Garden BirdWatch
Ken Arthur
- Organisation:
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
- Region:
- Northern Ireland
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Charity
- Fee:
- Free: Donations to BTO charity
- Category:
- Nature
- Updated:
- 24th September 2025
- Tagged:
- Garden Birds | Conservation | Nature | Citizen Science
Learn how to record the birds (and other animals) that visit your garden to help in guiding conservation decisions.
Garden BirdWatch is a "citizen science" project which gathers information about not only birds, but also small mammals, invertebrates, amphibians and other wildlife that visit gardens.
Garden BirdWatch takes place all year round, across the UK, but is under represented in Northern Ireland and I would like to encourage more people to join.
Skills required are ability to recognise the common birds that regularly visit your garden, and time commitment is up to you, starting from 15 minutes PER WEEK, so it is not particularly onerous but can be very fulfilling.
Training and support in many aspects of watching birds can be arranged.
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Birds, Science, People.
Three elements of the work of The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
BTO has been working since 1930 to secure a better future for birds and nature by using our science, monitoring and data to inform good environmental decisions. Garden BirdWatch is one such project that has been running since 1995
I have spent my adult life working as a healthcare and research scientist, and have a life-long interest in many aspects of nature and the natural world. I started taking part in Garden BirdWatch in 2021 and from the beginning, it has been an enjoyable and satisfying part of my life., I would encourage anyone who loves nature and has even a little spare time each week to take part.
I have recently been appointed as BTO Ambassador for Garden BirdWatch for County Down in Northern Ireland and am based in North Down. In the absence of an ambassador for County Antrim, (currently) I am also willing to visit in the Greater Belfast and South Antrim area (and will consider farther afield for special events elsewhere in N.I with sufficient notice).
For more info, please contact SpeakerNet, or BTO (https://www.bto.org/get-involved/volunteer/projects/gbw)
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