Get ready for Big Garden Birdwatch

Be wowed by your local wildlife. Big Garden Birdwatch is for everyone, whether you're a complete beginner or a birding expert. Simply count the birds you see in your garden, from your balcony or in your local park for one hour between 28 and 30 January 2022.

Be one in a million!

In 2021, more than one million people took part in Big Garden Birdwatch, all coming together to look out for birds. Why not join in and be one in a million for 2022?

Shockingly, we’ve lost 38 million birds from UK skies in the last 50 years, so it really is vital we do all we can to look after our birdlife.

As a conservation charity, we depend on your support to save nature and to look after places where wildlife can thrive. By taking part in Big Garden Birdwatch, you can also make a difference. Wherever you are, whatever you see, it counts!

How to take part in Big Garden Birdwatch

Taking part is as easy as 1,2,3

1. Watch the birds around you for one hour

2. Count how many of each species of bird lands on your patch

3. Go online and tell us what you saw

Please check the relevant country’s Covid guidance for the latest information as guidelines are subject to change and vary between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Enjoy your birdwatch and please take part safely.

How to attract birds to your garden

Bring all the birds to your Birdwatch with our expert advice and top tips on what and how to feed the birds. Last year over one million people took part, counting over 17 million birds. That’s a lot of birds flocking to feeders!

Find out from our experts how you can attract birds to your garden during Big Garden Birdwatch – and throughout the year. No garden? No problem! Even a small window feeder can make a big difference. Get our top tips now.

What will you see?

The brilliant thing about the Birdwatch is that you never know what you might see. It pays to expect the unexpected, with previous rare sightings including an American green heron and a Siberian lesser whitethroat. But for many of us, the more common birds are just as heartening. Who isn’t cheered by a cheeky robin and who doesn’t love a troop of long-tailed tits? All birds bring joy when we take time out to enjoy them. But our wildlife is changing. In the past 50 years, we have lost 38 million birds. One Birdwatch regular, the greenfinch, has declined so much that in 2021 it was placed on the UK red list for Birds. The Big Garden Birdwatch helps monitor how our birds are faring. Discover the garden birds that you might see this year.

Read more at: https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/

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