There is still time to sign up to take part in the Winter Bird Survey on a Breeding Bird Survey square near you! There are squares available across the UK. Find out more about the survey and sign up here: bto.org/winbs @btobirds.bsky.social #UKbirding #Ornithology #CitizenScience

(1/) The BBBS Team at HQ, and BBS/ WBBS Regional Organisers are currently busy verifying data from the 2025 survey seasons. Here is a list of the 10 most widespread species recorded on BBS squares across the UK during 2024. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

This week's BTO Migration blog explores a recent arrival of drift migrants on the east coast, a record breaking influx of Glossy Ibis and what we might expect in the second half of September #ukbirding www.bto.org/our-work/new... Glossy Ibis by Philip Croft

If you take part in the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey on your BBS square, or you are just interested in butterflies in general, why not book to come along to the FREE UKBMS 50th Anniversary Conference in Nottingham on Saturday 11 October? Find out more, including how to book your place below!

Your Sunday morning bird news: Little Stint at Covenham Reservoir. Curlew Sandpiper at Anderby Creek. Grey Phalarope flew past Wolla Bank and Anderby Creek. Frampton Saltmarsh: 7 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat. #lincsbirding

If you would like to make additional visits to your Breeding Bird Survey square this winter, you can as part of the Winter Bird Survey! There are also other opportunities to take part in the survey if you are not already allocated a BBS square. Sign up here: www.bto.org/winbs #Ornithology

🦢The International Swan Census involves counters to carry out a one-off count on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026. This involves counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, as well as recording age assessments and habitat. Visit the vacant site map⬇️ app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... #Ornithology

Last week saw an excellent arrival of juvenile Little Stints, with the BirdTrack reporting rate reaching 3% across Britain and Ireland as a whole. Records were most frequent on the east coast of England - in Lincolnshire it appeared on 22% of complete lists! #ukbirding

Not long to go to submit your @bbs-birds.bsky.social data! Thanks to all the brilliant volunteer surveyors!

Bit of footage of the Black-winged Pratincole yesterday. #lincsbirding #birds

A brilliant find & superb footage Wayne.

In 2024 LBC organised a breeding Curlew survey on airfields in the west of Lincs. The report has just been published. 29 pairs found and two pairs with 6 young. Up to 10% of the lowland English population. lincsbirdclub.co.uk/site/images/re…

New record for the oldest Barn Owl in Britain and Ireland! 😮 At 18 years old the female was ringed in 2007 in Nottinghamshire when she was a chick before being recorded again in Lincolnshire this year! Read the full story ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/a... #Ornithology #BirdRinging 🪶

There are now three weeks to go to submit your 2025 BBS and WBBS data! You can do so online or by submitting the data to us on paper forms, scanned by email or posted to us. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience

August is very much the start of autumn for many migratory birds - read the latest BTO Migration Blog for news & tips for what to look out for in the next couple of weeks! Don't forget to add your own sightings to @birdtrack.bsky.social & contribute to #CitizenScience! #Ornithology #Birding

An incredible amount of Yellow Wagtails into roost last night at Huttoft Bank - 576, a county record! Courtesy of ‘quantity surveyor’, James Siddle. #lincsbirding

First up on #WeBSSpeciesSpotlight... Black-tailed Godwit 🎉 Black-tailed Godwits are most common in Spring/Autumn as they move from their breeding grounds in Iceland to winter in Britain, Ireland, France and Portugal🌍 Find out more at www.bto.org/learn/about-... 🪶 #ornithology

Great news! 🎉 Five satellite-tagged Cuckoos have made the perilous journey across the Sahara Desert in Africa to reach their non-breeding grounds. 😀 Follow BTO Cuckoos race across the world on our interactive map ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology

Happy New WeBS Year! This Sunday's Core Count is the first of the 2025/26 WeBS year, which runs from July to June (inclusive). So let's start this year with a splash and get all our waterbirds counted!

If you haven’t managed to do your ‘Late’ visit to your BBS square or WBBS stretch, please try and do it by the end of this weekend, as the survey season finishes at the end of June! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience

As always, this year’s Waterbirds in the UK report would not be possible without the dedication from 3,947 volunteers, making 44,539 count visits during winter 2023/24. Thank you! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitSci

In the Canadian arctic Snow Buntings are making homes in an unexpected places www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/U...

In 2024, a total of 277 Waterways Breeding Bird Survey stretches were surveyed across the UK by 249 volunteers. Thank you so much to all of our volunteers, your time and effort is very much appreciated! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #volunteersweek

In 2024, a total of 3,967 Breeding Bird Survey squares were surveyed across the UK by 2,779 volunteers. Thank you to all of our volunteers, your time and effort is very much appreciated! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience #Volunteersweek

Hot on the heels of our @bbs-birds.bsky.social report last week is the annual report from the WeBS & GSMP @webs-gsmp.bsky.social team. A tremendous piece of work.

