Bird Study publishes high quality papers relevant to the sphere of interest of the British Trust for Ornithology: broadly defined as field ornithology; especially when related to evidence-based bird conservation. Papers are especially welcome on: patterns of distribution and abundance, movements, habitat preferences, developing field census methods, ringing and other techniques for marking and tracking birds.

Bird Study concentrates on birds that occur in the Western Palearctic. This includes research on their biology outside of the Western Palearctic, for example on wintering grounds in Africa. Bird Study also welcomes papers from any part of the world if they are of general interest to the broad areas of investigation outlined above.

Bird Study publishes the following types of articles:

-Original research papers of any length

-Short original research papers (less than 2500 words in length)

-Scientific reviews

-Forum articles covering general ornithological issues, including non-scientific ones

-Short feedback articles that make scientific criticisms of papers published recently in the Journal.

《Bird Study》是一本由TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD出版商出版的专业生物期刊，该刊创刊于1954年，刊期Tri-annual，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：生物 4区，小类学科：鸟类学 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q2。该刊发文范围涵盖鸟类学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外鸟类学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为1.168，平均审稿速度较慢,6-12周。