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We couldn’t say goodbye to 2024 without a shout out to our brilliant BTO Cuckoos! 12 have successfully made it to their wintering grounds in Africa this year! 😀🌍 You can follow the birds on our website ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology 📷 Neil Calbrade / BTO

3/ Taken together, this meant the study showed that there was no net effect of rising spring temperatures on fledging success. #Ornithology #BTOScience

4/ This study demonstrates the value of long-term monitoring schemes like @WeBS_UK in understanding trends of species in specific areas, which helps to deliver effective and targeted conservation action. #Ornithology #BTOScience

Over the summer, our BTO research team were out ringing and GPS tagging nocturnal #Nightjars to better understand the challenges that they may face on migration to their non-breeding grounds in Africa. 🌍 #BTOScience #Ornithology

1/ A study using BTO ringing data asked whether we could observe, from measurements taken when birds were being ringed, if there have been changes in wing length or body mass in the last 60 years as climates have changed. Here’s what was discovered. ⬇️ #BTOScience #Ornithology

1/ Reedbed is an important habitat for several species, but recording its presence is time-consuming, so a recent BTO study looked at using satellite imagery to map this habitat. Read the findings⬇️or see the full study➡️bit.ly/Reedbed #OpenAccess #BTOScience

1/ New #BTOScience demonstrates how protected areas and management can contribute to controlling wildfires in Portugal. Discover more⬇️or read the study ➡️bit.ly/PAWildfires #OpenAccess #ClimateChange

Where are the BTO Cuckoos now? 🤔 10 Cuckoos are in Africa, Cuach Torc seems to be heading south once more after his visit to Germany, and we’ve sadly had to say goodbye to Trent. Follow their journeys ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos 🌍 #BTOScience #Ornithology

New #BTOScience using data from GPS-tagged Kittiwakes breeding in Aberdeenshire. Find out more: bit.ly/_Kittiwake

5/ Studies such as this are important because understanding how wind influences turbine collision risk for Kittiwake could help improve collision risk estimates and identify collision mitigation measures. Find out more from the study ➡️ bit.ly/_Kittiwake #BTOScience

1/ Climate change is a major threat to #seabirds. One mitigation approach to climate change, exploiting renewable energy through offshore wind farms, itself poses a potential threat to species like Kittiwake. Our recent study looked into this. Discover key findings ⬇️ #BTOScience

BTO CEO @juliet_vickery is giving a talk @NHM_London Avian Odyssey 2024 Birds: Brilliant & Bizarre today, which will delve into BTO’s work to conserve the iconic Cuckoo and Curlew through combined volunteer observations, BTO scientists' work and tracking technology. #BTOScience

1/ Arctic Skuas are the fastest declining #seabirds in the UK. @BTO_Scotland has been trying to better understand their movements by fitting miniature, long-term tracking devices to birds nesting on Fair Isle in Shetland and Rousay in Orkney. Discover the results ⬇️ #BTOScience

Five #seabird species have sadly been added to the UK Red List. ⚠️ These include Arctic Tern, Leach’s Storm-petrel, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Great Skua. #BTOScience

A new study looks at treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data, while evaluating the range of strategies available to deal with this. Read the paper ➡️ bit.ly/3WUWDya #OpenAccess #BTOScience #CitizenScience @uk_ceh @BowlerDBear

Look out for Green Sandpiper as @BirdTrack reporting rates peak in August. Thank you to all who record their bird sightings on #BirdTrack. It means we can view the latest trends and the data contribute to #BTOScience. If you'd like to get involved visit➡️ bit.ly/_BirdTrack

Seven BTO Cuckoos are now in Africa! 😮🌍 Follow their migrations to their non-breeding grounds via the interactive map on our website ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology #BTOCuckoos

Look at our Cuckoos go! 😮 Nick II was the last of our tagged birds to leave the UK, but is now the second to tackle the Sahara crossing. 🌍 Originally tagged @suffolkwildlife Worlingham Marshes, he is now in Mauritania in Africa. 🙌 ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience

Who's heard Swift screaming parties?😀 We reach peak Swift records in @BirdTrack in July before they start migrating to Africa.🌍 Thanks to all who record sightings on #BirdTrack as we can view the latest trends & the data contributes to #BTOScience ➡️ bit.ly/_BirdTrack

Interesting article by @TimBlackburn66 here on the origins & implications of non-native Ring-necked Parakeets. For more about non-natives & invasives, check out this BTO blog by @AparaNoble: bto.org/community/blog… #BTOscience

