Ornithology
Southbound migrants fly at great heights
New research has revealed that some passerines migrate at altitudes of up to four kilometres on their way south to Africa.
09/08/2018
Migration
The journeys undertaken by birds between their summer breeding grounds and wintering quarters are often impressive, but they are also fraught with danger. Find out more about these amazing and awe-inspiring movements.
Ornithology
Flycatchers follow the rain
New research shows that areas with greater rainfall are more attractive to Eastern Kingbirds and Fork-tailed Flycatchers, especially during...
13/07/2018
Ornithology
Greenland shorebirds suffer a disastrous breeding season
Excessive spring snowfall appears to have resulted in a non-breeding year for waders in the North-East Greenland National Park, as...
05/07/2018
Migration
Letters from Skagen
Peter Denyer volunteered at Denmark's premier migration watchpoint, Skagen Bird Obervatory, this spring – here he shares some of his daily...
19/06/2018
General birding
Speculation and the importance of data
Are our summer migrants faring badly this year? Are our resident species down following the 'Beast from the East'? BTO's Sarah Harris and...
08/06/2018
Conservation
The Osprey Leadership Foundation
Western Osprey has been a major conservation success story in Britain in recent decades, and it has become the inspiration behind a new...
02/06/2018
Migration
An extraordinary congregation of bee-eaters
Brendan Doe's annual trip to the Italian island of Ventotene produced an unforgettable encounter with roosting European Bee-eaters, which...
29/05/2018
Ornithology
Where do birds moult their feathers?
A new study finds that many North American birds do not moult on their breeding territories, as previously thought, instead dispersing in...
13/05/2018
Migration
Perseverance pays off for finding dotterel
Ross Ahmed has been hunting a self-found Eurasian Dotterel for several years now, but finally scored in Northumberland this week.
12/05/2018
Ornithology
Geolocators reveal Plain Swift wintering grounds
A new study documents the previously unknown migration routes and wintering range of this Macaronesian breeder.
31/03/2018
General birding
Picture perfect: how to photograph Hawfinches
Expect unmissable photographs and video footage of this winter's star visitor as wildlife artist Robert E Fuller explains the painstaking...
10/02/2018
Western Palearctic
Autumn 2017 on Corvo, Azores
David Monticelli summarises the exceptional run of Nearctic vagrants on Corvo, Azores, during September and October 2017.
02/01/2018
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