Garden BirdWatch
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Become more connected to nature, learn about your garden wildlife and contribute to important scientific research by joining our community of Garden BirdWatchers.
Help with research into garden wildlife by joining our Garden BirdWatch community.
- BTO has run the year-round Garden BirdWatch scheme since 1995, and thousands of people across the UK contribute their sightings each week.
- Gardens are really important habitats for wildlife, but we need to understand how and why populations of garden birds and other wildlife are changing, and how we can help them.
- You can help by keeping a simple list and telling us which species visit each week, helping us learn about how wildlife uses the food, shelter and other resources in our gardens.
- The more we can understand about how birds and animals use our gardens, the more we can improve our cities, towns, villages and individual gardens for wildlife.
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Project timeline, contributions & findings
Project timeline
- Jan 1995 - Garden BirdWatch recording begins
- Dec 2010 - Big Garden Beakwatch Survey launched
- Dec 2011 - Abnormal Plumage Survey launched
- Jan 2014 - Garden Wildlife Health project launched
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Find out more about the BTO Garden BirdWatch scheme, including results, interesting observations from participants and upcoming events. The newsletter is sent out every Sunday, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
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