Yellow Wagtail is another species to look out for in August. While it has disappeared as a breeding species in many areas of the UK, on autumn migration there is a good chance of finding it anywhere ...

We encourage volunteers to enter their own counts using the BBS Online web application. Please consider using our online data entry system if possible – we have lots of help and guidance to support ...

This long-legged wader is more often found near freshwater than its maritime cousin, the Bar-tailed Godwit, and has plainer plumage. A very scarce breeder, the Black-tailed Godwit is encountered in ...

Bennett, S. & Weston, E. 2025. Growth of seaweed species on GLS logger attachments. Seabird 37: doi:10.61350/sbj.37.3 The authors thank the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology for facilitating the ...

Light-immersion data from geolocators can be used to estimate behavioural budgets and energetics in seabirds throughout the annual cycle. However, all methods used to categorise time spent in ...

About the surveyThe Winter Bird Survey is a UK-wide repeat of the 2018/19 English Winter Bird Survey. Like its forerunner, the Winter Bird Survey covers a single season, collecting important ...

Estimates of breeding seabird populations are used to assess the potential impacts of proposed wind farm developments. The approach used in these assessments is known as the Biologically Defined ...