Practical conservation and survey work

You don't have to be a bird expert to take part in practical conservation and survey work.

About volunteering for practical conservation and survey work

If you enjoy the outdoors and like to be active, you can get directly involved in conservation work at your local RSPB reserve or help with bird surveys across the UK. More...

Volunteers erecting stock fence at Fairburn Ings

RSPB Volunteer & Farmer Alliance - Neil Fletcher

Neil has been volunteering with the RSPB since 2000. He has completed several surveys for the Volunteer & Farmer Alliance Scheme (V&FA) and surveyed Homer Green in Buckinghamshire in 2006. More...

Volunteers and farmers making a difference - Liz Taylor

Over the past four years, I have participated in the Volunteer & Farmer Alliance surveys of farms. It was a way of combining my hobby with some useful research and contributing to knowledge about the effects of changes in farming practice on the bird populations. More...

Practical solutions - David Crew

Volunteering at RSPB Rye Meads nature reserve has completely changed my outlook and given me a new focus, as well as making me feel better both mentally and physically. More...

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