The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) is the scheme which monitors non-breeding waterbirds in the UK. The principal aims of WeBS are to identify population sizes, determine trends in numbers and distribution and to identify important sites for waterbirds.

On one designated Sunday each month all the waterbirds at identified sites across the UK are counted as part of the Wetland Bird Survey. This is a joint scheme of the British Trust for Ornithology, the Wildfowl &Wetlands Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to monitor non-breeding waterbirds in the UK.

The survey is dependent on the thousands of volunteers. Six of these sites are on Arran, the coastlines at Brodick, Lamlash, Whiting Bay, Kildonan, Blackwaterfoot, and Machrie. If you feel that you would like to get involved in this survey please contact me.

The WeBS Annual report for 2004/05 has been published and has been sent to all WeBS counters.

To download past reports from the Wetland Bird Survey and their newsletters, click here.

For more information click this link  http://www.bto.org/survey/webs/