We're here as volunteers to support the work of @btobirds.bsky.social in #Shropshire. See our profile for contact info. Our updated header pic shows what may be the largest Lesser Black-backed Gull roost in the country, at #Ellesmere. So impressive, people stop their cars to enjoy the spectacle!

If you have any data for the Heathland Birds Survey please submit this by 30th November! Thank you for your support with this survey.

Best views I’ve had of Long-eared Owl near Warham Greens this evening. After 2 minutes of preening, it tried hunting around the roosting site before heading out to the salt marsh #birding #Norfolkbirding #ukbirding

If you're heading to the North West Bird Watching Festival this weekend, come and say hi! We're looking forward to chatting birds and BTO surveys. 🦢 #lancsbirding @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Find out more ➡️ www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent... 📷 Pink-footed Geese by Chris Knights/BTO

Announcing an exciting new event 🤩 🌿 Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond 📍 Bournemouth Uni 🗓️ Sat 22 Nov 1–6pm A free @btobirds.bsky.social x @bournemouthuni.bsky.social conference with Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko & more! 🙌🏻 More info👉🏻 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks First mainland record since 1991 😲 No sign at the moment but make sure you have the BirdAlertPRO app if its re-found. Get a 30-day free trial here rarebirdalert.co.uk/realdata/bir... 📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com

A Poole Harbour record smashed today with 93 Spoonbill, plus 1 at Swineham logged, breaking the previous record of 85. Poole Harbour seems to the most important staging site in the country, with the peak not expected until later in Oct. Some stay but most move off into Southern Europe, even Senegal!

Pechora Pipit! The last sighting in northern England was in 1995 on the Farne Islands. Discover more from BTO's Nick Moran in this BBC article ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Join BTO Youth and @essexbirdnews.bsky.social for a Wetland Bird Survey walk on 4 October. ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... The event is FREE and open to young people between the ages of 12 and 25. #EssexBirding @webs-gsmp.bsky.social

BTO Youth and Essex Birdwatching Society are running a WeBS training & Wader ID event for people aged 12-25 at Two Tree Island on Saturday 4th October. It's free to attend but places are limited, for full details and to book visit www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @btobirds.bsky.social #essexbirding

David from the BBS Team attended this meeting. It was great to meet up with several BBS Regional Organisers from across England, and also some members of the wider BTO Regional Network. It was really inspiring to hear the time and effort that they put in! Find out more: www.bto.org/get-involved...

We had a great Regional Network meeting at Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve at the weekend, discussing upcoming BTO projects and of course we slotted in some time for birding. 🐦 A huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers for joining us and for all the incredible work they do to support BTO! 😀

Calling South West #birders The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Remembering the 'great fall' of 1965 Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrants ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event:

Join our team for Waterbird Identification sessions in Lancashire at @rspbengland.bsky.social Leighton Moss & the Wildlife Trust's Mere Sands Wood reserve. 27 & 28 September. Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #UKbirding

FREE BTO Youth bird walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottingham this Saturday 9 August ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @nottswildlife.bsky.social

Check out the newly published Arctic Indicators paper ⬇️ which uses WeBS and GSMP data!

Latest Cormorant indices released for England The Cormorant population in England increased since monitoring began in the late 1980s. However, the latest results suggest a recent levelling off jncc.gov.uk/our-work/cor...

Some brilliant pictures of Spoonbill! They breed in small numbers at just a handful of locations in England, the most successful of which is a colony on the north Norfolk coast. Discover more about this species here: www.bto.org/learn/about-...

It's hot... 🥵☀️ Make sure to put out plenty of water for birds & wildlife so they can keep cool and have enough to drink. They'll thank you!

Amazing views! For useful tips to help tell the difference between Common and Arctic Terns you can check out our ID video: www.bto.org/learn/skills...

Are you a birder on the Isle of Wight who can count Sandown Levels, which hasn’t been counted since 2019? If you think you can help please contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at app.bto.org/websonline/s... #WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney @btoengland.bsky.social

Calling young nature enthusiasts! 🌿🐦 FREE BTO Youth events are coming up in Liverpool and Nottingham this summer! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/you...

