Take part in the PondNet Spawn Survey!
Do you have a pond or ditch in or close to your school grounds or local area? Help the Freshwater Habitats Trust map amphibian breeding activity across the UK. Find out more here.
The Children’s People and Nature Survey for England: 2023 update
The ‘Children’s People and Nature Survey’ (C-PANS) provides information on how children and young people experience and think about the natural environment in England. It is run twice each year, once in term time and once in holiday time. Natural England some key findings collected in 2023. Countryside Jobs Service [...]
Discover and record urban nature, and take part in educator training
Checkout this great online resource provided by the Natural History Museum to discover urban wildlife. Take part in the Nature Recording Hub and do some great Citizen Science! The Explore: Urban Nature programme provides training for teachers, curriculum-linked learning resources and hands-on outdoor workshops, linked with a museum near you. [...]
Record your Signs of Spring in 2024!
Are you looking forward to spring, in these dark winter months? Are you an educator, exploring your local environment with your students? The Field Studies Council (FSC), together with the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) have created a new interactive project to chart the arrival of spring this year. Join [...]
Dead good, deadwood resource update
The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) have updated their Deadwood Survey resource. This is a great Citizen Science and STEM activity and helps young people and communities understand the value of dead wood in nature.
Shape the future of STEM professional learning – complete this education Scotland online survey!
Education Scotland is inviting practitioners across Scotland to complete our latest Annual STEM (sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics) Professional Learning Survey. This survey should take 7 mins to complete and will close on Monday 18 Dec 2023. The information you provide will help to improve access to high-quality STEM professional [...]
Grey or Red? Take part in the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey 2- 8 October 2023!
Anyone in Scotland can take part in the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey. Report your sighting here. Why not survey your school grounds and local greenspaces, or look out for squirrels on your walk to and from school? This Squirrel Spotter sheet can help! Areas of known squirrel territory are equally [...]
Monitoring cetaceans in the Hebrides
Scotland’s Nature blog posted 31 July 2023 shares a story by Rona Sinclair, from Nature Scot’s marine survey team. Rona jumped aboard Silurian, the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust’s (HWDT) research vessel, to join the crew for a trip from Ullapool back down to Silurian’s home in Tobermory. Read how she discovered how [...]
