species that have become established here. BTO and partner organisations monitor the populations of ...

Compare this high level of parental care with that of the Purple Sandpiper - a diminutive wader that visits our rocky shorelines in winter. Purple Sandpipers breed in the high Arctic and, remarkably, ...

The process of ‘genetic replacement’ that threatens the Rock Dove is happening in many different species as humans move animals and plants around the world. It is part of an increasingly homogenised ...

Why can’t Cuckoos change their clocks? Previous research looking at patterns across many species has shown that, in general, the timing of departure from the wintering grounds is the major determinant ...