Make all your records count
Bird Club collects bird records for the county. They are used to produce the annual Bedfordshire Bird Report and form part of a national database via the Local Records Centre providing data for conservation, sites protection and infrastructure matters as well as local and national research.
Our preferred method for submitting records is via BirdTrack.
BirdTrack
We’d recommend BirdTrack for logging your sightings. It’s quick to set up and easy to use, and it keeps your own lists and reports up to date while your records feed the county’s data.
There’s also an email group, run by the wider Bedfordshire Birding Community.
For rarities, fill in the rarities description form and send it to raritiessecretary@bedsbirdclub.org.uk.
A copy of our Confidentiality Policy can be found here. (updated May 2020).
…. and share your sightings with other birders
The Bedfordshire Birding Community runs several WhatsApp groups and an email group to share sightings; these can get pretty busy during migration season! If you have a sighting you’d like to submit, you can do so by WhatsApp or by Email.
The wider Bedfordshire Birding Community runs several WhatsApp groups, where members share sightings, locations, and photos as they spot them. Pick the groups you’d like to join, then send a quick request on WhatsApp:
- Beds Birds: sightings only
- Beds Rare Bird News: updates on rare finds
- Photo & Video: bird imagery
- General: any birding topic
- Beds Vismig: visible migration
- Beds Nocmig: nocturnal migration
Prefer email? There’s an email group, run by the wider Bedfordshire Birding Community.
Bedfordshire Birds Photography
View the gallery of photographs taken by members of the wider Bedfordshire birding community.
Barn Owl – Steve Blain
Bearded Tit – Steve Blain
Arctic Tern – Steve Blain
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Steve Blain
Great White Egret – Steve Blain
Little Bunting – Steve Blain
Pintail – Steve Blain
Jack Snipe – Steve Blain
Barnacle Goose – Steve Blain
Spotted Flycatcher – Steve Blain
Nightingale – Steve Blain
Marsh Tit – Steve Blain
Robin – Richard North
Siskin – Steve Blain