Gethin from the BTO is running a free Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) training event in Carmarthenshire this spring at the following location:

National Botanic Gardens of Wales (04/04/26 10:00 – 12:30)

Although only taking a few hours to do a year, BBS is an incredibly valuable survey as it tells us much about the state of our commoner birds. We reached record coverage in Wales last year, and Carmarthenshire saw the largest increase of any UK region! It would be great to build on that momentum for 2026. Below is a map of vacant 1 km² to survey. Could you give your time to monitor one this spring?

In this session we’ll first go through the basics of the survey with some refreshments before practising outside. Please note however, this isn’t a bird ID session, and is aimed for those relatively confident in bird ID by sight, song and call for the commoner bird of Wales.

If you’d like to learn more, please sign up to a session here.