A team of volunteers conduct regular surveys on our patch to establish what birds we have, where and in what numbers. We cover 11 survey routes on public footpaths across our local farmlands, through woodland, up on the Chilterns and along the River Thames.

 

We submit the records to the nationwide BirdTrack survey, run by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). BTO uses the data to monitor bird populations and distribution, to conduct scientific research into the drivers of change and to provide evidence to inform conservation policy and practice.