Young Ambassadors' Blog
BTO Bird Camp 2019
By: Kabir Kaul
5 June 2019
Here is a post about another excellent BTO Bird Camp, sponsored by the Cameron Bespolka Trust.
On Friday, my mum picked me up from school, and it was a two hour drive from London to the Nunnery, the BTO’s headquarters in Thetford, Norfolk. …
BTO Camp 2019
By: Michael Sinclair
28 May 2019
The BTO Bird Camp is a camp specifically run for young people who love nature and want to take a step further. It’s hosted by the British Trust for Ornithology and supported by the Cameron Bespolka Trust meaning it costs £25 for …
'The Little Fool'
By: Elliot Montieth
3 May 2019
A species I've not caught up with in a few years is the Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus). Current figures estimate the breeding population of Britain, where the species is now restricted to breeding in the Scottish Highlands, to be between 5 …
Marsh Awards 2018
By: Louis Driver
27 October 2018
At break time this Wednesday, I left school early and headed to Hexham station to pick up fellow young birder Elliot Montieth. We had a long journey ahead of us – it’s quite far from inland Northumberland to London!
However, the journey …
In Search of a Richard's Pipit
By: Tommy Saunders
12 October 2018
Early morning on Saturday 15th September,I was hoping to go birding and saw that a Richard's Pipit had been reported at Pennington Marshes. I thought I might as well go down and have a look for it and maybe catch sight of a Spotted Crake.
I was …
