Big Garden Birdwatch
Between 24 –26 January the UK's largest and longest-running garden wildlife survey is back. Garden Birdwatch is fun, free and for everyone. And you don’t need a garden to take part! Counting birds from your balcony, or your local park will play a vital role in helping the RSPB understand how UK birds are doing. Together, let’s make it count!
The fact that we’ve lost 38 million birds from UK skies in the last 50 years underlines that nature is in crisis. We see it in our own back gardens with house sparrows struggling and starlings undergoing a severe decline. As a conservation charity, your Birdwatch results help us monitor how our UK birds are faring in the face of the nature and climate emergency. But we can’t do it without your support.
By taking part in Big Garden Birdwatch you, and hundreds of thousands of other like-minded nature lovers, will be taking action to protect our birds for generations to come.
There are 2 ways to get involved:
- Invite your units to participate at home with their families as part of Big Garden Birdwatch over the weekend of 24 – 26 January. An adult individual in participating families can sign up for Big Garden Birdwatch at www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch to get a free guide and bird ID chart.
- Take part as a unit between 7 January and 14 February - remember it needs to be light when you are meeting! A leader can sign up for Big Schools’ Birdwatch www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch and download the relevant resources.
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An updated Brilliant Birds badge is coming in spring 2025 - in the meantime, have a look at our Growing Up Wild x RSPB badge.