Surveys

Homes for Wildlife

If you own a garden, or even just a window box, you can take simple, practical steps that will benefit many of our most important birds, mammals and insects. More...

Helping garden wildlife is fun - and it couldn't be easier. Over the weekend of 25-26 January 2014, we'd love you, your friends and family, to get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch - the world's largest wildlife survey! More...

Big Schools' Birdwatch

Be part of the world's biggest birdwatch. Run every year in January and February Big Schools' Birdwatch is a free activity for schools throughout the UK. More...

Help us help swifts

We need your help to find out more about our swifts. Their numbers have declined dramatically in the past 10 years; we're not sure why, but one of the possible reasons is that their nest sites are being destroyed. Tell us where you see swifts help us to help them. More...

Wildsquare

Choose a place you like and we will help you find out more about it. If you've not yet joined in the fun, get to know the plants, insects, birds and animals living in your local area with our exciting project. More...

BirdTrack

BirdTrack is a project which means sending in details of which birds you've seen can go to help their conservation. Taking part couldn't be easier - just register as a recorder (it's free), then start to enter your valuable bird records. More...

The Bird Conservation Targeting Project

This project collates data from birdwatchers, bird recorders, county bird clubs and national datasets to target management and resources towards important sites for farmland and woodland birds of conservation concern. More...

Wildlife Action Awards

Encouraging young people to get involved with surveys can earn them a point towards a Wildlife Action Award. More...

Other surveys

If you love wildlife, helping to keep track of their populations is a great way to help. Besides RSPB projects, there are lots of other organisations running surveys of a whole variety of things, from dragonflies to flowers to bats. Find out what's going on. More...