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Blog posts about the work of BTO Scotland staff and volunteers.


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Tree Pipit. Graham Catley / BTO
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Songbird migration across the Sahara

Mark Wilson, BTO Research Ecologist, reflects on his work tagging songbirds to collect data about their migration routes over the Sahara.

11 Jul 2022  

Seawatching on the Isle of May. Steve Willis
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A Haar Day's Month: Gull Tracking on the Isle of May

21 Feb 2022  

View westwards from the Clift Hills, South Mainland, Shetland
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Citizen Science in Shetland

BTO volunteer Hugh Tooby shares his journey through Shetland as part of the Upland Rovers scheme.

25 Feb 2020  

Short-eared Owl tagging. Chris Wernham
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Tracking Short-eared Owls: Notes from the field

Why would anyone choose to spend a winter’s night out on a cold Orkney moor? Ben Darvill gives an insight into the dedication of Short-eared Owl fieldworkers, and their amazing discoveries.

28 Jan 2020  

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