The BTO Youth blog gives a voice to the young people we work with and engage across the UK. From our Youth Representatives and Youth Advisory Panel, to young people who’ve joined us at Bird Camp or done their work experience with us, a whole host of authors has written for us.
The blog focuses on a range of topics, including BTO’s scientific work, BTO Youth programmes of work, and opinion pieces. Sometimes they include interviews with other people, or are written by a collection of young people.
Would you like to be featured? Email us at youth@bto.org with your idea for a blog!
BTO Bird Camp super-blog
This year’s Bird Camps were all about adventure, learning, and unforgettable birding moments. But don’t just take our word for it! We’ve handed the blog over to the true experts – the campers themselves.
Rise and lead
The Young Leaders Course returned to the scenic New Forest, where 11 motivated young people and four inspirational lectures shared their experiences and views on leadership in the conservation sector.
Getting to know Eric Simms
In August 2024, Cressida Hay—a history graduate and looking to pursue a career in archives—had the exciting opportunity of volunteering in the BTO Archives at the Nunnery in Thetford. Here's what she learned.
Prideful Paths
Pride Month is celebrated each year in June, recognising the origins and history of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 – a key turning point for the gay liberation movement in the US.
Global Intergenerational Week
Intergenerational awareness is particularly important to me as it acknowledges the importance of bridging the gap between younger and older people within a community.
A Girl and Birds
In 2024 we were invited by Alicia Hayden to support her in the publication of a blog relating her experiences as a young person in birding concerning an incident of abuse.
More Youth blogs
- Youth Nature Summit 2024
- BTO’s Youth Engagement: nothing about us, without us
- Celebrating International Women's Day
- A BTO Bird Camp bonanza
- Kate Fox: My BTO journey
- Learning to lead: stories from the Young Leaders Course 2023
- Young Bird Observatory Volunteering: the first step towards a career in conservation
- Why we built the Youth in Nature Summit
- Launching the new BTO Youth Engagement Strategy 2023
- Birding 101: Both sides of the camera
- A Word with Tim Birkhead
- Exploring birds through art
- Birding 101 challenges young people to explore birds through written art
- Spurn Young Leaders Course 2021
- Out in the field
- Free as a bird through lockdown 2020
- Where are the young women in birding?
- International Youth Day 2020
- Volunteering at a bird observatory
- Nocmig: A beginner's guide
- The British Patch
- BTO's Young Leaders Course 2019
- Gen Z and the BTO