REVEALED: Bto - The Real Truth

Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years

Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3

Migratory bird numbers fall in Britain despite last year’s warm spring

British Trust for Ornithology says 2025 breeding season was especially disastrous for warbler species

The Guardian - UK · May 21

Sounds of hope in Kent as more nightingales join dawn chorus

Elusive nightingale ‘doing well’ at Northward Hill, Kent, but experts cite concerns around loss of habitat

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30

"The BTO sound is BACK!!" Bachman-Turner Overdrive release first new material in over 25 years – and it features a Neil Young guitar solo

Young takes care of business with a pounding solo on 60 Years Ago, while the band announces a Canada/US tour

Guitar World · Mar 28, 2025

Blackbirds numbers in London plummet amid spread of mosquito virus

Ecologists are calling on gardeners to help reduce the spread of Usutu virus

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

The frogs may be gone, but life goes on: how I regained my faith in gardening for wildlife

The extremes of the climate crisis mean it’s harder than ever to provide a garden haven for birds, insects and other animals

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024

Blackbird numbers plummet in south of England amid potential spread of virus

Experts believe songbird is suffering from Usutu virus, first detected in UK in 2020

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024

"We would go in there and eat the turkeys and whatever else we found": Heart kept themselves from starving in their early days by stealing Bachman Turner Overdrive's food

As Heart begin their Royal Flush tour, Ann and Nancy Wilson say that live shows are worth all the "pain, exhaustion and drama"

Louder · Apr 21, 2024

“I felt like I’d stumbled upon this magical sound radiating off people’s turntables… my Strat and Gretsch together had this sound of one guitar, even when it was two”: As Randy Bachman prepares to part with his guitar collection, he’s still burning bright

The 80-year-old Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive pioneer is hitting the road with extra energy after hearing remastered live recordings: “We were on fire! We went to Japan and played as good as Led Zeppelin”

Guitar World · Feb 7, 2024

Birdwatch: wood warbler’s summer visits to Britain in steep decline

If current downward trend continues, migratory species may soon disappear as a British breeding bird

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2023