BTO England (@btoengland.bsky.social)

@btobirds.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:00 PMReposted by @btoengland.bsky.social

✨ New Project Alert ✨ We’re working on a new partnership project looking at Curlew chick survival, key predation pressures & interventions in relation to population recovery.

Your donation could support our work to restore breeding wader populations ➡️ www.bto.org/breeding... #Ornithology

A wading bird known as a Curlew is amongst green grass showing its brown mottled plumage and long decurved bill. Wording above reads: Support BTO's work with breeding waders.

@btobirds.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:56 PMReposted by @btoengland.bsky.social

⭐ Exciting opportunity! Volunteer with BTO Youth and join the Youth Advisory Panel! ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/youth

If you love nature, would like to join our amazing team of volunteers aged 16-24 and get involved with BTO's work, then this role could be for you. 🐦

📝 Closing date: 4 October 2026.

A group of BTO Youth volunteers are gathered together in an office smiling at the camera. Wording over the image reads: BTO Youth. Join our Youth Advisory Panel.

@smp-seabirds.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:39 AMReposted by @btoengland.bsky.social

56% of breeding success records submitted to the SMP for 2026 are from sites in England! If you have records from any SMP-covered country, please submit them by October 31st. #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

An image of two adult Cormorants and their two young.

@btoengland.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 11:04 AM

On 20 September, a team of BTO staff and volunteers, including @btoshropshire.bsky.social, led two face to face sessions @staffswildlife.bsky.social The Wolseley Centre about waterbird identification and taking part in @webs-gsmp.bsky.social & @birdtrack.bsky.social We saw Great White Egret & Hobby!

©Martin George - Image of a group of staff and volunteers gathered in front of a lake. Scopes are placed on tripods in the centre of the frame.

@btoengland.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 11:32 AM

We've got some brilliant BTO Youth events coming up in England including at #RSPB Rainham Marshes & at Port Meadows in Oxford. Book a FREE space here ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/you...

A Golden Plover stands on the top of a grassy mound. Wording over the image reads: Oxford birding get-together. Port Meadow, Oxford. Saturday 17 October. 10am-1pm. Free entry. bto.org/youth-events

A Short-eared Owl flies over grassland. Wording over the image reads: Young birders walk, RSPB Rainham Marshes. Saturday 31 October. 11am-3.30pm. Free entry. bto.org/youth-events

@bbs-birds.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 7:07 AMReposted by @btoengland.bsky.social

(1/) Some inspirational words from long-term BBS volunteer and member of the BTO Regional Network Muriel Cadwallender about surveying Upland Rovers squares. Although not for the faint hearted, you can make a one off visit to an upland square during the BBS survey season… @btobirds.bsky.social

The quote says: The achievement of reaching remote squares, after a seemingly vertical climb, with the reward of panoramic views of the Cheviots, singing Skylarks, ‘pipping’ pipits, calling Curlews, and Snipe drumming is all the incentive needed to visit this beautiful part of Northumberland.

Muriel Cadwallender

The background shows an upland area and the title says: 'Volunteer Stories'.

@btobirds.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 7:00 AMReposted by @btoengland.bsky.social

🔊 Registration is now open for The Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS)! Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/webs-news

NEWS monitors waterbirds along stretches of open coastline that aren't covered by estuary surveys, helping us build a more complete picture of wintering birds around the UK. #UKBirding