A great opportunity for young birders in Sussex to get together from @sussexornitholo.bsky.social ⬇️

The Martin Garner Spurn Young Birder competition is a great opportunity to recognise the talent of young birders! Take a look ⬇️ #SpurnBirds

If you're a young nature lover in Dorset, join BTO Youth Rep @myabambrick.bsky.social for a Dorset Young Conservationists Meet-Up! 😀 Join like-minded individuals and enjoy a walk around Poole Park & Baiter Park. 🌿🐦 This event is FREE! Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Discover post-fledging movements in the Eurasian Goshawk in this paper from BTO scientists. 🌍 🌐

We have lots of unallocated Heathland Bird Survey squares in South Shropshire. For us this is just a Nightjar survey, requiring two after sunset visits before 15 July. For more information on the survey visit the link or send us a DM 🙂 #ShropshireBirding www.bto.org/get-involved...

A brilliant opportunity for young people interested in nature and conservation! Plus it's completely FREE! Sign up: www.bto.org/our-work/you...

There are still vacant priority Nightjar survey sites across England for the Heathland Birds Survey. Can you help? Find a site near you: www.bto.org/get-involved...

We're delighted to join the #ShropshireBirding community on Bluesky. We're here as volunteers to support the work of the British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social and its members and supporters locally. See our profile for contact info. Header pic is the view north from The Lawley.

Important update! 🎉 We've satellite-tagged six Cuckoos this year in Scotland and England. Follow their migrations and sponsor a bird ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology 🌍 🌐

Thanks to everyone who attended the Building Connections workshop at our Thetford HQ with @csc-cic.bsky.social. It was brilliant to chat all about strengthening local community connections through nature. 🌿🐦

🚨 Call for Candidates: Chairperson of the British Ornithologists’ Club 🐦 Lead one of the world’s oldest ornithology groups (est. 1892), shape avian science, and guide vital publications & meetings. Find out more on the website. Start: Jan 2026 📧 [email protected] 🔗 boc-online.org

To all BTO volunteers, thank you for everything you do for birds and people. 💚🐦 Here's just some of the incredible volunteer contributions to our surveys in 2024. ⬇️ #VolunteersWeek

1/ What the @bbs-birds.bsky.social report means for England. ⬇️ Blackbird has declined by 10% here over the last 10 years. The disease Usutu Virus may be one of the contributing factors: bit.ly/GWHUsutu @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology

We took part in #NoMowMay at the Nunnery BTO HQ and we are Letting it Bloom this June as well.🌼Our staff team also came together to create a bee bank. 🐝🌱 @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Brilliant news for headstarted Curlew in East Anglia!

It's a mixed picture across the UK as to how a range of birds are faring. Read more in this summary by our senior conservation scientist bit.ly/4mEZRjU @btobirds.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social 📸RSPB-images

Our Young Bird Observatory Visitors programme applications are open! 🐦 Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/ybov #Ornithology The closing date for our next review of applications is fast approaching! Apply by 23:59 on Sunday 15th June to be considered in our next round. 📷 Wood Warbler

New paper in @waderstudy.bsky.social led by @btobirds.bsky.social reviewing headstarting across Europe as a tool for #Curlew #conservation Read the blog post: www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/european-hea... Read the open access paper: www.waderstudygroup.org/article/18880/ #waders #shorebirds

Great White Egrets are one of our success stories of recent years, with their rapid expansion throughout the UK. 🎉📈 Go to page 29 of the Waterbirds in the UK report to find out more ⬇️ #Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

Join BTO Youth Rep @myabambrick.bsky.social for a Dorset Young Conservationists Meet-Up! Meet like-minded young people interested in nature while exploring Poole Park & Baiter Park. Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... FREE event open to 18–25-year-olds.

BTO are looking for volunteers to cover 1-km squares to look for Nightjar. It's a really simple survey to take part in, just two evening visits Find out more: www.bto.org/get-involved... #Hantsbirds #UKBirding

1/ Concerns for long-term bird populations are revealed in the latest Waterbirds in the UK report out now. Discover more ⬇️ and read the report ➡️ www.bto.org/webs-annual-report #Ornithology #citsci @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

Exciting news!

We are delighted to be sharing our new video with you today, which captures the work we are doing collectively at BTO to become more inclusive. 😀🐦 Find out more about this work at www.bto.org/inclusivity

It's not long until BTO's Big Bird Race, starting on Saturday 24 May! Bring your friends and family together for an enjoyable day, with prizes for the winners. Sign up ➡️ bit.ly/_BigBirdRace