New #BTOScience predicts abundance of butterflies in different urban landscapes. Thanks to volunteer-collected data from @WCBSLive this research reveals future potential for better design of urban spaces for biodiversity. 👉 tinyurl.com/urban-butterfl…… #CitizenScience Via @_BTO

Look at our Cuckoos go! 😮 Nick II was the last of our tagged birds to leave the UK, but is now the second to tackle the Sahara crossing. 🌍 Originally tagged @suffolkwildlife Worlingham Marshes, he is now in Mauritania in Africa. 🙌 ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience

Seven BTO Cuckoos are now in Africa! 😮🌍 Follow their migrations to their non-breeding grounds via the interactive map on our website ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology #BTOCuckoos

Read our research showing exactly how Goldfinch numbers are being driven by garden bird feeding ➡️ bit.ly/4bZYWF7 #Springwatch #BTOScience 📷 Goldfinch by Edmund Fellowes / BTO

Who's heard Swift screaming parties?😀 We reach peak Swift records in @BirdTrack in July before they start migrating to Africa.🌍 Thanks to all who record sightings on #BirdTrack as we can view the latest trends & the data contributes to #BTOScience ➡️ bit.ly/_BirdTrack

Non-native Ring-necked Parakeets are established in the UK, but whether they are welcomed or not by local residents depends on their perceptions. Recent #BTOScience has looked at people's thoughts on the species. Discover more ➡️ bit.ly/4bVbtd0 #Springwatch

Six #BTOCuckoos have now made it to mainland Europe! 🎉 Cleeve, Joe, Cuach Cores, Sayaan, Cuach Torc and KP have all left their breeding grounds and started their migration to Africa. 🌍 Follow their journeys ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology

Magpie and Jackdaw in the rain as part of my @BTO_GBW survey today. Images taken through bedroom window which are just about passable for publication. @CBWPS1 #btoscience

Puffins are one of our much-loved seabirds, but sadly #BTOScience predicts that those in Britain & Ireland may decline by up to a staggering 90% by 2050 under future climate change. Read the science here ➡️ bit.ly/seabirds-clima… #Springwatch

We couldn’t say goodbye to 2024 without a shout out to our brilliant BTO Cuckoos! 12 have successfully made it to their wintering grounds in Africa this year! 😀🌍 You can follow the birds on our website ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos #BTOScience #Ornithology 📷 Neil Calbrade / BTO

Five #seabird species have sadly been added to the UK Red List. ⚠️ These include Arctic Tern, Leach’s Storm-petrel, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Great Skua. #BTOScience

Earthworm declines could be key to understanding population declines and behavioural changes of species such as the Song and Mistle Thrush which rely on them. #BTOScience #Ornithology

Nest survival of threatened Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) breeding at low densities across a human-modified landscape - @_BTO c-js.uk/3IVtz2Q #BTOScience

Recent #BTOScience led by @AilidhBarnes shows that the UK earthworm population shrank by a third in just 25 years 📉 ✅ You can help by not installing artificial grass or using pesticides in the garden, and leaving leaf litter to decompose naturally @BBCSpringwatch #WinterWatch

1/ Arctic Skuas are the fastest declining #seabirds in the UK. @BTO_Scotland has been trying to better understand their movements by fitting miniature, long-term tracking devices to birds nesting on Fair Isle in Shetland and Rousay in Orkney. Discover the results ⬇️ #BTOScience

soaking wet spuggies (House Sparrow) as part of my @BTO_GBW survey today. Images taken through bedroom window which are just about passable for publication. @CBWPS1 #btoscience

Look out for Green Sandpiper as @BirdTrack reporting rates peak in August. Thank you to all who record their bird sightings on #BirdTrack. It means we can view the latest trends and the data contribute to #BTOScience. If you'd like to get involved visit➡️ bit.ly/_BirdTrack

1/ #BTOScience using seabird GPS-tracking data shows foraging ranges for 8 species, including Kittiwake & Puffin, are more than 50% larger than previously calculated. This has important implications for the siting of offshore wind farms, to minimise negative effects on #seabirds…

The greatest decline of UK earthworms is occurring in broadleaf woodlands. Climate change is putting this habitat under increasing pressure, particularly due to shifting soil moisture levels #BTOScience

1/ Climate change is a major threat to #seabirds. One mitigation approach to climate change, exploiting renewable energy through offshore wind farms, itself poses a potential threat to species like Kittiwake. Our recent study looked into this. Discover key findings ⬇️ #BTOScience