# THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 216652
- **Other names:** B T O
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00357284](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00357284)
- **Registered:** March 23, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=216652


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY, THE NUNNERY, THETFORD
- **Postcode:** IP24 2PU
- **Phone:** 01842 750050
- **Email:** info@bto.org
- **Website:** www.bto.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE, CARRY ON AND ENCOURAGE STUDY AND RESEARCH AND PARTICULARLY FIELD WORK FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE SCIENCE OF ORNITHOLOGY. PERMANENTLY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT LANDS AND OBJECTS WHICH BY THEIR NATURAL FEATURES ARE SUITABLE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND STUDY OF BIRD LIFE AND OF FAUNA AND FLORA GENERALLY.

**Activities:** Ornithological research




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Dominic Edward Buscall |  | Jan. 1, 2024 |
| Dr Geeta Ludhra |  | Jan. 2, 2026 |
| Dr Rachel Clara Thomas |  | Jan. 7, 2026 |
| Emma Dresser |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Emma Jane Thornton |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Iain Coucher |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |
| Jamie Dunning |  | Jan. 5, 2026 |
| Jane Elizabeth Miller |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Joel Meade Ziff |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Prof Zoe Georgina Davies |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Professor Stephen Geoffrey Willis |  | Jan. 1, 2024 |
| Simon Marquis |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |
| Stephen Jonathan Metcalfe |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |




