Take part in the Big Butterfly Count 2023
The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment simply by counting the amount and type of butterflies (and some day-flying moths) we see. Butterfly Conservation's citizen science project takes place from 14th July - 6th August. Launched in 2010, this [...]
What’s that butterfly (or moth)?
UK Butterflies share images from butterfly enthusiasts on what’s flying this week. Butterfly Conservation share an A-Z list of butterflies. Don’t forget the wonderful world of moths either!
Hoverfly Lagoons Project 2023
The Hoverfly Lagoons project is nearly ready to kick off again this year! If you haven't already, now is the time to create some Hoverfly Lagoons in your outdoor space! Please see the Buzz Club project webpage for instructions, and detailed methods. Those new to the project are asked to create one [...]
Spotted any frog or toad spawn yet?
If you are lucky enough to have a pond in your school grounds, or locally, why not take part in the PondNet Spawn Survey 2023? This survey takes place January until May, to collect important data on the location of breeding frogs and toads across the country. You can also [...]
How to survey and boost biodiversity in your school grounds
Take a look at Natural Nations resources, with some great surveys and lesson activities available, shared here by Learning Through Landscapes. You can also take part in citizen science, by sharing your data to this Natural Nations data page.
Champhibians -a citizen science project where schools adopt ponds
Champhibians is a pond adoption scheme for schools run by ARC Trust. Ponds are valuable homes for amphibians, the adults return to ponds to mate in spring and ponds provide a nursery for the metamorphosis from tadpole to adult though the year. Without ponds we would not have amphibians such [...]
Children and teenagers can carry out valuable wildlife research – here’s how
Discover more in this article in The Conversation (6 March 2023). In one project, researchers looked at young people’s involvement with iNaturalist, a popular nature app. They found that the young people using the app contributed to quality wildlife monitoring at the same rate as adults, with the support of iNaturalist’s online [...]
The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey returns!
NatureScot shares information on The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey in this Scotland’s Nature blog post (10 October 2022). Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is calling on people all over Scotland to explore outdoors and look out for tufted ears and bushy tails between 10-16 October (National Red Squirrel Week). Why not [...]
