Sex-limited polymorphism has evolved in many species including our own. Yet, we lack a detailed understanding of the underlying genetic variation and evolutionary processes at work. The brood ...

The Little Owl is a species of open country, favouring lowland habitats such as farmland, parkland and orchards. Introduced from the Continent during the latter part of the 19th century, the species ...

Good quality information on species’ population trends is essential for successful conservation action. In this paper, the dataset of the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is made publicly ...

What better way to start 2025 than a bit of winter birdwatching in a friendly group. During winter, the shores of Northern Ireland are home to a range of coastal bird species as large numbers of ...

What better way to start 2025 than a bit of winter birdwatching in a friendly group. During winter, the shore near Limavady is home to a range of coastal bird species as large numbers of waders, ...

Land use change is crucial to addressing the existential threats of climate change and biodiversity loss while enhancing food security. The interconnected and spatially varying nature of the impacts ...

Mae adar ysglyfaethus yn adar hynod o diddorol a charismatig, a mae Cymru yn gartref i 17 o’r 20 rhywogaethau sydd yn bridio a welod yn yr DU. Mae eu hecoleg a'u hymddygiad yn digon arbennig bod ...

We have received a number of complaints regarding the involvement of a ringer holding a BTO permit in a finch-trapping initiative being run by the Maltese government. Under this initiative large ...

Read the annual report of the Seabird Monitoring Programme, a BTO / JNCC / RSPB publication about the abundance and productivity of breeding seabird species in Britain and Ireland from 1986 to 2023.

Breeds in a wide range of open habitats including tundra, steppe, bogs, dunes, moorland, heathland, young plantations and more occasionally in crops. Can be nomadic, with population peaks coinciding ...