​CARRY OUT A BIRD SURVEY

Birdwatching with St. Mary's NS, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan as part of their Garden Bird Survey.

The only way scientists know which birds need our help is to go out and count them. Unfortunately we haven't got enough scientists all around the country to do this. Therefore they need our help. We can step in and become citizen scientists!

One of the largest bird surveys carried out in Ireland is the BirdWatch Ireland Garden Bird Survey. Every winter hundreds of people and schools around the country keep an eye on the birds visiting their gardens and send in the results. We at Biodiversity in Schools do it with our own gardens at home and have also successfully completed the survey with primary schools. It's a great addition to your bird work and brings in excellent elements from science and maths through tables and graphs; not to mention the amazing improvement in your students' bird knowledge. We would strongly encourage you to get involved. You can find out more here.