《鳥類研究》是英國鳥類學基金會的官方期刊，該機構多年來一直是英國和愛爾蘭鳥類學研究的主要貢獻者。自1954年出版以來，該雜志以其關于野外鳥類學各個方面的原始論文而聞名，特別是分布、地位、普查、遷徙、家禽飼養、棲息地和繁殖生態學。這些包括BTO的調查結果和偶爾受邀發表的評論文章;書評定期出現。盡管該雜志主要關注西歐的鳥類，但也歡迎其他地方的重要論文。鳥類研究既迎合了專業人士的需求，也迎合了嚴肅的業余愛好者的需求，而且目標是介于兩者之間，既不涉及通俗易懂的內容，也不涉及深奧難懂的內容。

Bird Study is the official journal of the British Trust for Ornithology, a body which has been a prime contributor to ornithological research in Britain and Ireland for many years. Published since 1954, the journal is noted for its original papers on all aspects of field ornithology, especially distribution, status, censusing, migration, poulation, habitat and breeding ecology. These include the results of BTO surveys and occasional invited review papers; book reviews appear regularly. Although the journal concentrates on the birds of Western Europe, significant papers from elsewhere are welcomed. Bird Study caters for the professional and serious amateur alike and aims at the middle ground, eschewing both the frankly popular and the esoteric.