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

Thanks for taking part in @webs-gsmp.bsky.social Will!

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...