A Big Weekend of Birding

October Big Day

Global Bird Weekend 7-9th

The weekend starting October 07th, will be a big weekend of birding worldwide. This is because birders from across the globe will come together for two major birding events, the October Big Day, on the Saturday 8th, and the Global Bird Weekend, starting Friday the 7th right through to Sunday the 9th.  (Click the above links for more).

In 2020 the island recorded its highest species count for this weekend of birding, 66 species. Last year we fell six species short of that total.  Can we surpass 66 species this year? You can help, How?  

Here is how to participate in the October Big Day:

• Get an eBird account: eBird is a worldwide bird checklist program used by millions of birders. It’s what allows us to compile everyone’s sightings into a single massive Global Big Day list—while at the same time collecting the data to help scientists better understand birds. Sign up here. It’s 100% free from start to finish.
• Watch birds on 8 October: It’s that simple. October Big Day runs from midnight to midnight in your local time zone. You don’t need to be a bird expert or go out all day long, even 10 minutes of birding from home counts.
• Enter what you see and hear on eBird: You can enter your sightings via our website or download the free eBird Mobile app to make submitting lists even easier. Please enter your checklists before 12 October to be included in our initial results announcement.
• Watch the sightings roll in: During the day, follow along with sightings from more than 190 countries in real-time on our October Big Day page.

Join us for the Big Weekend of Birding.