The publications We had a fantastic response to our for contributions for a special issue of Bird Study, documenting and exploring the impacts of the unprecedented recent outbreaks of Highly ...

Southern, H.N. 1951. Change in status of the Bridled Guillemot after ten years. Proceedings of Zoological Society of London.

Garden Warbler is one of Britain's most nondescript birds earning it the true moniker of little brown job. A warbler of dense scrub understorey and woodland edge, the Garden Warbler is more often ...

Pied Flycatcher is a localised summer migrant, arriving from mid April; autumn passage includes many continental birds and extents through August, September and early October. The graph shows when the ...

A rare (less than annual) visitor from its Arctic breeding grounds, the Snowy Owl is probably best known to many as 'Hedwig' from the Harry Potter films. A celebrated pair bred for eight years on the ...

A quintessential sound of the seaside, the beautiful pearly-grey backed and pink-legged Herring Gull is perhaps one of our most familiar. The Herring Gull feeds mainly on marine vertebrates and ...

Leach's Petrel is a very localised breeder, though is rarely seen during the breeding season. Most records are in autumn and come from storm-blown individuals on the coast and occasionally inland. The ...

Read reviews of the books we hold in the Chris Mead Library, written by our in-house experts. A selection of book reviews also features in our members’ magazine, BTO News. Lynx have had a long-term ...

With its striking black, white and red plumage, the Great Spotted Woodpecker's characteristic drumming display can be heard in woodlands across all but the most northerly regions of Britain. The ...

The two tone corvid, the Hooded Crow or 'hoodie' was classified by the British Ornithologists' Union as a distinct species in 2002. The Hooded Crow is found in the north and north-west of the UK, ...

The Yellow Wagtail is a summer visitor, breeding primarily in southern and eastern Britain. This is a strongly migratory species, wintering in trans-Saharan Africa and returning from early April to ...

Cheeping flocks of House Sparrow once tumbled from untidy nests and wallowed in urban dust baths. Now the species is in decline and has been on the UK Red List since 2002.Colonial nesters, the male ...