Off to the seaside this summer? Scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) want people to help protect one of our most colourful ducks by looking out for their distinctive feathers on beaches around UK estuaries. At this time of year, most British Shelduck migrate across the North Sea to find a safe place to...
Despite being reasonably common, widespread, and easily identifiable from its vocal behaviour, we know surprisingly little about the changing fortunes of the UK’s breeding Tawny Owl population. There is evidence for an ongoing but shallow long-term decline in the population since the mid-1980s, but this evidence comes from studies that involve daytime surveys by volunteers....
Volunteering Everything we do is made possible due to the support and input of an extensive network of volunteers throughout Merseyside. We rely on volunteer groups, amateur naturalists and volunteer recorders as well as citizen scientists. From novice to life-long naturalist, who share their wildlife information with us. We rely on volunteer experts, who may have spent a life-time studying a particular species, to check and...