How to take part |
How to take part
Taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch is simple and fun. All you need to do is watch your garden or local park on either Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 January 2009. Simply spend an hour counting the birds, recording the highest number of each species seen in your garden (not flying over) at any one time. It's important you don't count all the birds you see because some birds will return to your garden many times in the hour. Seeing the same blue tit come back 10 times does not make 10 blue tits. You can do your Birdwatch in your garden or a local park. Either way it's best to decide on a place where you can see the birds well and where you can sit quietly so they are not disturbed. Use our counting sheetEach year we provide a downloadable counting sheet to help you keep track of how many birds you've seen. The sheet has pictures of the commonest birds seen in gardens and space to cross off how many of each species you have seen together. You don't need to send this sheet back to us - it is just to help you record your counts. Submit your results onlineOur online form will open on 24 January 2009 for you to enter your 2009 counts. We will collate and publish the results in March 2009. Last modified: 05 January 2006 |