It is #INNSweek, or Invasive Species Week. www.nonnativespecies.org/non-native-s... @bbs-birds.bsky.social volunteers count all birds they see and hear, including invasive non-natives, like Ring-necked Parakeet, Egyptian Goose and Canada Goose.

(1/) It’s almost mid-May, so please try and fit in your ‘Early’ visit to your Breeding Bird Survey square or Waterways Breeding Bird Survey stretch by 15 May if possible. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience

A beautiful walk around my local patch this morning producing 2 sets of ducklings and very young coots only recently hatched and still on the nest (taken with phone camera) @btobirds.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

1/ BTO-led research identifies key gaps in our knowledge and understanding of how climate change is affecting #seabirds. Find out more ⬇️ or visit our website ➡️ www.bto.org/seabird-...#seabirds.#Ornithology 🌍 🌐

A lovely walk around Cleethorpes CP this morning produced 4 Great Crested Grebes #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Green-winged Teal still present at RSPB Frampton Marsh. Also, a Garganey has turned up today - maybe a Wood Sandpiper next?! What birds have you seen in Lincs today? Let us know! #lincsbirding

A lovely walk this afternoon saw 13 very small ducklings at the Boating Lakes 🐥 @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social

Boating lakes on 25/04/2025, 16:35 - 17:15. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

RSPB Tetney Marshes on 25/04/2025, 10:30 - 11:55. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Back to my home town for a few days break and a walk along the beach in humberston saw a little egret wading in the marshes, several skylark and a common sandpiper was also seen @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social

The UK's oldest known Oystercatcher was discovered on The Wash, at 43 years old, a new British record! Read the article by @rspbscience.bsky.social below to find out more about the importance of ringing and conserving these vital habitats⬇️ www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... #Ornithology #UKBirding

A heart-breaking poem by @emmasartworks.bsky.social, and the winning poem for our World Curlew Day competition. Read the winning and highly commended poems: www.curlewaction.org/world-curlew... Read more about the Slender-billed Curlew extinction paper, published last year:

1/ The first of this year’s Curlew nests have been spotted by our team in the Yorkshire Dales! It won’t be long until the eggs hatch into adorable chicks like this one. Discover more about our work monitoring and tracking Curlew. ⬇️ #WorldCurlewDay #Ornithology

1/ Have you seen these Curlew? Please report any Curlew you see with yellow leg flags ➡️ bit.ly/ReportACurlew Here’s why these birds are so special. ⬇️ #WorldCurlewDay #Ornithology 🌍

Enjoy the stunning Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits before they leave Ireland/Britain in a few days. Did you know that they smell different in breeding plumage? Here's why: wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/s... #ornithology

First of this years duckling seen today on my local patch. A surprise visitor was also seen, a lone shoveler in the distance @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds

This Sunday is the April CCount! Did you know that WeBS started life as the National Wildfowl Counts in 1947 and the Bird of Estuaries Enquiry in 1669, which were merged in 1993 to become the Wetland Bird Survey as we know it today? You can learn more about the history of WeBS here ➡️ bit.ly/4idQpkj

Tern migration is underway! Common Terns are a summer visitor to the UK, usually arriving mid-April for the breeding season. Click on the link below to look at migration routes of these, and other, amazing birds 🪶 #seabirds #migration #EuroBirdPortal www.eurobirdportal.org/ebp/en/#home...

Time to head north? Thousands of adult 'islandica' Black-tailed Godwits will shortly head off to Iceland. Enjoy their stunning plumage while you can. Blog from 11 April 2016 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/g... #ornithology

New project alert! 📢 Can you help us count Birds in Greenspaces? 🐦🌳 Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/greenspa... #Ornithology #UKBirding This pilot survey is for people who enjoy watching birds, whether experienced birders or new to nature! It’s flexible too so you can take part anywhere in the UK. 📝

(1/) This is no April Fool, it's 1 April, so the 2025 BBS and WBBS season has officially begun! Check the average visit date of your ‘Early’ visit and start planning to get out surveying. Today, we will focus on some key milestones of the survey season. #Ornithology #CitizenScience

Sneak peek of exciting news! 😀 In April, we’re launching a new UK-wide pilot survey of birds in greenspaces & we need your help! 🐦 We’ll be looking for people to record birds in greenspaces like parks, cemeteries & sports pitches. 📝 Keep an eye on our social media for updates on how to take part.

The 90% declines of Nightingale since the 1960s have been recorded by @btobirds.bsky.social #CBC and @bbs-birds.bsky.social volunteers. As well as woodland habitat and management changes in the UK, this tracking study also shows how non-breeding areas are just as important.

Going low for waders Teresa Frost outlines the importance of the BTO's Low Tide Counts for accurately assessing populations of estuary birds, as illustrated by the results of this vitally important study which is now in its third decade: