Great Backyard Bird Count 2025
14 February - 17 February
GBBC 2025 | Bird Walks & Talks| Resources | Contacts | Campus Bird Count
New: GBBC Bird Walk Registration Form
The basic activity during the GBBC is to go outdoors (anywhere you wish, including your balcony, college campus, or local park), spend at least 15 minutes watching birds, and upload your birdlist(s) through eBird Mobile App. However, GBBC is also a fun event and a great opportunity to get new people interested in birding. Listed below are some ideas on how to plan for GBBC:
1. Conduct a bird walk in a small group
Consider conducting a bird walk to inspire more people to go birding. A wetland or grassland is a particularly good place to go birding in a group. Birds in such habitats are often easy to observe. With one or two enthusiastic people, a bird walk through a scrubland or woodland is also feasible.
You could also choose a nearby local site, such as your balcony, rooftop, or backyard, to watch and document birds. If you are organising a public bird walk in your region and would like to inform others, please fill out GBBC registration form.
Photo by Hardik Dayal
2. Conduct online talks about birds for other birders and school/college students
Contact local birding groups and/or a local educational institution to see whether you can organise online talks for their members and students about birds. Click here to download videos and presentations that you can customise and use for your walks. Take a look at some of the birding webinars for beginner birders on Early Bird’s website.
3. Take part in the Campus Bird Count
Campus Bird Count is a sub-event of the larger Great Backyard Bird Count. If you live on a campus of any form and are able to conduct a bird walk, do consider participating in the Campus Bird Count.
See the next page for resources that you can use or share while conducting birding events