'Not the only birder in the village': how citizen science is the bedrock of tackling species loss

Birdwatching may have started out as a hobby, but active volunteers are helping bridge data gaps of threatened species and reaping real world outcomes as they goChange by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household's carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comSean Dooley first started birdwatching as a 10-year-old with a notebook in hand at a place then known as the "Seaford swamp", a freshwater wetland beside his primary school in Melbourne's south-east."I was just going out as a kid doing what I loved but recording the birds I saw as I did," he says. On one of his early visits he met another birdwatcher, Mike Carter, who had been recording birds there and also at nearby Edithvale swamp for some years. Continue reading...