We're delighted to be welcoming 10 new BTO Youth Reps! 😀 Read all about their passion for nature and connect with your local rep at www.bto.org/our-work...

(1/) This week’s featured vacant BBS square is situated in South Lincolnshire. If you would like to explore the possibility of taking on a BBS square near where you live, please read on! @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science Lincs Birding #LincsBirding

Loving the summary of my @bto-gbw.bsky.social 2026 year. The addition of a pond brought in 2 frogs and 2 species of dragonfly.

BLOG: Ian Woodward, senior research ecologist at @btobirds.bsky.social, describes how combining data from the RBBP and the BTO’s Heronries Census has improved our knowledge on the UK’s Little Egret population, as in new @britishbirds.bsky.social paper #birds #ornithology rbbp.org.uk/2026/01/30/l...

Thank you again to everyone who carried out swan counts for the International Swan Census on 17th-18th January. Just a reminder to please enter your data. For more information: www.bto.org/gsmp-isc Find out how to report swan colour rings on www.ring.ac 📷Bridget Hiza/BTO

3rd WinBS visits completed for my two squares. Highlights being singing Skylarks, 2 Kestrel and a Raven @btobirds.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social

avonbirding.blogspot.com Check out the Avon Birds blog, compiled by the Bristol Ornithological Club.

The Youth in Nature Summit is back! 😀Book a FREE ticket➡️ bit.ly/YouthNatureSu... 📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February. 📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge. 📝 Tickets: Free! Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors

Did you know that by submitting your garden wildlife sightings regularly to BTO Garden BirdWatch, you are directly contributing towards research which looks into the year-round importance of gardens for wildlife. 🪶 Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved... 📷Philip Croft / BTO

(1/) Corn Bunting, with its song that sounds to some like a set of keys being jangled, declined by 83% across the UK between 1967 and 2023. However, in more recent years, this species has increased, especially in certain areas. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

Just 1 teaspoon of neonicotinoids can kill 1.25 BILLION bees. Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside. DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use. Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.

1/ Great news! 🎉BTO, JNCC and RSPB are making decades of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data freely available for everyone in the conservation and research community. This includes over 7 million records! 📝 Find out more ⬇️ or read the paper➡️ bit.ly/_BBSData #Ornithology #UKBirding

The #BigGardenBirdwatch will be here before we know it! Let's get some ID practice in with 10 familiar faces... 🐦👀 From dazzling Goldfinches to cheeky Robins, are any regulars on your patch? PS - Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...