Thank you for volunteering for the Breeding Bird Survey!
The survey is organised via a network of volunteer Regional Organisers (ROs). Your RO will tell you which square to survey, and will be able to help with any queries.
The sections below include all the information you need to survey a BBS square. Your RO will also give you this information as a set of paper instructions.
- Planning your visit
- Recording birds
- Optional detection recording
- Mammal recording
- Habitat recording
- Submitting your data online
- Submitting your data on paper
- Butterfly recording for the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey
For full instructions, please see the downloads page.